Scientific research today attempts to go too far. There are certain things in the world which we simply should not try to understand. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge orcexperience.

Humans have always been curious, it is part of our nature and
for
this
reason we have always been trying to find an explanation for what we witnessed. Since the 16th century, when the scientific method was developed, we
finally
had a standardised
way
to determine what is “true” based on experiments and observations.
Hence
it is understandable why since that very moment, scientific
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has become part of almost any field of
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human knowledge but
this
has
also
made part of the population fight against
this
expansion as they think there are phenomena we should not try to understand. On the one hand, it is paramount to understand the importance of scientific research as it is the driving force
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civilization, it is the reason why we live the
way
we do.
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as one of the greatest
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we have to understand what is around us.
On the other hand
, there have always been topics
such
as understanding emotions or religion which did not fit easily with the
way
the scientific method can explain phenomena. But refusing to explain something just because it is hard to do so is against the very essence of what the scientific method is about, just by looking at the
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advances
in
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psychology
and neurology, it is incredible how much more we know about emotions and yet how far we are from
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truly
understanding them. In conclusion, the people who are opposed to introducing
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scientific research
in specific fields are usually afraid of
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the “romantic” side of the
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. I personally think that the fact that emotions and behaviours are so dependent on our physiology and the internal chemistry of our brains, in
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such
a complex
way
that we know more about outer space than what is inside our heads, is arguably more fascinating and romantic than the idea of a soul.
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