Добрые инквизиторы. Власть против свободы мысли

Liberalʹnai͡a nauka stala samym ėffektivnym sposobom izuchenii͡a mira, izobretennym chelovekom. Blagodari͡a strogoĭ ėtike nauke udalosʹ upori͡adochitʹ prot͡sess nakoplenii͡a i proverki znaniĭ.Odna iz serʹeznykh ugroz nauchnomu poisku - avtoritarnye rezhimy, kotorye translirui͡ut svoe ponimanie istiny i podavli͡ai͡ut li͡uboe nesoglasie. No i obshchestvennyĭ meĭnstrim opolchilsi͡a na verkhovenstvo nauki. Borʹba s rani͡ashchimi slovami, zadetye chuvstva "professionalʹnykh oskorbli͡ai͡ushchikhsi͡a", diktat menʹshinstv, bukvalʹno ponimaemoe chelovekoli͡ubie - ėto moshchnye sily novoĭ realʹnosti, pretendui͡ushchie na vlastʹ i vlii͡anie.Odnako neobkhodimo pomnitʹ, chto "sozdavatʹ znanie bolʹno - po toĭ zhe prichine, po kotoroĭ ėto byvaet tak zakhvatyvai͡ushche. Znanie ne dostaetsi͡a nam besplatno, my dolzhny za nego stradatʹ". Tolʹko zashchitiv svobodnui͡u nauku ot ėtikh ugroz, mozhno rasschityvatʹ na dalʹneĭshee razvitie mysli.

Liberal science has become the most effective way of studying the world invented by man. Thanks to strict ethics, science has managed to streamline the process of accumulating and testing knowledge.One of the major threats to scientific research is authoritarian regimes that broadcast their understanding of the truth and suppress any dissent. But the social mainstream has also turned against the supremacy of science. The struggle against hurtful words, the hurt feelings of " professional insulters”, the dictatorship of minorities, literally understood humanity - these are powerful forces of the new reality, claiming power and influence.However, it must be remembered that " creating knowledge is painful — for the same reason that it is so exciting. We don't get knowledge for free, we have to suffer for it.” Only by protecting free science from these threats can we expect further development of thought.