"Importance of science.

Scientific community and the problems it is facing

nowadays"
Education and science play an important role in the development of any society.
Everything that surrounds us - technology, buildings, everyday objects - is the result
of conscientious work, scientific inventions and inspiration of many people. Thanks
to the acquired education, any person can become a scientist or specialist in various
spheres of activity and social life, so the need for knowledge for the further progress
of humanity becomes clear.
Scientific discoveries and inventions make a person erudite, expand his worldview,
and force him to look not only at a certain problem, but also at the world in a new
way.
Thomas Kuhn suggested abandoning the image of science as a system of knowledge.
The change and development of which is subject to the canons of the methodology of
logic, and to replace it with the image of science as an activity of scientific
communities, which depends on culture, history, social organization, psychological
and technical base.
A system of norms, basic theoretical views, methods, fundamental facts and patterns
of activity, which are recognized and shared by all members of this scientific
community. A scientist can be understood as a scientist only by his belonging to a
scientific community, whose members adhere to a certain paradigm.
The beginning of economic reforms and a sharp reduction in science funding led to
the awareness of the specific problems of the scientific community, thereby reducing
the level of politicization of public scientific organizations. The growing awareness
of the common interests of all scientific workers has led to the search for ways to
influence the budget and scientific policy through cooperation with various political
parties and movements.
Questions on p.31 5. What major conclusions does the author arrive at?
The author came to the following conclusions: the entire professional community
should pay more attention to the development of a scientifically literate society. Also,
along with the level of education, support for science and the benefits of technology
increases. Moreover, most importantly, more science is needed to be successful.