The Quest for Knowledge: A Responsibility of Developed Nations

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  • The quest for knowledge for the sake of knowledge is irreplaceable.
  • A developed nation must participate in the expansion of knowledge for the good of all mankind.
  • Scientists have the responsibility to ensure research produces truly original results.
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英語の翻訳お願いします

But apart from of any potential payoff, I believe that the quest for knowledge for the sake of knowledge is irreplaceable. It seems to me essential that a developed nation participate in this expansion of knowledge for the good of all mankind, and that it devote to this effort a fraction of its resources, even without any film hope of material benefit in return. If unexpected applications do materialize as a bonus, so much the better. A few remarks are in other, however. This“pure”science does have an obligation. It must produce truly original results. There is no place for research which merely reproduces, expect for a detail or two, an experiment already successfully performed. But how does one judge the degree of novelty? At present, this difficult evaluation is carried out informally, by the seat of the pants so to speak, by the scientific community-not entirely without errors or injustices, to be sure, but, by and large, with fairly satisfactory results. A word of caution：it does sometimes happen that, in order to reach a particular goal, several avenues prove feasible, utilizing very different means, some quite elaborate, others much simpler or considerably less costly. Should one, for instance, send humans into space, or should one rely on unmanned spacecraft? One must constantly remain alert to the danger that research might get mired in enormous projects of doubtful utility. This is the responsibility that scientists must assume on behalf of the taxpayers of their respective countries.

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しかし、知識のための知識の探求は、いかなる潜在的報酬をもってしても取り替えることはできないと、私は思っています。 見返りに物質的利益を得られる確実な希望がなくても、先進国がすべての人類のために知識のこの拡大に参加すること、そして 先進国が、その資産の一部をこの努力につぎこむことは、私には重要に思われます。 予想外の応用が、ボーナスとして、実現するならば、なおさら結構なことです。 しかし、2、3の意見は、別です。 この「純粋」科学には、義務があります。 それは、本当に独創的な結果を生まなければなりません。 1，2の細かい例は別として、単にすでにうまく実行された実験を再生させるだけの研究の余地などありません。 しかし、どのようにして、人は目新しさの程度を判断するのでしょうか？ 現在、この難しい評価は、いわゆる勘と経験に基づいて、科学界によって、完全に誤りも不正もないとは言い切れないけれど、確かに、非公式に行われています、しかし、概して、かなり満足な結果を得ています。 注意の一言：特定の目標に達するために、いくつかの経路が可能であるとわかることは時々起こります。そして、非常に異なる手段を利用します、全く精巧な手段もあれば、ずっと単純で、かなりコストもかからない手段もあります。 例えば、人は、人間を宇宙へ送り出さなければなりませんか、それとも、人は無人宇宙船に頼るべきでしょうか？ 人は、絶えず研究が疑わしい有用性の巨大なプロジェクトに陥るかもしれないという危険性に常に気を配っていなければなりません。 これは、科学者が彼らのそれぞれの国の納税者に代わって負わなければならない責任です。 ☆　この部分は、この前の英文と重複しています。

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