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69"Government should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development"
提纲:1 政府应该对研究加以一定限制 例子:核能
2过度的限制是不行的 例子:Einstein的相对论 (这个例子是不是有点俗透了,大家有什么好例子麻烦指点一下)
3 对于一些有争议的研究但长期的投资价值,经管其他机构因为可能投资风险大而不愿支持,政府不但不能限制,反而应该资助。例子:一些转基因作物危害生物多样性 (不知道这个例子的可信度多高。有没有影响生物多样性的转基因庄稼呢?]
Should government place any restrictions on scientific research and development? The speaker contends not, however, I disagree with him because without the regulation of government some researches will bring us great disasters.
Nowadays, scientific research plays an important role in improving technology and thus improves people's live. However, in many cases, the greater benefit there is, the more harm there is if it misused. Consider, for instance, nuclear energy is developed originally to supply clear and efficient energy to mitigate the energy problem. However, it can also be used to make nuclear weapon which can make destructive disasters. In order to prevent the terrorists make use of this kind of weapon and keep the peace in the world, government should take measures to ban the disabuse of nuclear energy. Imaging that if the government leaves freedom to all the scientists no matter what their motivations are to do any research they would like to do, people all over the world would be caused in a panic ------a devastating war may burst out anytime anywhere.
Admittedly, undue restrictions may hamper the development of science. Scientists should be given sufficient space to do what they like to do. A case of " the special relative theory" comes to my mind immediately. Einstein---a prodigious physician who contributes his whole life in the scientific research, though successfully, may be a quite lonely people in the scientific world-----his theory was hardly understood by people even most of the physicians. It was said that for quite a long time there were only three people who can accept his relative theory at that time. Then how should the government treat him? Should the government prevent the publishing of his "whimsy" theory? Certainly not, the new theory nearly caused a fatal disaster for Einstein in German, luckily, he ran away to American------a free country where he became a professor in Princeton University and spread his ideas to people and then the theory were gradually accepted. Therefore, the government should have a magnanimous attitude towards researches bringing original ideas.
For some controversial researches, which can get little fund from other organizations because of its high risk, the government should not give restrictions to these researches and contrarily they should fund it because it may bring unexpected surprise or cause long term benefit. Take gene engineering for example. Genetically modified seeds bring themselves powerful insecticide and high production, but the controversy is that some of these super organisms are too resistant and kill a lot of other organisms. Hence the widely use of them are prevented and big companies would not like to support the future research to improve it because of the high risk. At this time, the government should play an active role to encourage the researchers to make improvement because the research may bring high production of crops, which can solve the problem of hunger in the third country.[不知道这个例子的可信度多高。有没有影响生物多样性的转基因庄稼呢?]
In sum, the government should put proper restrictions on scientific research. For the research that may bring potential harm for human the government should ban it. And for some controversial research that is likely to bring benefit to human, the government should give support. |
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