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1、thevalueofscience必修三原文Thevalueofscience-FeynmanFromtimetotimepeoplesuggesttomethatscientistsoughttogivemoreconsiderationtosocialproblems-especiallythattheyshouldbemoreresponsibleinconsideringtheimpactofscienceonsociety.Itseemstobegenerallybelievedthatifthescientistswouldonlylookattheseverydifficults

2、ocialproblemsandnotspendsomuchtimefoolingwithlessvitalscientificones,greatsuccesswouldcomeofitItseemstomethatwedothinkabouttheseproblemsfromtimetotime,butwedon,tputafull-timeeffortintothem-thereasonsbeingthatweknowwedonthaveanymagicformulaforsolvingsocialproblems,thatsocialproblemsareverymuchhardert

3、hanscientificones,andthatweusuallydon,tgetanywherewhenwedothinkaboutthem.Ibelievethatascientistlookingatnonscientificproblemsisjustasdumbasthenextguy-andwhenhetalksaboutanonscientificmatter;hesoundsasnaiveasanyoneuntrainedinthematter.Sincethequestionofthevalueofscienceisnotascientificsubject,thistal

4、kisdedicatedtoprovingmypoint-byexample.Thefirstwayinwhichscienceisofvalueisfamiliartoeveryone.Itisthatscientificknowledgeenablesustodoallkindsofthingsandtomakeallkindsofthings.Ofcourseifwemakegoodthings,itisnotonlytothecreditofscience;itisalsotothecreditofthemoralchoicewhichledustogoodwork.Scientifi

5、cknowledgeisanenablingpowertodoeithergoodorbad-butitdoesnotcarryinstructionsonhowtouseit.Suchpowerhasevidentvalue-eventhoughthepowermaybenegatedbywhatonedoeswithit.IlearnedawayofexpressingthiscommonhumanproblemonatriptoHonolulu.InaBuddhisttemplethere,themaninchargeexplainedalittlebitabouttheBuddhist

6、religionfortourists,andthenendedhistalkbytellingthemhehadsomethingtosaytothemthattheywouldneverforget-andIhaveneverforgottenit.ItwasaproverboftheBuddhistreligion:Toeverymanisgiventhekeytothegatesofheaven;thesamekeyopensthegatesofhell.Whatthen,isthevalueofthekeytoheaven?Itistruethatifwelackclearinstr

7、uctionsthatenableustodeterminewhichisthegatetoheavenandwhichthegatetohell,thekeymaybeadangerousobjecttouse.Butthekeyobviouslyhasvalue:howcanweenterheavenwithoutit?Instructionswouldbeofnovaluewithoutthekey.Soitisevidentthat,inspiteofthefactthatitcouldproduceenormoushorrorintheworld,scienceisofvaluebe

8、causeitcanproducesomething.Anothervalueofscienceisthefuncalledintellectualenjoymentwhichsomepeoplegetfromreadingandlearningandthinkingaboutit,andwhichothersgetfromworkinginit.Thisisanimportantpoint,onewhichisnotconsideredenoughbythosewhotellusitisoursocialresponsibilitytoreflectontheimpactofscienceo

9、nsocietyIsthismerepersonalenjoymentofvaluetosocietyasawhole?No!Butitisalsoaresponsibilitytoconsidertheaimofsocietyitself.Isittoarrangematterssothatpeoplecanenjoythings?Ifso,thentheenjoymentofscienceisasimportantasanythingelse.ButIwouldlikenottounderestimatethevalueoftheworldviewwhichistheresultofsci

10、entificeffort.Wehavebeenledtoimagineallsortsofthingsinfinitelymoremarvelousthantheimaginingsofpoetsanddreamersofthepast.Itshowsthattheimaginationofnatureisfar;fargreaterthantheimaginationofman.Forinstance,howmuchmoreremarkableitisforusalltobestuck-halfofusupsidedown-byamysteriousattractiontoaspinnin

11、gballthathasbeenswinginginspaceforbillionsofyearsthantobecarriedonthebackofanelephantsupportedonatortoiseswimminginabottomlesssea.IhavethoughtaboutthesethingssomanytimesalonethatIhopeyouwillexcusemeifIremindyouofthistypeofthoughtthatIamsuremanyofyouhavehad,whichnoonecouldeverhavehadinthepastbecausepeoplethendidnthavetheinformationwehaveabouttheworldtoday.