Science is the soul of technology, and technology is the muscle of science. Science inspires technology and technology moves science.

Where are the "science missionaries" reaching out to the needy and poor, and offering food, clothing, shelter and a better life for becoming skeptics and scientists!

Science & Technology: The chicken and egg problem?

We all have heard of the chicken and egg problems, where its hard to interpret which one came first, since one leads to the other. The same debate can be made about science and technology. Both are interdependent on each other and always a development in one lead to developments in other, although may or may not be directly linkable.We know that science is the study of nature and phenomenon as they are and how they happen using available tools and technology - a more qualitative approach. Technology on the other hand applies this science to solve some problem or create tools to control phenomenon for application - a quantitative approach.
So scientist use tools (technology) to learn about phenomenon and engineers develops tools by controlling specific studied and controllable phenomenon (science). It is more cross linked than cyclic.
..............-> New Science -> New Technology -> New Science -> New Technology ->............
It is not even this linear. There will probably be multiple 3D layers and with links in all directions.
Where does this begin and where will it end.. ;)

Though with time science, technology and society have changed, the spirit of adventure, exploration and curiosity still resides in us. And it is this spirit that pushes us to reach and cross our own limits.

The thing I hate about science is that it tells me that I am just a biological robot controlled by the release of hormones. I like to believe that I am something more. I hope to find that thing about me someday.