Chinese entertainment for engineering students

Although Professor Duan included the price of the scanning electron microscope in this research, it was definitely not a random speculation. After all, this paper would not have been possible without the electron microscope. It is the key equipment of the paper, so it is reasonable to include it.

Once a "Science" article is published, the millions will be considered worth it, and any achievements made with it in the future will be profitable.

Professor Duan was obviously stunned for a moment by the question, and Professor Yan was even more angry. How could he have chosen such a person?

This problem actually has no solution, because it is a logical circle.

Because there will always be people who don’t have enough to eat. Even if they are fed, there are still people who don’t have enough to eat, and there are also people who don’t have enough to wear. The growing material and cultural needs of the people, well, actually can never be met.

Any direct answer to this question is actually falling into this logical circle.

Zhu Zaiyu, an educator in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a poem called "Ten Insufficiencies". Well, it's not very famous, and the poem is quite average, more like a limerick.

However, there are many variations of some of these sentences.

"I am running around all day just to be hungry, so I have to eat and think about clothes. I put down the silk to wear it, but when I raise my head, I feel that the house is too low.

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This poem describes a person's insatiable desires, but it is quite realistic.

Those people who claim to be content and happy are basically already people who have no worries about food and clothing. Even so, among those who have no worries about food and clothing, if they can be content and happy, they already have a big heart and good cultivation, right?

But after all, laypeople make up the vast majority of the world. When this is magnified to a population of more than one billion in the country, people’s livelihood issues will never be completely solved.

Even whether desire is a driving force or a resistance can be discussed philosophically for hundreds of years.

Therefore, this question is also an eternal question and can be asked on almost any expensive project, even if it is directly related to people's livelihood.

One can ask why the poor are not fed first, and more importantly, why one sacrifices the interests of these people to satisfy the interests of others.

The essence of this question is not whether your research is important or whether it is worthwhile to spend money like this, but a kind of moral kidnapping. Because, no matter how important you prove your problem is, it will never be more important than human life.

This kind of paradoxical question can be used for speculation and discussion. But asking at a press conference is itself asking for trouble.

Therefore, no matter how you answer this question from the front, it makes no sense.

Wang Xu reached out for the microphone. Such moral kidnapping questions really shouldn't be answered by professors. Instead, he, a young man, was more suitable to answer them.

"I can also ask you this question, what is the meaning of your work?

You eat the salary given to you by the country every day and enjoy the food and clothing given to you by the people.

But just writing, you have to consume paper to print it out, and you can't even produce any physical output.

So, does your job really have anything to do with people’s livelihood?

Can you feed those who don't have enough to eat? Can you keep those who don't have enough clothes warm? "

Wang Xu asked slowly. The man still held the microphone in his hand and immediately answered:

"I can't let them have enough food and clothing, but I can let more people know that they don't have enough food and clothing." This is a standard reporter's answer. In these days, reporters are the real uncrowned kings, with extremely high status, everywhere. The kind that can make a living.

"Well, then what? Do you expect others to save you? Why don't you save it yourself?

If you replace the clothes you are wearing with cotton-padded jackets, you can buy at least five. If you keep one, you can keep four people who don’t have warm clothes warm. Why don’t you do it? "Wang Xu continued to ask, who can't stand on the moral high ground and stand on the moral high ground?

"I'm just a reporter." This reporter seemed a little green. That's right. The Southern Department actually doesn't pay attention to science and technology news, so it's rare to send someone here.

"Yes, you also know that you are just a reporter, recording news is your job, and the news you report is your achievement.

We are scientific researchers, scientific research is our job, and papers are our results. Do you have any questions? "

"Then you shouldn't spend money randomly." The man frowned and his face turned red.

"Spending money indiscriminately? This accusation is not a small one. Are you going to accuse us of misappropriating funds?" Well, that's easy to handle. The reason why moral issues cannot be solved through words is because there are no definite rules.

But the accusation is a legal matter, the rules are clear and clear, and even the management unit has clearly stipulated them.

Therefore, Wang Xu wished that he really started to accuse.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Oh, three consecutive denials, now you have it. It seems that he is not stupid enough to directly accuse him. To directly accuse him of misuse of funds in this situation is simply asking for death.

“I can tell you how important our research is, and the future will definitely be related to people’s livelihood.

I can also tell you that if you don’t invest millions in research now, you may have to spend tens of billions to purchase it in the future.

But I know that none of this can convince you. What you are asking is not at all a question about where the funds are spent.

It is a moral issue, and it is a moral paradox, the essence of which is the same as the trolley problem.

There is no answer to this kind of question, and the world has been arguing about it for hundreds of years to no avail.

If you ask here, you are either stupid and don't know that there is no answer to this kind of question.

Either he is bad and deliberately causes trouble. So journalist friends, tell me, which one are you? "Wang Xu's slow words had a hint of imperial laxity, and were no longer as serious as when he answered the question just now.

"Pfft"

"Ha ha"

There was laughter everywhere, and the people present could be said to be a gathering of elites. Most people had known for a long time that he was deliberately digging a hole, and they all wanted to see how Wang Xu, a young man, would answer.

The orthodox answer must be to explain how important this research is and then get over it, but I didn't expect this young man to directly ask back, morally kidnapping, then analyze it, and finally say that he is either stupid or bad.

Sure enough, he felt a bit like a young man. This kind of confrontation could not be reported, but everyone was more interested in the young man himself.

The reporter was too embarrassed to continue standing and sat down awkwardly. Teacher Yan pointed his finger at another person whom Teacher Yan knew. He was from the Imperial Evening News and there shouldn't be any weird questions.

"I am a reporter from the Imperial Evening News. I would like to ask Wang Xu, the answer just now is very interesting.

But I still want to know the part you just skipped, that is, what is your true view of the significance of your research? "The reporter from the Imperial Evening News was a middle-aged man. Unexpectedly, he continued to follow Wang Xu's answer just now.

"The significance of research.

I know that China is quite backward in all aspects. This is a fact and must be acknowledged.

In fact, if you want to have enough food and clothing, all you need to do is follow foreign technology. They were able to have enough food and clothing decades ago.

It doesn’t work in one year, it doesn’t work in ten years, but it can always be done in decades.

But other than that, can we really just chase forever?

Even if there is a group of monkeys, there must be one who looks up at the stars. "

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