This year sees the 50th anniversary of C. P. Snow's influential Rede lecture on the "two cultures", in which he argued that the breakdown of communication between the sciences and the humanities was a major hindrance to solving the world's problems. One of his premises -that those problems would be solved by better science - now seems a little naive. However, his point that the sciences and humanities need to learn to communicate better, and people to understand each other better across the divide, is as pertinent as ever.rnIn the UK, the issue of how scientists engage with - and, crucially, listen to - the public has become increasingly prominent since the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology held an inquiry into Science and Society in 1999.
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机译：今年是斯诺·斯诺（C. P. Snow）关于“两种文化”的有影响力的雷德（Rede）演讲50周年，他在演讲中指出，科学与人文学科之间的交流中断是解决世界问题的主要障碍。他的前提之一（那些问题可以通过更好的科学解决）现在看来有点天真。但是，他认为科学和人文科学需要学习更好地进行交流，并且人们需要跨越鸿沟更好地理解彼此，这一点与以往一样重要。在英国，科学家如何与他人互动以及至关重要的是，聆听问题自从上议院科学与技术特选委员会于1999年对科学与社会进行调查以来，公众变得越来越重要。
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