［Day 2474 2021-07-04]
Lesson 15-1 Secrecy in industry 工业中的秘密
Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific
research in industry. One is the general atmosphere of secrecy in which
it is carried out, the other the lack of freedom of the individual research worker.
两个因素严重影响工业上的科学研究的有效性。一个是科学研究，贯彻时的普遍秘密氛围；另一个是缺乏自由的个人研究。
In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those
engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow
scientists either in other countries or in universities, or even, often enough,
in other departments of the same firm.
由于任何调查都是秘密的，自然就限制了所有的调查。通过与同伴的有效接触来实施其他国家或大学的科学家，甚至经常在同一事务所的其他部门。
The degree of secrecy naturally varies considerably. 秘密的水平自然就相当地多变。
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
有些大公司从事研究工作，这些都是如此普遍和基本的性质，它是一个积极的优势，对公司来说去保持他们的秘密。
