——《骏科学》发刊词
[关于大型强子对撞机的粒子研究的实际应用] 但让我告诉你一个秘密：促使我们物理学家做这个的不是为了拥有更好的彩电。… 那是衍生品。我们做这个是因为我们想理解我们在宇宙中的角色和位置。
——加来道雄（美国理论物理学家）
来源：《麻省理工学院斯隆管理评论》；From: MIT Sloan Management Review
科学家选择毕生投身于基础研究时，心心念念想着的也许不是报答社会，而是脑海里只充满着一件东西：好奇心。
为什么引力相互作用比其他三个基本相互作用弱那么多？最后共同祖先是什么？比137号元素更重的元素能存在吗？我们为什么能在这里？在如此多的未解之谜的诱惑下，无数人前赴后继地投入科研事业之中。
难道普通人就没有好奇心了吗？当然不是。当人们找不到答案时，他们反而更加渴望真相。若没有适当的引导，人们常常转向伪科学和阴谋论，其危害不言而喻。
但问题是，科学家只忙于研究，而普通人又困于生计。因此，我们需要一个中间人，他的名字叫"科普"——科学家的"科"，普通人的"普"。
科普工作者会简化科学概念，用通俗的语言将其解释给大众。趣味性是很多科普作品的特色，以此来吸引人们关注和了解科学知识。简而言之，科普作品本质上还是科学，只是去除了那些晦涩难懂的东西。
这就是本头条号及其文章的目标所在。
作者本人对这个世界的运作方式十分好奇。我也承认我对这个世界知之甚少。所以，我希望我们能够共同学习，增进我们对这个奇妙宇宙的认识。
我还是一名学生，所以我很有可能会犯错。我的文字并不代表任何权威。然而，我会仔细地审核我的信源，以确保我的文章尽可能地正确。我也会在每篇文章末尾附上我使用的信息来源，以供大家审核。
因为我还在读书，忙闲不均。因此，我无法保证定期更新。然而，我会尽量每两周更新一次。有时可能会更新得频繁一些，有时又可能要暂停更新以专注学业。不论如何，我是不会轻易断更的。
我十分期待与你们在今日头条再次碰面！
Foreword: curiosity[On the practical applications of particle physics research with the Large Hadron Collider.] But let me let you in on a secret: We physicists are not driven to do this because of better color television. … That's a spin-off. We do this because we want to understand our role and our place in the universe.
—Michio Kaku (American physicist)
From: The Graphic Recorder
Helping the public might not have been on the minds of basic research scientists when they chose to devote their lives to this career. What they probably did have on their mind was one thing: curiosity.
Why is gravity weaker than the other three fundamental interactions? What was the Last Universal Common Ancestor? Is element 137 the heaviest element which can exist? Why are we here? Unanswered questions like these are what attracted people to academia in droves.
But that does not mean that everyone else completely lacks curiosity. Indeed, curiosity, in these cases, is inflamed by the inability to find answers. Without guidance, people often turn to pseudoscience or conspiracy theories. The danger of this cannot be overstated.
There is, however, a big problem: scientists are too engaged in their research while everyone else is too engaged in their work. We need a medium; the medium we use here is popular science.
Popular science simplifies scientific concepts for the general public's consumption. Pieces are often humorous to attract and engage the audience. In short, popular science is science without the messy stuff.
This is what these articles aim to be.
I, the author, am curious about how this world works; I also acknowledge that I know very little about this world. So, hopefully, we will be able to learn together to advance our understanding of our intricate universe.
I am still a student, so I am prone to make mistakes. My writing does not represent any authority. I will, however, be very careful in checking my sources to ensure that my work is correct to the greatest extent possible. I will also place a list of citations at the end of each piece for you to verify.
Since I am still studying, my schedule changes periodically and can be very chaotic, so I am afraid that I cannot promise regular issues. I will, however, try my best to publish a piece of writing every fortnight. Sometimes I might do more, sometimes I might have to put this work down to focus on my studies. Nevertheless, I will not give up this writing without good reason.
Anyway, I hope to see you all (through my typed words) very soon!
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