Science during Leisure Time

There are various reasons for which people in the past used leisure time to do science and other types of academic work. First, I believe that people in the past used their free time to do science and other forms of academic work due to the division of labor. When cities developed every member of its community had a specific task or job, and a select few were there to develop answer to answer or try to explain the world around them. Also, people in the past didnt know as much about the world as we know now, most of their ideas were either false, or not proven and supported by facts, so people worked to answer these questions. These ideas are also supported by curiosity, curious people asked question, and to come up with answers they needed to spend time in research, observations, and collecting data, things that require a lot of time.

In modern society, science isnt really important anymore. You dont see people spending time performing experiments and collecting data, or even asking themselves questions about the world. Todays world is only interested in the media. We have better things to do with our lives like go on facebook, text, watch television, go on the internet etc. Also, I think that in todays society, science isnt viewed as something of importance because it is taught to us at school. Its not like we have an option, we have to take science. In the past, people performed science(s) because they wanted to. Becoming a scientist isnt something many people aspire to become, they rather play ball. We dont want to seem like we are nerds but in the past many people aspired to be nerds. Science isnt popular, and therefore not important.