"All good things are difficult to achieve; and all bad things are very easy to get."

-Confucius

Scientific advancements that yield positive results are difficult to achieve while the negative results just come along without any hints of their arrival. As mentioned in A Measure of Restraint, Marie Currie worked long and hard to discover radium and while the positive effects were difficult to achieve, the negative effects were quick to show themselves. This just goes to show how unpredictable science and nature really is. We may think we have the power and technology to do so much, but in reality, we are powerless in the face of nature. During storms and other natural disasters, our advanced technology can do nothing to save us. We have to surrender our power to nature and protect ourselves. If we try too hard to beat nature, we are almost asking it to fight back. For example, with genetic engineering, although there could be many benefits, one simple error could result in permanent damage as a "gene is potentially immortal" (Raymo). To what extent is it really okay to experiment with science? Mankind should be aware of that extent and approach science with a measure of restraint.