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RT,求拍求定位。我们学校一外教说我的水平就3.5,让我上他的辅导课,5节课1000.想知道有没有必要去上 59.Scientists and other researchers should focus their research on areas that are likely to benefit the greatest number of people. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position. I strongly agree with the speaker on the basis that scientists and researchers should take account of the public interests when choosing their research areas for reasons involved with the predominant role of science in society and the social responsibility of researchers. However upon further reflection it begs the question about the nature of science and, if strictly following the recommendation, it will have chilling effect both on individuals and society as a whole. Admittedly, science was once referred to "the ivory tower", free from the political, religious and social interferences. However, since the Industrial Revolution, science and technology has gone hand in hand to "revolutionize" the whole society. One only need no further look into his or her daily life to find out that science and technology are everywhere and whenever. With the development of telecommunication technology, one can keep in touch with his long-distance friends by mobile phones conveniently; they do not have to wait for the letter for weeks or even months like their grandparents do. With the aid of airplanes, it only take a few hours, settling in the comfortable armchair and sipping champagne, for a businessman to cover thousands of miles to another country. Besides, especially since the World War II, government grants, which derives from taxes from its citizens, has made up a great proportion of the research funding, or maybe the paramount one. In other words, it is the public who lays the foundation for scientific research. While scientific research is so associated with the public interests, the implicit rationale behind the statement is that researchers are able to predict the results of their research, which violates the nature of science. After all, science is far more being a body of knowledge about things around us but also an ongoing process which entails permanent revisions and challenges as new evidences are flooding in when we discover the world deeper.
Meanwhile, if the recommendation is strictly adopted, it inevitably brings about catastrophes to both researchers and society in the long term. Firstly, the individual talents will be wasted as scientists are required compulsorily to focus on the limited areas connected with the public, which is no doubt a shame. In addition, they can be so unmotivated as lack of interest that researchers might not devote themselves into their career wholeheartedly. For this reason, the results of such research can be rather disappointing. On a societal level, as applied research is more directly linked with the interests of the public, in all possibility researchers will concentrate their energy and time on such projects. Though it can result in immediate benefits in the short term, the inevitable result is the disregard of basic research, which bases the foundation of science as it is original and basic in charter and builds new frontiers for knowledge. Actually, the applied research is an extension of basic research for the simple reason that it solves certain problems employing very well and accepted theories or principles. In short, while both science and society will benefit from research closely linked with the maximum benefits of the greatest number of people, it is better to leave the decision and right |
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