Attempt to formulate your 'moral' views on the practice of science. Imagine yourself stumbling upon a discovery, which has great academic interest but in certain to have nothing but dangerous consequences for the human society. How, if at all, will you resolve your dilemma?

India has had a long and unbroken tradition of great scholarship - in mathematics, astronomy, linguistic, logic and ethics. Yet, in parallel with this, several superstitious and obscurantistic attitudes and practices flourished in our society and unfortunately continue even today - among many educated people too. How will you use your knowledge of science to develop strategies to counter these attitudes?