# And the stars look down: science beyond the finite: From prehistorical science to postscience

**Authors:** Vladimir Leksa

PMC · DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00202-w · 2024-07-05

## TL;DR

Modern science has improved human welfare but also caused harm and now faces challenges in solving global crises.

## Contribution

The paper explores the historical and philosophical evolution of science to address current global challenges.

## Key findings

- Modern science has led to both benefits and harmful consequences for humanity.
- Science must evolve beyond its current form to address global crises effectively.

## Abstract

Modern science has brought undisputable welfare to mankind, but also harmful consequences, and it has to face great challenges to find a way out of the current global crisis.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** hallucination (MESH:D006212), spasm (MESH:D013035), humanitarian or environmental (MESH:D018876), death (MESH:D003643), fire (MESH:D000092422)
- **Chemicals:** platinum (MESH:D010984), Oil (MESH:D009821), lead (MESH:D007854), iron (MESH:D007501), bismuth (MESH:D001729), water (MESH:D014867), Mercury (MESH:D008628), antimony (MESH:D000965), copper (MESH:D003300), silver (MESH:D012834), tin (MESH:D014001), zinc (MESH:D015032), gold (MESH:D006046)
- **Species:** Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee, species) [taxon 9598], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

2 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11315908/full.md

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11315908