So the headlines proclaim: “Einstein was right after all,” as though scientists should be compared as one would clairvoyants: Who is distinguished from the common herd by knowing the unknowable – such as the outcome of experiments that have yet to be conceived, let alone conducted? Who, with hindsight, has prophesied correctly?
于是各大报章头条都惊呼：“爱因斯坦最后还是对的！”仿佛科学家们都是一帮拥有千里眼顺风耳，洞察不可知事物的特异人士——而这些不可知事物包括一些尚未进行，甚至还未构想出来的实验所得出的结果。试问这些擅长马后炮的人中又有谁曾经做出过准确预测？