民间科学爱好者的行为及心理分析

民间科学爱好者是比较普遍的一种社会现象。作为在科学共同体之外从事所谓科学活动的特殊群体,他们并不等同于一般意义上的“业余科学爱好者”。民间科学爱好者的行为方式和心理存在很多共性,其最大的外部特征是不能与科学共同体进行正常的交流。他们只有偏执性的心理倾向,由此可以对他们的某些外在表现如顽强刻苦、自我崇高进行解释。他们的行为从外部看类似于行为艺术,从内部看,也可以解释为某种无意识的巫术心理。对民科现象做进一步的解读,可以为理解科学、公众与社会的关系提供一个新的维度,也可为科学传播提供借鉴。 

An Analysis on the Behavior and Psychology of Civil Science Fans

Civil Science fans”is a general social phenomenon of China. But as a special group devoted to the so-called scientific activities outside of the science community, they are different from amateur scientists (or science amateurs). Most of Civil science fans have similar behavior model and psychological tendency, and the most common characteristic is that they can not have proper communication with the science community. Most of them have more or less paranoid psychological tendency, and it can give an explanation to some of their characteristics such as overhard working, highly self-sacrifice,and self-complacency. Their behavior looks from outside like Performance Art, but in some sense it implies some unconsciously sorcery psychology. The research on civil science fans will give a new dimension to understand the relationship among science, the public and society, and will provide some advice for science communication.