Has the discovery of new technologies really slowed down?
Have you ever had a similar experience in your life? After working hard for a period of time, you always feel that time passes much slower than before. This is not an illusion. Einstein once mentioned that when an object is in constant motion, the speed of time passing is slower than that at rest.
With the rapid development of science and technology, the theories summarized in the past can already support the exploration of human civilization in a larger scope. However, scientists say that from the experimental data, we can see that the speed of our scientific and technological development is indeed slowing down obviously.
It sounds incredible. After all, a wide variety of high-tech products emerge one after another, and the speed of upgrading is far beyond imagination. Many people will show off their smartphones, tablets and Xbox36 anytime and anywhere.
IT's true that most of the video game interfaces 2 years ago were only rough 2D images, but today's Internet games are 3D virtual images comparable to the real world ...... Have you found that all these seem to be based on the extension of IT Internet technology, which may be the only highlight of scientific and technological progress in our time?
why do we feel the progress of human science and technology? Stagnant? And? Is there really power to block the research and development of scientific discovery? Has the development of science and technology really slowed down?
from what aspects of daily life do you feel the bottleneck of scientific discovery?
First of all, the big explosion of modern science and technology is just a representation, and the research of scientific theories has already encountered bottlenecks, and all of them are expanded at the application level on the basis of the original scientific theoretical achievements.
It can be seen from the acquisition of scientific awards that most of the Nobel Prizes in recent years are still proving the theory of decades ago; In the medical field, intractable diseases that were previously incurable are still not completely overcome; In the field of scientific theory, there are no theories of great cross-century significance like gravity, relativity and quantum mechanics in the world today.
Secondly, the number of great scientific men across the century is obviously decreasing. Humans have been on the road of scientific development for more than 2 years. In this course, many outstanding scientists have emerged, such as Einstein, Newton, Tesla, Edison and so on. Their appearance has made human science take a big step forward, and their contributions are creative.
Many years after their death, many scientific researches continue to be explored and extended, and even many modern scientific theories are based on the works left by these scientists. There was once a net red photo, which was a photo of all outstanding scientists in the 2th century. Some netizens laughed and said, if no one in this photo has ever appeared, will our textbooks be half thinner?
furthermore, the innovation achievements in the field of space exploration in the 21st century are not outstanding enough. I remember that in the 6 s and 7 s, some people in the scientific community predicted that ordinary people could travel freely between open spaces; Flying has become the most common mode of transportation for human beings, and there is no need to suffer from traffic jams; People no longer have to suffer from epidemics, and cancer has been conquered; Highly developed gene technology can be applied to the transformation of human body and even improve intelligence; In the early 21st century, mankind can successfully immigrate to Mars and build a new home for mankind?
however, 4 years later, have all these original predictions come true? Unfortunately, in fact, these predictions did not reach a qualitative leap.
who is blocking the development of human science and technology?
first, the obstacle from social morality and traditional ethics is that new scientific discoveries cannot be defined accurately. In recent years, it has appeared in the medical field that fertilized eggs are implanted into the uterus of pregnant women and replaced by pregnant women? Pregnant in October and giving birth once? The process has fulfilled the dreams of mothers who can't conceive children. However, this kind of science and technology violates traditional morality and ethics and complicates social relations.
for example, the blockbuster in America? M baby incident? : Mary? White volunteered to do it for the Sterns on the premise of getting paid? Surrogate mother? . But when Mary gave birth to the child, she would rather return the reward of 1 thousand dollars than give up the custody of the child. Even the judge didn't know how to punish it.
Such a child is contradictory when he is born. On the one hand, he gave birth to his mother, and on the other hand, he raised and educated his mother. Who does this child want to recognize as his real mother? No matter who you choose, it will be a kind of harm to another mother.
Second, social contradictions such as traditional moral values and family values make it impossible for new scientific and technological discoveries to be applied and popularized. To put it bluntly, human cloning is asexual reproduction, and almost identical human individuals are copied, which is another problem. Cloning makes human relations chaotic and human rights vague, completely subverts the concept of inheritance from generation to generation and impacts the traditional family view.
There is no direct relative or blood relationship between cloned human and human nucleus, which makes it difficult for people to accept its application contrary to traditional moral values and family values. Legally, it is also impossible to locate its inheritance relationship; In family life, both clones and copied individuals are prone to psychological distortion and emotional loss, and we seem to see family tragedies coming into view.
Therefore, although human cloning technology can solve many difficult problems that cannot be overcome by medicine, it is still banned by many countries. European countries signed the Agreement on the Prohibition of Human Cloning in Paris, France, arguing that human cloning is detrimental to human dignity and violates social ethics. Therefore, although human cloning technology has been successful, it still cannot be used and popularized until it is recognized by the society.
thirdly, the increasing shortage of energy resources has led to many problems that have to change the original technical requirements and prolong the technology forming time. Since mankind entered the industrial age, science and technology have developed rapidly, but the pace of scientific discovery has obviously slowed down from the electrical age to the information age.
Modern technologies such as automobile energy, aerospace, computer and Internet have existed in the electrical age, but they are constantly strengthening technical repair and strengthening. We don't have a revolutionary scientific discovery. The fundamental reason lies in the energy problem. At present, we don't have enough energy to realize it.
when energy is not a problem, we can synthesize food by artificial science and technology, and make a star engine. The research on biotechnology can be achieved by operating a supercomputer to achieve atomic level practice ..............................................................................................................................
Finally, the imperfect social evaluation system restricts the full implementation of scientific discoveries and hinders the development of social and economic construction. Due to the lack of systematic supervision by public opinion and one-sided pursuit of high-speed economic growth, some capital investment tends to projects with high energy consumption and easy transformation of productivity.
Many new scientific discoveries and research achievements have been suppressed or stolen before they are born, or they are stillborn because they are not supported by sufficient funds. Establish and improve a scientific comprehensive evaluation system for social development, and directly incorporate factors that can improve the quality of human life, such as energy conservation, environmental protection and improvement of people's quality of life, into the comprehensive assessment indicators of new scientific and technological achievements, and effectively guide and support the benign development of scientific and technological innovation.
at the same time, improve the specific supporting laws and regulations, so as to promote the concrete implementation of the relevant principles and systems stipulated in the Law on the Progress of Science and Technology, and protect the independent innovation of science and technology.
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In fact, the reason why we feel that science has been standing still is inseparable from the development of time. The research results of scientists in the last century were not achieved overnight, but accumulated over a long history.
the speed of scientific and technological development that mankind has not reached in 5 years, why should we force explosive progress in this 2-odd years? Scientific and technological achievements are the result of scientists building models again and again, being overthrown and constantly polished, and now our science is also in such a development stage.
Science is composed of basic theory and practical technology. The theory has encountered a bottleneck, but today's technology is in its golden age. After all, the development of science and technology is not formed overnight. It takes a process for a new technology to mature, practice and apply, and the society can gradually recognize the value of this technology.
like this time? China International Fair for Trade in Services in 22? Two models developed by China on display? COVID-19 inactivated vaccine? , the first appearance, it attracted much attention. From the beginning of the outbreak, people have been looking forward to the success of vaccine development.
Generally speaking, it takes 8-2 years for a vaccine to go on the market. This time, it can be said that the research and development has already reached the rocket speed. At present, it has entered the phase III clinical trial stage, and the dawn of victory has been undoubtedly revealed. However, it still needs people's support, understanding and patience to wait until the final stage of safe application. These are the strong backing for scientists and scholars to forge ahead.
Therefore, human beings still need to be more patient with the development achievements of scientific discovery and technological innovation. Perhaps we haven't discovered that the great progress and judgment of a certain science and technology has always been defined by looking back at the whole process from birth, growth to brilliance.
We should give this teenager with a history of more than 2 years more understanding, support and development space, and wait for his light to bloom.