Original artwork, not a still
Strength to Love ‧ 1963
We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb, producing fears and anxieties that science can never mitigate.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker reflects that humanity gave near-religious reverence to science, only to receive the atomic bomb from it. That gift brought fears and anxieties which science itself cannot ease. The line criticises faith in technical progress alone, since it cannot settle the dread it helped create.
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