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Scientists: Admit You Have Values（3）
Does this mean that science cannot be objective? No. What makes it so is not scientists patrolling their own biases but rather the mechanisms used to ensure that bias is minimized. Peer review is the best known of these, though equally if not more important is diversity. As I contend in the new edition of my book gt;Why Trust Science, diversity in science is crucial not just to ensure that every person has a chance to develop their talent but to ensure that science is as unbiased as possible.
这是否意味着科学无法客观？不。影响科学客观性的并非不断审视自身偏见的科学家们，而是确保偏见最小化的各种机制。其中最为著名的便是同行评审，尽管多样性同样重要（如果不是更重要的话）。正如我在新版《为什么信任科学》一书中所说，科学的多样性不仅对确保每个人都有发展自己才能的机会至关重要，对尽量避免科学中的偏见也同样重要。
Some will argue that value neutrality is an ideal toward which we should strive, even if we know it can’t be achieved entirely. In the practice of science, this argument may hold. But what is useful in scientific research may be counterproductive in public communication because the idea of a trusted messenger implies shared values. Studies show that U.S. scientists want (among other things) to use their knowledge to improve health, make life easier, strengthen the economy through innovation and discovery, and protect people from losses associated with disruptive climate change.
有些人会争辩道，价值中立是我们应该努力实现的理想，即便我们自知它不能完全实现。在科学实践中，这种说法可能成立。但适用于科学研究的东西在公共传播中可能适得其反，因为可信的信使其想法隐含了共享价值观。研究表明，美国科学家希望（除其他外）利用他们的知识来改善健康，让生活更轻松，通过创新和发现促进经济发展，保护人们免受破坏性气候变化的相关损失。
【积累表达】
1. What makes it so is not scientists patrolling their own biases but rather the mechanisms used to ensure that bias is minimized.
提炼句型：What makes it +adj. is not +n. but rather +n. 使其……的不是……而是……
2. diversity in science is crucial not just to ensure that every person has a chance to develop their talent but to ensure that science is as unbiased as possible.
提炼句型：sth. is crucial not just to do sth. but to do sth. 某物不仅对……而且对……至关重要
【重点词汇】
patrol v.巡查，巡视
peer review 同行评审
edition n.版次，版本
hold v.支持；有效
counterproductive a.使达不到预期目标的，反生产的
disruptive a.破坏的；中断的
【难句点津】
though equally if not more important is diversity
该倒装句还原后为：though diversity is equally, if not more, important意为“尽管多样性同样重要（如果不是更重要的话）”
Does this mean that science cannot be objective? No. What makes it so is not scientists patrolling their own biases but rather the mechanisms used to ensure that bias is minimized. Peer review is the best known of these, though equally if not more important is diversity. As I contend in the new edition of my book gt;Why Trust Science, diversity in science is crucial not just to ensure that every person has a chance to develop their talent but to ensure that science is as unbiased as possible.
这是否意味着科学无法客观？不。影响科学客观性的并非不断审视自身偏见的科学家们，而是确保偏见最小化的各种机制。其中最为著名的便是同行评审，尽管多样性同样重要（如果不是更重要的话）。正如我在新版《为什么信任科学》一书中所说，科学的多样性不仅对确保每个人都有发展自己才能的机会至关重要，对尽量避免科学中的偏见也同样重要。
Some will argue that value neutrality is an ideal toward which we should strive, even if we know it can’t be achieved entirely. In the practice of science, this argument may hold. But what is useful in scientific research may be counterproductive in public communication because the idea of a trusted messenger implies shared values. Studies show that U.S. scientists want (among other things) to use their knowledge to improve health, make life easier, strengthen the economy through innovation and discovery, and protect people from losses associated with disruptive climate change.
有些人会争辩道，价值中立是我们应该努力实现的理想，即便我们自知它不能完全实现。在科学实践中，这种说法可能成立。但适用于科学研究的东西在公共传播中可能适得其反，因为可信的信使其想法隐含了共享价值观。研究表明，美国科学家希望（除其他外）利用他们的知识来改善健康，让生活更轻松，通过创新和发现促进经济发展，保护人们免受破坏性气候变化的相关损失。
【积累表达】
1. What makes it so is not scientists patrolling their own biases but rather the mechanisms used to ensure that bias is minimized.
提炼句型：What makes it +adj. is not +n. but rather +n. 使其……的不是……而是……
2. diversity in science is crucial not just to ensure that every person has a chance to develop their talent but to ensure that science is as unbiased as possible.
提炼句型：sth. is crucial not just to do sth. but to do sth. 某物不仅对……而且对……至关重要
【重点词汇】
patrol v.巡查，巡视
peer review 同行评审
edition n.版次，版本
hold v.支持；有效
counterproductive a.使达不到预期目标的，反生产的
disruptive a.破坏的；中断的
【难句点津】
though equally if not more important is diversity
该倒装句还原后为：though diversity is equally, if not more, important意为“尽管多样性同样重要（如果不是更重要的话）”
