The glorious Apollo program in the United States to put an American on the moon,for example,for all its benefits,was more the child of politics than of the craving for exploration.Like it or not,political motives have been telling in driving science and technology these past decades.In other words,we must be valid participants in helping formulate public policy or else be its victims.Power can be enabling as well as corrupting.A discipline is defined by the questions it asks as well as the validity of its measuring instruments.Recognition of death and knowledge of finiteness has contributed to psychology's progression into adulthood.