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1、TheValueofSciencePage1of5TheValueofScienceRichardFeynmanOneofFeynman'smosteloquentpubliclectures.PublishedinWhatDoYouCareWhatOtherPeopleThink?:FurtherAdventuresofaCuriousCharacterbyRichardFeynmanastoldtoRalphLeighton(1988).AlsoavailableinThePleasureofFindingThingsOut:TheBestSh
2、ortWorksofRichardFeynman(1999,pp.141-149).Ofallitsmanyvalues,thegreatestmustbethefreedomtodoubt.Fromtimetotime,peoplesuggesttomethatscientistsoughttogivemoreconsiderationtosocialproblems--especiallythattheyshouldbemoreresponsibleinconsideringtheimpactofscienceuponsociety.Thiss
3、amesuggestionmustbemadetomanyotherscientists,anditseemstobegenerallybelievedthatifthescientistswouldonlylookattheseverydifficultsocialproblemsandnotspendsomuchtimefoolingwiththelessvitalscientificones,greatsuccesswouldcomeofit.Itseemstomethatwedothinkabouttheseproblemsfromtime
4、totime,butwedon'tputfull-timeeffortintothem--thereasonbeingthatweknowwedon'thaveanymagicformulaforsolvingproblems,thatsocialproblemsareverymuchharderthanscientificones,andthatweusuallydon'tgetanywherewhenwedothinkaboutthem.Ibelievethatascientistlookingatnonscientificproblemsis
5、justasdumbasthenextguy--andwhenhetalksaboutanonscientificmatter,hewillsoundasnaiveasanyoneuntrainedinthematter.Sincethequestionofthevalueofscienceisnotascientificsubject,thisdiscussionisdedicatedtoprovingmypoint--byexample.Thefirstwayinwhichscienceisofvalueisfamiliartoeveryone
6、.Itisthatscientificknowledgeenablesustodoallkindsofthingsandtomakeallkindsofthings.Ofcourseifwemakegoodthings,itisnotonlytothecreditofscience;itisalsotothecreditofthemoralchoicewhichledustogoodwork.Scientificknowledgeisanenablingpowertodoeithergoodorbad--butitdoesnotcarryinstr
7、uctionsonhowtouseit.Suchpowerhasevidentvalue--eventhoughthepowermaybenegatedbywhatonedoes.IlearnedawayofexpressingthiscommonhumanproblemonatriptoHonolulu.InaBuddhisttemplethere,themaninchargeexplainedalittlebitabouttheBuddhistreligionfortourists,andthenendedhistalkbytellingthe
8、mhehadsomethingtosaytothemthattheywouldneverforget--andIhaven
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