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　　是否应该限制科学，科学研究的现实目的

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　　23. Governments should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development.

　　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.

　　1. Governments should issue a strict ban on research with unclear ethical implication. Evidence: Cloning technology is widely banned because of its ethically problematic nature (religious issue& issue regarding personal identity).

　　2. Regarding research that may pose threats to people’s physical safety, government should strictly limit its application but kindly encourage its study. (transgenic study, toxicology…)

　　3. Regarding research without immediate application, the case is different based on a particular country’s economic strength. Governments in underdeveloped regions should use its research funding more prudently in areas with short-term effect. Evidence: The problem of scientific research with unclear consequences is twofold. First, it costs tons of money. Second, its effect is unpredictable. Yet underdeveloped regions have neither the money to waste nor the time to wait for the effect to happen. However, Governments in relatively developed regions should carefully provide financial support for researches even if their consequences may be temporarily unclear. Evidence: Technological strength marks a nation’s current global status (see U.S. after World War II).

　　Many now influential technologies did not seem at all promising when first developed (See Riemann Geometry, World Wide Web, Quantum Mechanics, and the Theory of Relativity…).

编辑：张雨

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