Monday, February 10, 2020

Science and Technology Rat Race (ٹرک کی بتی)

We were mindlessly and blindly made to follow the chimera of science and technology.
Unfortuately Pakistan was steered away from the essential fields that make a nation great and were diverted to a rat race towards the glitter of Science and Technology. See the related blogpost "Myth of our Country being Backward because we lag behind in Science and Technology"https://syedirfanhyder.blogspot.com/2013/03/myth-we-are-backward-because-we-lag-in.html

Link to the talk on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k505gmNtNws

See Also;

This is the 1st of the Five Major Myths of Higher Education in Pakistan:

  1. Our backwardness is because of science and technology 
  2. There is mushrooming of educational institutions in Pakistan 
  3. Public universities cost lower than private universities 
  4. Bigger infrastructure (land, building, equipment) means better education 
  5. Impact Factor research measures real impact