What do you expect from future? What, should we, as a community, expect from tomorrow? Deciding on the time ahead requires necessarily start from the accumulated knowledge to the present. In this sense, predictions are of the most varied and, certainly, they vary according to the culture and the age of the respondents, in order to stay in only two parameters.
It is expected that the modern society of tomorrow, will be based on the wide dissemination of human rights established by the document of the United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This will be essential not only to build a fairer and more equal society, but also a basis for a full development of the potential of human beings.
Not long ago, in terms of cosmos, we knew nothing about ourselves and where we were. It was a kind of imprisonment. How did we scape from that situation? It was mostly thanks to the work of generations of scientists and great minds who, by adopting simple rules, were able to advance knowledge.
Some of those rules: i) always question, since no idea becomes true just because someone has created it or defends it - popularly, it is said to be the authority of the argument, not the argument of authority; ii) think for yourself, always distrusting the belief of groups; iii) question yourself, even putting your own ideas in doubt; iv) follow the evidence and remember that experimental proof is always the final word on any idea or hypothesis in the field of science; v) if there is no proof or evidence, do not make hasty judgments, because even you may be wrong.
Remember, great scientists have made mistakes and will continue to do so, for this is inherent in scientific activity, which is human. In the end, science can be seen as a way not to deceive ourselves and others.
In this area of the ‘Science Graffiti Wall’, the artist places a young man on top of books, looking inside a science institution - in this case, the CBPF.
Do the same as that young man from the ‘Science Graffiti Wall’ and come meet us. Be amazed by this space dedicated to knowledge. We hope you enjoy all the hidden puzzles and on the wall.
And, to conclude, it is worth remembering the wise words of Einstein, who, certainly, oblige us to a posture of humility in relation to how much we still do not know about the vastness of nature, from micro to macro: “One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. This is clearly a recipe for disaster.”
