Einstein famously claimed that “the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” This statement suggests that no amount of scientific explanation will suffice to make sense of the bizarre situation of the human mind within the universe. So what are the actual roles of awe and wonder within the framework of contemporary science? How, for instance, do awe and wonder inform scientists’ understanding of the phenomena they are researching? What aspects of contemporary science are more likely to elicit wonder, and why? Is science rechanneling our innate thirst for knowledge and understanding toward more concrete and palpable realities, or is it aggravating the tension between truth and meaning by revealing the scope of our ignorance when it comes to probing the ultimate nature of reality? Physicist Marcelo Gleiser, experimental psychologist Tania Lombrozo, and physician Gavin Francis analyze the impact of awe and wonder on their own work and on the mindsets of their colleagues carrying out leading-edge scientific research.

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生命之谜：面对科学边缘的奇迹

爱因斯坦有句名言：“关于宇宙最不可理解的事情就是它是可以理解的。” 这句话表明，再多的科学解释都不足以理解宇宙中人类思维的奇异情况。那么敬畏和惊奇的实际作用是什么在当代科学的框架内？例如，敬畏和惊奇如何让科学家了解他们正在研究的现象？当代科学的哪些方面更容易引起人们的好奇，为什么？科学是将我们对知识和理解的先天渴望重新引导到更具体、更明显的现实中，还是在探索现实的终极本质时揭示了我们的无知范围，从而加剧了真理与意义之间的紧张关系？物理学家 Marcelo Gleiser、实验心理学家 Tania Lombrozo 和医生 Gavin Francis 分析了敬畏和惊奇对他们自己的工作以及他们开展前沿科学研究的同事的心态的影响。