饒毅教授《致MIT校長副校長的信:抬起頭顱 直起脊樑》_風聞
三不知-三不知就是对事情的开始过程结局全不知晓。2021-01-16 12:25
中文全文:
麻省理工學院(MIT)校長 Rafael Reif
MIT研究副校長Maria Zuber
親愛的Reif和Zuber博士
波士頓聯邦調查局(FBI)於2021年1月13日逮捕陳剛博士不是其他,就是種族主義行為。
如果MIT不支持陳剛博士,MIT將被認為參與了二十一世紀最糟糕的學術界種族歧視案例之一。
陳博士是受高度尊重的MIT科學家。他與中國的關係是學術界非常正常的關係。
陳博士與南方科技大學(南科大)的關係,你們兩位都知道。南科大所在的深圳市領導曾經訪問MIT,與MIT領導層會晤。陳博士與南科大簽署的合約是代表MIT,不是代表他本人。陳博士諮詢南科大絲毫不是秘密。
FBI對陳博士的關鍵指控是陳博士在申請能源部經費時,沒有披露他與中國的五個關係:1)南科大顧問,2)中國國家自然科學基金會的評審專家,3)中關村發展集團戰略科學家,4)中國留學生基金會顧問,5)中國第四屆海外專家顧問。
這一指控極其荒謬。首先,研究經費發放機構要求申請人披露與研究相關的關係,以避免同一研究有多重經費支持。如果申請人有一項研究同時得到美國兩個基金、或一個美國基金和一箇中國基金支持,他應該披露。但以上五個關係都無關陳博士的研究經費,所以他當然不用在研究經費申請上披露。其次,他的這些關係是大多數學者一般的校外活動,不影響其研究和工作。它們不影響經費評審過程,不用向經費單位披露。第三,美國科學家為外國基金髮放單位(如中國國家自然科學基金委)評審是常規工作。如果不披露為中國國家基金會評審經費是罪,那麼有可能幾乎所有MIT教授都可以被起訴曾經為以色列、意大利或英國政府的經費機構評審過研究課題。單單挑出中國的科學基金會為政府機構當然是種族主義,因為所有主要政府都有科學基金會。
陳博士的其他四個關係,可能充其量加起來一年只需要用他半天時間。與他有那些關係的機構不過是用他的名字,以便報告上級,自己“諮詢了”國際顧問。
問題的根本所在,當然眾所周知:川普主義從根本上腐蝕了美國的道德。
美國需要做很多才能從川普主義恢復過來。全世界都見證了,在川普和他的謊言面前,美國很少政治家有脊樑。
人們當然希望,作為學術卓越和學術自由燈塔的MIT,將昂起頭顱,在波士頓FBI及其探員面前顯示自己的脊樑,保護陳博士。
這是為陳博士,也是(如果不是更是)為MIT。
世界在看着。
饒毅
英文全文:
Rafael Reif
Chancellor, MIT
Maria Zuber
Vice Chancellor for Research, MIT
Dear Drs。 Reif and Zuber,
The arrest of Dr。 Gang Chen on January 13th 2021 by the Boston FBI is nothing but thinly veiled racism。
If MIT does not support Dr。 Gang Chen, MIT will be implicated in one of the worst cases of academic racism in the 21st century。
Dr。 Chen is a highly respected scientist at MIT。 His associations with China are very normal in academia。
Dr。 Chen’s association with the Southern University of Science and Technology, or SUSTech, is known to both of you。 The top leadership of Shenzhen city, where SUSTech is located, visited MIT and have met the MIT leadership。 Dr。 Chen signed an agreement with SUSTech on behalf of MIT, not on behalf of himself。 There is no secret hidden by Dr。 Chen that he is advising SUSTech。
The key charge by the FBI was that Dr。 Chen did not disclose on his grant proposal to the DOE 5 associations with China: 1) an advisor to SUSTech, 2) “review expert” for the National Natural Science Foundation of China or NNSFC, 3) a Zhongguanchun Development Group or ZDG Overseas Strategic Scientist, 4) an advisor to the China Scholar Councilor or CSC, and 5) a “4th Overseas Expert Consultant” to the PRC government。
This is a ridiculous charge。 First of all, funding agencies require applicants to disclose associations that are related to the research in the grant proposal, so that a research project does not receive duplicate funding。 So, if Dr。 Chen has a project funded by both a US agency and another US or Chinese agency, he should have disclosed it。 But none of the 5 associations are related to Dr。 Chen’s research funding, so of course he should not list them on his grant proposals。 Secondly, these associations are usual outside activities of most scholars that do not impinge on their own research or work。 Thus, they do not affect grant review processes and do not need to be disclosed to funding agencies。 Thirdly, reviewing grants for other countries (such as NNSFC) is a regular activity。 If failure to report reviewing for NNSFC is a crime, then almost all MIT professors could be charged with reviewing for funding agencies of Israeli, Italian, or British governments。 Singling out a science foundation of China as a government agency is simply racism as all major governments have science foundations。
The other four associations of Dr。 Chen would add up to less than half a day of work per year because those associations have little to ask him other than using his name to let superiors know that each agency “had consulted” international experts。
The root of the problem is, of course, known to all of us: Trumpism has fundamentally eroded morality in the US。
Much have to be done for the US to recover from Trumpism。 The entire world has witnessed how few US politicians have spines, in front of Trump and his lies。
We certainly hope that MIT, a beacon of academic excellency and freedom, will hold its head high and show your spine in front of a racist Boston FBI and its agents in defending Dr。 Chen。
This is for Dr。 Chen, but it is also, if not more, for MIT。
The world is watching。
Yi Rao