科技风险与公众对科学的信任

在当前科学技术成为最大风险源的风险社会中,我们应当关注公众对科学的信任问题,其与科技风险问题密切相关。一方面,科技风险的出现使得公众对科学的信任面临挑战;另一方面,由于科技风险的存在,公众对科学的合理信任又有着重要的意义。因此,在科技风险的社会中,我们应该积极构建公众对科学的合理信任。

The Science and Technology Risk and the Public Trust in Science

In the current society,science and technology has become the greatest risk source.We should concerned about the public trust in science,which is in close relation to the science and technology risk.On the one hand,the public trust in science was challenged by the emergency of science and technology risk;On the other hand,it is significant that the public give reasonable trust in science because of the science and technology risk.Therefore,we should actively construct the public reasonable trust in science.