In much that is currently written and said about science, it is difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish science from technology. We contend that there are more than superficial differences between the two. For technology seems to be an outgrowth of our survival instincts rather than coming from our theological-philosophical origins. To help make this distinction let us define technology as:
Technology: Technology is what man has done to provide for his existence, and it is an outgrowth of that very basic instinct for survival.
Although it is difficult to see automobiles, electronics, and all the other technical paraphernalia of our lives as by-products of the instinct to survive, that is precisely our contention. Not to misunderstand our point, we are not denying that science and technology have interacted and nourished each other throughout human existence to the point that today they are intimately entwined. For indeed they have. But science and technology have very different goals. Science is an inquiry into the nature of the world, while technology is an effort to survive as a species in that world. The fact that one can be used in the pursuit of the other does not make them the same thing.