Question

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.

Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.

Answer 1

(Such questions are to be done by the students on their own. However, pointers have been provided for the students' help.)
For:

• Science helps determine the facts related to the past even in the absence of any living evidences.

• It leads to a good amount of knowledge about the past events without which things would go in mere speculations.

• It helps determine information about ancient cultures, traditions, and people.

• The use of advanced scientific tools helps in extracting important facts related to past events.

• It helps in determining the time and place of the event.

• It gives us important information about unsolved mysteries.

Against:

• There is no use of digging the past.

• The present is valuable and we must live in the present.

• Delving into the past is a waste of time and energy.

• It is the job of historians and not scientists.

• It is always better to invest one’s resources on the development of living rather than investigating the death.