science is more important than the arts

Sciene is more important than the arts because without Sciene we wouldn't have medicine and be able to act against disease

Thank you for posting such an interesting debate.

Before we get into the actual arguments, however, I would appreciate it greatly if you would define some words:

Important
The Arts
Science

If you could just define those, it would make for a clearer debate from the get-go. Good luck with this debate and thank you once again.

That's a shame. I really do wish you would give definitions, but I'll post an argument just in case you come back for the next round. Post 'em if you do come back though, please!

Art is human expression of emotion, thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Art has been around for thousands of years. Think of how empty our lives would be without any form of art. No music. No paintings. No photography. No dancing. No singing. No films. No plays. No fiction writing of any form, since that can easily be considered an art. Life devoid of all these things is near animalistic. Sure, we stay alive because of science, but we ENJOY being alive because of art. If you stripped the world away of all art right now, this world would be an very non-human place.

Music and paintings and films and fiction connect people in the human experience from all over the world. We have an innate need to create art, as well. It is as natural as scientific curiosity in the human condition. To say science is more important than the arts is to deny how significant this part of humanity truly is.

Humans might need science for medicine in order to keep living, but what's the point of living in a world without anything human that you can share? Sure, maybe one day I could live to 150 with the help of science, but I would rather live to 50 WITH art in my life than live to 150 without it. It's a question of quality.

50 years of life enriched by Monet, Dali, Orwell, Faulkner, Ansel Adams, Astaire, Brando, Kubrick, Hammerstein, Bach, The Beatles and thousands more is a better life than 150 years of life with no art of any kind.

This is just an opening. Thank you very much.

Well, hopefully my opponent returns for later rounds. Until then, I extend my arguments.

My arguments are again extended.

Well, sadly, my opponent never came back to this argument.

So, clearly VOTE CON please!