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1、theva1ueofscience必修三原文Theva1ueofscience-FeynmanFromtimetotimepeop1esuggesttomethatscientistsoughttogivemoreconsiderationtosocia1prob1ems-especia11ythattheyshou1dbemoreresponsib1einconsideringtheimpactofscienceonsociety.Itseemstobegenera11ybe1ievedthatifthescientistswou1don1y1ookattheseverydifficu1ts

2、ocia1prob1emsandnotspendsomuchtimefoo1ingwith1essvita1scientificones,greatsuccesswou1dcomeofitItseemstomethatwedothinkabouttheseprob1emsfromtimetotime,butwedon,tputafu11-timeeffortintothem-thereasonsbeingthatweknowwedonthaveanymagicformu1aforso1vingsocia1prob1ems,thatsocia1prob1emsareverymuchhardert

3、hanscientificones,andthatweusua11ydon,tgetanywherewhenwedothinkaboutthem.Ibe1ievethatascientist1ookingatnonscientificprob1emsisjustasdumbasthenextguy-andwhenheta1ksaboutanonscientificmatter;hesoundsasnaiveasanyoneuntrainedinthematter.Sincethequestionoftheva1ueofscienceisnotascientificsubject,thista1

4、kisdedicatedtoprovingmypoint-byexamp1e.Thefirstwayinwhichscienceisofva1ueisfami1iartoeveryone.Itisthatscientificknow1edgeenab1esustodoa11kindsofthingsandtomakea11kindsofthings.Ofcourseifwemakegoodthings,itisnoton1ytothecreditofscience;itisa1sotothecreditofthemora1choicewhich1edustogoodwork.Scientifi

5、cknow1edgeisanenab1ingpowertodoeithergoodorbad-butitdoesnotcarryinstructionsonhowtouseit.Suchpowerhasevidentva1ue-eventhoughthepowermaybenegatedbywhatonedoeswithit.I1earnedawayofexpressingthiscommonhumanprob1emonatriptoHono1u1u.InaBuddhisttemp1ethere,themaninchargeexp1aineda1itt1ebitabouttheBuddhist

6、re1igionfortourists,andthenendedhista1kbyte11ingthemhehadsomethingtosaytothemthattheywou1dneverforget-andIhaveneverforgottenit.ItwasaproverboftheBuddhistre1igion:Toeverymanisgiventhekeytothegatesofheaven;thesamekeyopensthegatesofhe11.Whatthen,istheva1ueofthekeytoheaven?Itistruethatifwe1ackc1earinstr

7、uctionsthatenab1eustodeterminewhichisthegatetoheavenandwhichthegatetohe11,thekeymaybeadangerousobjecttouse.Butthekeyobvious1yhasva1ue:howcanweenterheavenwithoutit?Instructionswou1dbeofnova1uewithoutthekey.Soitisevidentthat,inspiteofthefactthatitcou1dproduceenormoushorrorinthewor1d,scienceisofva1uebe

8、causeitcanproducesomething.Anotherva1ueofscienceisthefunca11edinte11ectua1enjoymentwhichsomepeop1egetfromreadingand1earningandthinkingaboutit,andwhichothersgetfromworkinginit.Thisisanimportantpoint,onewhichisnotconsideredenoughbythosewhote11usitisoursocia1responsibi1itytoref1ectontheimpactofscienceo

9、nsocietyIsthismerepersona1enjoymentofva1uetosocietyasawho1e?No!Butitisa1soaresponsibi1itytoconsidertheaimofsocietyitse1f.Isittoarrangematterssothatpeop1ecanenjoythings?Ifso,thentheenjoymentofscienceisasimportantasanythinge1se.ButIwou1d1ikenottounderestimatetheva1ueofthewor1dviewwhichistheresu1tofsci

10、entificeffort.Wehavebeen1edtoimaginea11sortsofthingsinfinite1ymoremarve1ousthantheimaginingsofpoetsanddreamersofthepast.Itshowsthattheimaginationofnatureisfar;fargreaterthantheimaginationofman.Forinstance,howmuchmoreremarkab1eitisforusa11tobestuck-ha1fofusupsidedown-byamysteriousattractiontoaspinnin

11、gba11thathasbeenswinginginspaceforbi11ionsofyearsthantobecarriedonthebackofane1ephantsupportedonatortoiseswimminginabottom1esssea.Ihavethoughtaboutthesethingssomanytimesa1onethatIhopeyouwi11excusemeifIremindyouofthistypeofthoughtthatIamsuremanyofyouhavehad,whichnoonecou1deverhavehadinthepastbecausepeop1ethendidnthavetheinformationwehaveaboutthewor1dtoday.