首页
登录
职称英语
It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really
It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really
游客
2024-09-16
5
管理
问题
It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you don’t, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits.
The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illuminating piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far they are from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant: the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted.
But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can’t be answered, sooner or later, including even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we can’t think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention. [br] Which of the following is NOT mentioned about scientists in earlier times?
选项
A、They invented false theories to explain things they didn’t understand.
B、They falsely claimed to know all about nature.
C、They did not believe in results from scientific observation.
D、They paid little attention to the problems they didn’t understand.
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。第二段第六句提到,以前我们或假装知道事情的来龙去脉,或对问题置之不理,或者干脆编造故事来填补我们的无知。A,B,D三项符合文意,故答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3760480.html
相关试题推荐
Itishardtopredicthowscienceisgoingtoturnout,andifitisreally
Itishardtopredicthowscienceisgoingtoturnout,andifitisreally
Nutritionisthescienceoffood,itsusewithinthebody,anditsrelations
Nutritionisthescienceoffood,itsusewithinthebody,anditsrelations
AnAustralianresearchgroupmayeasehumanity’scollectiveconscienceover
Theword"open"isreallyusedalot.You’veprobablyheard"openup"inman
(l)TheWestlifestoryreallybeganwaybackinDecember1996whenthethree
(l)TheWestlifestoryreallybeganwaybackinDecember1996whenthethree
Advanceinsciencemoreoftenthannotencounterspowerfulopposition,_____Dar
Whichofthefollowingunderlinedwordsindicatesprediction?A、Iwillneverspea
随机试题
患者突然自觉心悸胸闷半小时来诊。心电图示:心率180次/分,心律规则,P波无法辨
参与构成翼点的是A.额骨、颞骨、顶骨、蝶骨 B.额骨、颞骨、顶骨、枕骨 C.
常用的寿命周期成本分析方法包括( )。 A、费用效率法 B、模型估算法
下列哪项不属于划定规划区时需考虑的主要原因?( )A.统筹城乡发展的需要 B
简述群众性活动的具体活动方式。
借入流动性是商业银行降低流动性风险的“最具风险”的方法,原因在于,借入资金时商业
下列情形中,不会引起短期现金需求的是(??)。A.短期的存货周转率下降 B.短
2017年1月,天南市泾渭区爱民街道某小区退休工人杜某与魏某在杜某开办的超市里观
金瓷冠舌侧龈边缘最好为A.肩台十斜面 B.135°肩台 C.90°肩台 D
共用题干 根据题意,回答下列问题:关于工作D的时间参数的说法中,正确的为()。
最新回复
(
0
)