Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
mBio. 2024 May 8;15(5):e0074624. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00746-24. Epub 2024 Apr 3.
Science currently faces major external and internal threats. External threats include persistent anti-science attacks, the post-pandemic politicization of public health, and chronic underfunding. Internal threats include a proliferation of low-quality studies, an epidemic of retractions, and questions regarding the reproducibility of important research findings. These threats occur just as humanity faces an unprecedented onslaught of existential challenges including climate change, a failing green revolution, pandemics, and severe environmental degradation of the planet, each of which will require scientific solutions. History shows that science is fragile and vulnerable to theocratic, ideological, and authoritarian forces. In this moment of crisis, it is important for all scientists to become foot soldiers in the defense of science.
科学目前面临着重大的外部和内部威胁。外部威胁包括持续不断的反科学攻击、大流行后公共卫生的政治化以及长期资金不足。内部威胁包括低质量研究的泛滥、撤稿潮以及对重要研究结果可重复性的质疑。这些威胁出现在人类面临前所未有的生存挑战之际，包括气候变化、绿色革命失败、大流行病以及地球环境的严重恶化，所有这些都需要科学解决方案。历史表明，科学是脆弱的，容易受到神权、意识形态和独裁势力的影响。在这个危机时刻，所有科学家都有必要成为捍卫科学的战士。
