Should certain types of scientific research be outlawed?

Without the many science experiments carried out through history, our world might look completely different than it looks right now. There were a lot of experiments conducted in the past, including dangerous ones such as the Kola Superdeep Borehole and the Trinity Test. These experiments were labeled as dangerous because, if not conducted the right way, they could have very negatively impacted our world. For example, for the Kola Superdeep Borehole, Russian Scientists started boring a hole in the Arctic Circle to see how far and how deep it would get. In the end, they only reached one third of the way through the Baltic continental crust. However, there were fears that making the borehole would create earthquakes or volcanoes, or even destabilize the Earth’s crust and overall negatively impact Earth. Even though this might not have been the most necessary experiment conducted, scary experiments like this had frightened many people until now.

However, more importantly, why did scientists decide to try these experiments in the first place? Frankly speaking, they were curious. They were curious of the unknown and wanted to find out more to benefit their countries. These days, the main controversy to discuss is whether these types of potentially dangerous scientific research should be outlawed. Even though many people say that scientists should be allowed to keep carrying out these types of research just in case we can use it to find something incredibly important, I believe that it will be best if we stop these types of dangerous experiments because of the probability of something going wrong and the lack of understanding of the risks.

First of all, certain types of scientific research should be outlawed because of the probability of something eventually going wrong. Nobody actually knows how we’ve come this far while doing such dangerous types of experiments. Sure, it may be because scientists have used specific safe ways to conduct the experiments, but it could also be because of pure luck. We might have been “lucky” so far, and that is why we haven’t destroyed ourselves until now. However, if it was all based on luck, we have to start questioning whether we will always be lucky. If we think about it realistically, there is always a chance that something might go wrong, and we can not be 100% sure that everything will turn out perfectly fine. Plus, especially these days, we are conducting more experiments and more research than we have ever done before. Through the sheer number of experiments, eventually one of them will go wrong and will lead to a disaster. If that one experiment leads to death and people dying, that will be a serious issue, and we should prevent this situation by banning risky scientific research. Like this, we can see that these experiments are very dangerous, and that is why they should be outlawed.

Additionally, these types of dangerous research should be outlawed because of the lack of understanding of the risks. In physics, in particular, lots of it is still theoretical. We’re doing the experiments to prove the ideas and theories. What this actually means is that we do not fully understand the field yet- but if we don’t understand them, how can we ever analyze the risks

involved in them? Even when the scientists declare it’s safe, does it really mean that it is? Exactly, it is not. There is no proof. It involves a lot of unnecessary risk, and that is why I believe scientific research should be outlawed as well.

Overall, dangerous scientific research isn't benefiting even one single individual, and that is why I believe that it should be outlawed. I hope that one day, this will all come to an end, and we can all live a safer and better life. We are all at risk while conducting these experiments. Let’s finally put this to a stop and make this world a better place for everyone.