[风雨与共] Issue 69 习作by yilin

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ISSUE69 -"Government should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific researchand development"
1.部分同意。
2.政府的职责是保护人民。
3.科学是双刃剑，很有可能对人类造成威胁,政府需要采取措施监管科学研究。
4.监管不能过度，不能是妨碍科学的发展。

In my point of view, the statement thatgovernment shouldn’t take any measures to restrict or control the scientificresearch and development is overly assertive. In fact, I think that appropriaterestriction is needed, but the weight should be determined on a case by case basis.

As we know, the government plays a role asprotecting it's citizens and then keep our society making progress. Actually, thefirst one is far more important that the second one. And it is just for thisreason that a government is given the authority to do something may berestriction for someone but protection for others.


As for scientific research, admittedly, thetechnology and knowledge came from it has contribute greatly to the developmentof our society, and without the research carried by countless scientists in thehistory, the modernization would be just fantasy.

on the other hand, we should also realizedthat the science has it's side effect. And sometimes the consequence of abusiveuse or research of science can be deathful and lead to large number of death.The chernobyl disaster for instance, had caused 4000 deaths through radioactive pollution from the reportby UN and International Atomic EnergyAgency. And it brought about long-term environmental pollution, so that thehometown was changed into depopulated zone. Theaccident illustrates that we are impossible to control anything created bytechnology and science. And when the science comes to the reverse of our ethic,shall we just ignored that and let it go? Absolutely not. The technology of colonfor example, if used on the humankind, will cause severe consequence whichendanger the genetic identity of the individual and break the ethics. So thegovernment should do something to inspect the researches which are of potentialdanger and make sure that these researches are going to be used for legal purpose.

Al though the supervision is necessary, itis not advisable that the government carries on arbitrary interference. And thebasic academic freedom should be guaranteed so that development of technologyand science won’t stop. The government has to known that to which field theymay pay more attention and to which they may give more flexibility. Thesubjects like nuclear physics，biochemistry which may contain some potential danger are rightful tobe inspected to a greater extent. But for the others like electronics and computerscience which are relatively safer, the government could care less.

The science and technology are not always beneficialto us. Once them depart from the initial way or violates the ethic, governmentshould take necessary measures to hold back the progress and correct them. Onin this way, the utilization of science and technology can be safe. And only onthis basis could freedom be achieved.