In general the chief social condition of scientific method is a widespread desire for truth that is strong enough to withstand the powerful forces which make us cling tenaciously to old views, or else embrace every novelty because it is a change.

• 一般说来，科学方法的主要社会条件是要有一种追求真理的普遍强烈要求，这要求既足以抵抗使我们固守陈旧观念的强大力量，也足以抵抗使我们盲目接受变化所带来的每一新奇事物的强大力量。