I don't have the same grandiose notions of CS that OP has, but you could say that about any research field. Physics gave us airplanes and bombs to drop from th

I don't have the same grandiose notions of CS that OP has, but you could say that about any research field. Physics gave us airplanes and bombs to drop from them. Biology and chemistry gave us pharmaceuticals and pollutants. You can do this for any field of study really.