$ [; o6 A2 S. D4 r2 B) w9 F《經濟學人》沒有正面回應此提問,而以此作結:「以定於一尊為文化基礎的政治體制能否發展出確實可靠而又真正偉大的科學,是個尚無定論的試驗。試驗容或成功,容或失敗。其間甚至可能創新思維、增長裨益世人的知識。」(The idea that you can get either truly reliable science or truly great science in a political system that depends on a culture of unappealable authority is, as yet, unproven. Perhaps you can. Perhaps you cannot. And perhaps, in trying to do so, you will discover new ways of thinking as well as fruitful knowledge.)公仔箱論壇8 A/ }& t4 e0 t2 m, F% q- `, Q) v
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這般懸疑說法許是有英國人特色的含蓄。那天在BBC聽剛過世的英國科學家、始創黑洞論的霍金的《簡答大問題》(Brief Answers to the Big Questions),他回首前塵,指終其一生,最是感恩的是科研讓其想像力無拘無束跨越時空探索無窮宇宙。他奉愛因斯坦為偶像。在他眼中,偶像的偉大之處正是無窮的想像力而敢於向權威說不。霍金推崇想像力,立論跟張五常堪稱英雄之見。2 i1 N/ Y( g$ @6 H# Y, T. B( G b" M