首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
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 thi
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 thi
admin
2012-01-27
167
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. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illuminating (启发性的) piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment (启蒙运动) to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering (茫无头绪的) 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 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 which we will never know about, 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.
It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century______.
选项
A、were afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific research
B、knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about nature
C、did more harm than good in promoting man’s understanding of nature
D、thought that they knew a great deal and could solve most problems of science
答案
D
解析
根据题干中的scientists of the 18th century将本题出处定位到第二段第四句。由该句提到的“如果我们当中任何一个人要告诉18世纪启蒙运动中最聪明的人,我们的知识有多么地少,未来看起来是多么地让人困惑,这都会让他们大吃一惊的”可推断出,18世纪的科学家们自认为已经知道很多了,故答案为[D]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/FOy7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Eversincethefirstcavemandiscoveredthathecoulddrawarrowsonthegroundwithapointedstick,manhasbeentryingtocom
Weliveinasocietyinthereisalotoftalkabout【M1】______science,butIwouldsaythattherearenot5perce
Oncewhiletryingtoreachhiscarkey,LiKa-shingdrippedatwo-dollarcoin,whichrolledundertheear.【M1】____
A、Shegenerallydoesn’tallowpeopletoborrowit.B、Sheistryingtosellit.C、Sheboughtitfromafriend.D、Ithasbrokendo
Inrecentyearn,Israeliconsumershavegrownmoredemandingasthey’vebecomewealthierandmoreworldly-wise.Foreigntraveli
Inrecentyearn,Israeliconsumershavegrownmoredemandingasthey’vebecomewealthierandmoreworldly-wise.Foreigntraveli
Onedayapoliceofficermanagedtogetsomefreshmushrooms.Hewasso【C1】______whathehadboughtthatheofferedto【C2】______
A、Biology.B、Chemistry.C、Philosophy.D、Medicine.C信息明示题。文章提到theymuststudybiology,chemistryandothersciences,而想成为医生的学生旨定还要
Ilovetravelingbytrain.Fast【B1】______,slowlocaltrainswhichstopateverystation,【B2】______trainstakingbusinessmento
随机试题
以下微生物哪些不能被滤过除菌法去除
放疗计划验证不包括的内容是
A.不超过6小时B.不超过2小时以内C.不超过12小时以内D.不超过24小时E.不超过8小时农村甲类传染病的上报时间
迁延不愈的营养不良患儿,可引起突然死亡的并发症是
患者,男性,15岁,学生。突然出现畏寒、高热,体温高达40℃,头晕、头痛、全身酸痛、乏力伴有腹痛、腹泻,同班同学也有相似症状。血常规检查示WBC3.0×109/L,N70%,L30%。若继发金黄色葡萄球菌肺炎,经验性治疗不应选用()
人民教育出版社普通高中课程标准实验教科书《思想政治必修1─经济生活》第三课第二框《树立正确的消费观》一共包括以下两个小标题:(1)消费心理面面观;(2)做理智的消费者。请以此为内容进行教学设计,写出教学内容的教学目标、教学重难点并说明理由。写出本课程
皮格马利翁效应体现了教师能力对学生的影响。()
并非所有理想远大的人都不可能受到一些非正能量事件的影响。当然,并非所有的理想远大的人都可能一帆风顺。如果该命题为真,那么以下哪项为真?
考生文件夹下存在一个数据库文件“samp1.accdb”,里面已经设计好表对象“tStud”。请按照以下要求,完成对表的修改:完成上述操作后,将“备注”字段删除。
“汉语桥”世界大学生中文比赛(the“ChineseBridge”ChineseProficiencyCompetitionforForeignCollegeStudents)是由国家汉办(theOfficeofChineseLangu
最新回复
(
0
)