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近年来国内外许多书刊爱用“知识爆炸”这个惊人字眼,形容当代科学技术的进展。我认为,这个说法是不妥当的,有害的。自然科学知识是逐步积累的。在人类社会发展的每个时期,它的知识总和必然超过先前的任何一个时期。不过每个时期积累知识的速度可能有所不同。那么,现代社会积累知识的速度究竟有多大呢?这个问题并不容易回答,它涉及对知识作质的评价和量的估算这一基本问题。对此,目前尚无统一的计量标准或评价标准。按质而论,知识大体上有科学上的发现和
In recent years, many books at home and abroad love to use this amazing word “knowledge explosion” to describe the progress of contemporary science and technology. I think this statement is inappropriate and harmful. Natural science knowledge is gradually accumulated. In every period of the development of human society, the sum of its knowledge inevitably exceeds that of any previous period. However, the speed of accumulation of knowledge may vary from period to period. So, how fast is the speed of accumulating knowledge in modern society? This question is not easy to answer. It involves the basic question of how to evaluate and assess the quality of knowledge. In this regard, there is no uniform measurement standards or evaluation criteria. In essence, knowledge is generally scientific discovery and