所有国家的科学界在确定各个不同科学领域的优先方向时都发生了分歧。美国国家科学院院长F·普勒斯在其最近于科学院会议上发表的一次以“黄金时代的困境”为题的讲话中谈到了这一问题。他提出了与空前的联邦赤字以及当今科技形势相适应的资源分配标准。他相信这些标准是整个科学界所最易接受的,其出发点是:一、保持美国的科技领先地位;二、相信目前的 The scientific community in all countries disagreed when they set the priorities of different scientific fields. F Presil, the president of the National Academy of Sciences, talked about this issue in his speech at the recent conference of the Academy of Sciences in his speech entitled “The Dilemma of the Golden Age.” He proposed standards of resource allocation consistent with the unprecedented federal deficits and the current state of science and technology. He believes these standards are the most acceptable to the entire scientific community. The starting point is that they should: 1. Maintain the leading position of the United States in science and technology; 2. Believe that the current