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本帖最后由 pluka 于 2010-2-19 09:50 编辑
ISSUE40: “Scholars and researchers should not be concerned with whether their work makes a contribution to the larger society. It is more important that they pursue their individual interests, however unusual or idiosyncratic those interests may seem.”
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A scientist concludes that any exploration starts from three things: curiosity, altruism and reasonable motivation. While individual interest plays an important role, scientists, against a background of today’s rapid globalization and competition, can not and should not turn a blind eye to the influence of their works for the society.
Initially, in any country, most of major researches and developments stem directly from the demand of the society. They emerge and expand thanks to the expectation and sponsor that people offer for their potential contributions. Nuclear energy, for example, draws the attention of all for the tremedous benefit it can bring if being used properly as fuel. And nuclear power plant emerges with cheer. Medicine, too, improves out of people’s desire to overcome sufferings and death. Sponsored by government or cooperation, advocated by people, scholars and researchers may feel free from economical or administrative burden and supported to achieve their accomplishments. The requirement of society stimulates the motivation and accelerates the achievement, and through fulfilling the demand, these researches exhibit their prowess and value. Can scientists or scholars, therefore, refuse the inspiration from the people, and should they neglect the social call? The answer is negative.
For individual, the concern for the society offers scientist a sense of self-realization, which could be vital during his exploration. Human by nature is altruism. Except for curiosity, we gain satisfaction and happiness from the confidence and conviction of being helping the world. A scientist, realizing the contribution of his work to the public welfare, grows pride and urged by the responsibility to devote himself into the project. Equipped with such spirit, Chinese scientists and engineers mastered the nuclear technology all of their own without sufficient machines that even caculators were rare and that they computed with pens and papers. Would they be able to create such a miracle, if without the strong devotion to the society? Possibly not. Another illustration is the social scholar who conduct researches in remote areas where the material is scant and living conditions almost unbearable. Personal interest may lend some impetus initially, yet without the passion for the society, without the comfort offered by the altruistic spirit, a person may fail to sustain the work. Society gains the progress, and researchers win the spiritual happiness.
Yes, still we adore those who explore the world only for their own interests. They exhibit a pure scientific spirit that is almost empyreal and untainted of the mundane, a spirit that is inspiring and worshiped. Also, frequently, they brings about unforeseen benefits to the whole. Faraday devoted himself in the quest of the relationship of magnet and electricity. He had no idea of what this research can do for the society, but insisted on the project out of his curiosity. Yet hundreds years apart from his day, we rely our life heavily on the electricity, which is generated using Faraday’s law. The pure scientific spirit, though sometimes seems ostansibly against practicalism, leaves profound influences.
Nevertheless, no one might expect a world saturated with the pure scientist yet without researchers considering the social need. It takes hundreds of years for Faraday’s law to be applied. Yet there are so many urgent problems that apparently cannot wait that long. We cannot wait till the resources are depleted; we can not wait till the world is warmed to be stewed; we can not wait till the epidemics clears this planet --simply because seldom are there researchers interested in them. If all pursue their own concerns, who will guaratee the pursuit of the interest of the society as a whole? Scientists who concentrate on solving the social problem and making contributions to the society will always be a powerful motor for the progress, even survival, of the society.
Justifiably, scholars and researchers may seek to keep the pure scientific spirit inspired solely by individual interests. Nonetheless, the concern for the society and the awareness of the contribution were, are, and always will be, the indispensible part in their quest.
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