Scientific Disaster? A Geneticist's Dilemma

Author: Yajie
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Is human scientific activity threatening humanity's future? The author addresses this question through an analysis of examples in genetics. The "traps" of science are everywhere, and anything can trap our thinking—words, numbers, and even the imagined "objects" all create various traps. However, the role of science is to help us dismantle these traps. Science does not provide answers but rather raises precise questions—because "key scientific progress can teach us how to ask better questions."