2021年4月26日托福独立写作真题范文 I 科学家要负责吗？

【考场题目回忆】

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

Scientists should be responsible for the negative impacts of their discoveries.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

【Introduction】

Scientists, pioneers of human society, have been constantly exploring the unknown, unraveling the mysteries, and making breakthroughs. During this process, some unexpected troubles, however, are unfortunately inevitable. While scientists could alert people, they can hardly prevent those troubles. Besides, if scientists were held responsible for those negative impacts, they would be demotivated to innovate. Hence, we should not blame scientists for the undesirable results of scientific findings. 

【Body】

For starters, scientists should not be scapegoats. In another word, 【强调句】it is the users, like politicians or businessmen, who should shoulder responsibility of the negative impacts of scientific findings. 【巧妙的类比也是论证方式之一】 Just like a knife could be used to cut bread or to murder someone, a scientific discovery can be used to benefit or hurt people. Take scientific findings in physics, namely weapons, as an example. While it could be used to deter criminals, it may also abused by criminals to kill innocent civilians, which is certainly contrary to scientists’ intention. In this case, the negative effect of such findings is not up to its finders, scientists, but to the users. 

Admittedly, scientists should be aware of the potential hazards behind findings, and they are responsible for informing the users of those harms. However, negligence are not totally avoidable yet completely understandable. Not to mention, even if the users are crystal clear about those potential negative impacts, they may still make mistakes triggering those potential impacts, either because they are careless or too profit-driven. With the aforementioned points clarified, 【反问句也能强化语气】how can we place blame on scientists?