“文科贻害社会”的舆论重现江湖,争议接踵而至。这是一个老问题了,许多人读过斯诺的名著《两种文化》。然而,《两种文化》出版迄今的半个多世纪,人们的共识似乎没有增加。晚清的一些士大夫曹经将理工科知识形容为“奇技淫巧”:现今许多人文知识分子更乐于仿制海德格尔的时髦观点:技术的统治正在成为存在的遮蔽。来自理工科的辩解与驳斥首先是雄辩的数据和事实:数百年来社会财富的急剧增长,理工科知识做出了决定性的贡献。从汽车、空调、洗衣机 “Liberal arts harm social” public opinion to reproduce the arena, controversial one after another. This is an old question, many people read Snow’s famous “two cultures.” However, it seems that consensus has not increased for more than half a century since the “two cultures” were published. In the late Qing dynasty, some scholars described science and engineering as “magic trick”: Today, many humanistic intellectuals are more willing to imitate Heidegger’s fashionable view: the rule of technology is becoming the cover of existence. The excuse and refute from science and engineering are, first and foremost, eloquent data and facts: the dramatic growth of social wealth over the centuries and the decisive contribution of science and engineering. From cars, air conditioners, washing machines