在需求与制约中竞争发展:从人类胚胎基因编辑技术说起

Embryonic Gene Editing:A Case of Conflicts Between Technology Development and Society Acceptance

科学是人类认知自然及规律的方法和过程,科学在满足科学家的认知欲望和对真理的追求的行进中发展,而社会整体则对科学的"孪生兄弟"——技术及其带来的种种实惠更感兴趣。社会整体科学素质的提高不仅依赖于科学知识的普及和掌握,还要通过对相关法律、社会伦理和道德等问题的深入讨论,获得理解和支持,并达成共识。现代科学的特点是通过计划性大科学项目来实现科学前沿的汇聚,促进科学与技术的前沿竞争,从而产生飞跃式发展。科学与社会的和谐来源于社会各界的相互信任、沟通、理解和认同。在解放生产力的前提下,大科学项目一定要有科学普及的专项资助,以及伦理的讨论和法律的约束。

Science is the process and methodology,through which the human learn about nature and its rules;scientists pursue their truth-seeking activities and career goals by advancing our scientific knowledge,whereas the society as a whole pay more attention to technology and its various benefits.The scientific awareness and education for the society rely not only on the knowledge providers–the scientific community–to bring its latest achievements up,but also through in-depth discussions on related legislation and ethical issues.The feature of modern science is to address frontier research through large-scale scientific projects and to achieve big leap of development.The harmony of science and society is rooted in the mutual trust,communications and understanding.The largescale scientific projects need to allocate special funding for the discussion of related legislation and ethic issues.