TEXT B It is hard to predict how
science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible
to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition
unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have
science or you don’t, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the
surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and
promptly useful bits. The only solid piece of scientific truth
about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about
nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years
of biology. It is, in its way, an illuminating piece of news. It would have
amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any
of us how little we know and how bewildering the way ahead seems. It is this
sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the
most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human
intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked
or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we
have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the
questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are
depressed. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard
thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and
here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel
or even any tunnels can yet be trusted. But we are making a
beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no
questions we can think up that cannot be answered, sooner or later, including
even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we
cannot think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but
that is another matter. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way
through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay
attention. What is the author’s attitude toward science
A．He is depressed because of the ignorance of the scientists. B．He is doubtful because of the enormous difficulties in scientific research. C．He is confident though he is aware of the enormous difficulties in scientific research. D．He is delighted because of the illuminating scientific findings.