Mordini E
Istituto Psicoanalitico per le Ricerche Sociali, Rome, Italy.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1997;33(4):469-72.
Brain research, and neuroscience in general, seems to meet cultural needs rather than therapeutic necessities. There is no evidence indeed that recent findings--even if they are important--will have therapeutic application in the short run. Although indirect and direct costs of neurological and psychiatric diseases are outrageous, clinical research in these fields is not at all encouraged. Research in neuroscience seems above all interested in challenging some cultural paradigm. Likewise another great and similar venture, the Human Genome (HUGO) Project, also brain research seems to be a scientific enterprise which primarily aims at grounding human diversities on biological diversities. Yet can biology ever substitute the multiculturalist dream?
总体而言，大脑研究以及神经科学似乎满足的是文化需求而非治疗需求。确实没有证据表明近期的研究成果——即便它们很重要——会在短期内有治疗应用价值。尽管神经疾病和精神疾病的间接和直接成本高得惊人，但这些领域的临床研究根本不受鼓励。神经科学研究似乎首先热衷于挑战某些文化范式。同样，另一项伟大且类似的事业——人类基因组计划（HUGO），大脑研究似乎也是一项主要旨在将人类多样性建立在生物多样性基础上的科学事业。然而生物学能取代多元文化主义的梦想吗？
