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Science and Technology

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• How would you characterize the age in which you live?
• Can you name any inventions that changed people's lives? How did they change them?
• Do you know any famous inventors? What did they invent?
• Is there any type of modern technology that you can't imagine living without?
• Can you imagine living without the civilization (e.g. on a desert island)? What would you miss the most?
• What three things would you take with you if you were to spend two weeks alone on a desert island?
• Do you understand the machines you use every day (TV, radio, car etc.)? Can you repair them if you need to?
• Are there any negative effects of technological development?
• What fields of science do you know? What do they study?
• Is studying sciences interesting for you?
• Do you know any famous scientists?

Science and ethics

• What is cloning?
• Why do so many people disagree with it?
• What do you think of genetic engineering?
• Do you think that science should enable parents to choose the sex of their baby, for example?
• What do you think of testing on animals?
• What do you think of brilliant scientists who discovered something very dangerous (e.g. the atomic bomb etc.)?

The future

• What do you think the future will be like? How will people live in 100 years?
• How do you think science will develop in the future? What things will be invented or discovered?
• Do you like science fiction? Why, or why not?
• Can science fiction be a prediction of future?
• What's the best/worst sci-fi movie you've ever seen?
• Do you think people in the future will be able to spend their holiday in space? How would you feel about such a holiday now?

These are some common sci-fi themes. Are they realistic, How do / would they affect people's lives?

• Space travel
• Living on other planets
• Teleportation
• Cloning people
• Growing replacement organs
• Robots
• Immortality
• etc.