When asked what should keep us awake at night, the economist Amartya Sen answered, “The tragedies that we can prevent, the injustice that we can repair.” Applying scientific advances to the prevention of tragedy and the redress of injustice fulfills science’s core promise.
在被问及需要对什么问题时刻保持清醒时，阿玛蒂亚·森（Amartya Sen）回答说：“我们可以防止的悲剧，我们可以修正的不公正。”将科学进步运用于防止悲剧和纠正不公就是兑现科学的核心承诺。加强遗传学在真实世界中的作用是这个方向的关键步骤。