17.1-Conducting Inquiry-Working with Inconslusive Results
進行調(diào)查-不確定的結(jié)果
Why have working with inconslusive results - Because the state of human knowledge is imperfect, not every question is answerable when it is asked. Some issue remain unresolved for years, even centuries.
為什么會有不確定的結(jié)果 - 因為人類的知識是不完善的墓拜，不是每個問題都能回答吗购。有些問題多年甚至幾個世紀都不能解決斑胜。
Some question are even more resistant to inquiry - for example, the question,Are there intelligent lift-forms in our solar system or other planetary systems? Scientists estimate that the universe is 156 billion light-years wide and still expanding. Our sun is one of billions of stars, many of which could harbor intelligent life-forms, so it's conceivable that any inquiry into this question made in the next million years will be inconclusive. Perhaps the answer will never be known.
有些問題甚至更加難以調(diào)查 - 例如淋昭，這個問題：在我們太陽系或者其他行星系統(tǒng)有智慧的生命形式嗎？ 科學(xué)家們估計宇宙有156億光年寬而且還一直在擴大堂鲜，我們的太陽是億萬行星中的一顆羹应，其中有很多行星有可能孕育智慧的生命形式，因此可以想象的是浦徊，在未來的一百萬年里對這個問題的任何研究都是不確定性的，甚至永遠不會知道答案天梧。
However resistant to resolution a question may be, though, inquiry is still useful. Even if it yields no more than the untestable opinions of experts, those opinions are more valuable than the casual speculations of the uninformed. So we shouldn't be intimidated by difficult issue. We should merely be realistic about how complete and final our answer are likely to be.
然而盔性，無論解決一個問題有多么的困難，調(diào)查仍然是有用的呢岗。即使它產(chǎn)生的只是專家們無法驗證的意見冕香，這些意見也比不知情人士的隨意猜測更有價值。所以我們不應(yīng)該被困難的問題嚇到后豫。我們僅僅需要現(xiàn)實的考慮我們的答案可能有多完整和最終暂筝。
