我们正处在科技发展的一个鼎盛时代新技术、高技术正以前所未有的速度不断涌现,新发现、新发明的出现周期也越来越短,这已为世人所熟知。同时,我们又处在一个科技发展的十字路口,科学家乃至普通老百姓都对我们这个星球的未来既寄予厚望又表示担心,乐观派、担忧派(这种分类不一定恰当),以从来未有的热情争论不休。比如:美国国会技术评估办公室于1986年10月对美国1273名成年人进行的一次抽样民意测验,反映了美国公 We are at a heyday of new technology in the development of science and technology. High technology is emerging at an unprecedented rate. The discovery of new discoveries and the emergence of new inventions have become shorter and shorter, which is already well known in the world. At the same time, we are at a crossroads in science and technology development. Both scientists and even ordinary people have both high hopes and worries about the future of our planet, optimists and fears (this classification may not be appropriate), never before Enthusiastic arguments endlessly. For example, a sample opinion poll conducted by the US Congressional Technical Evaluation Office on 1273 adults in the United States in October 1986 reflected that the United States