GRE，全称Graduate Record Examination，中文名称为美国研究生入学考试，适用于除法律与商业外的各专业。由美国教育考试服务处(Educational Testing Service，简称ETS)主办，GRE是美国、加拿大的大学各类研究生院（除管理类学院，法学院）要求申请者所必须具备的一个考试成绩，也是教授对申请者是否授予奖学金所依据的最重要的标准。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封装）也简称GRE。
The value of discourse between people with opposing viewpoints is not limited to the
physical and behavioral sciences. In government and politics, progress in human rights comes
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typically through dissension from and challenges to the status quo; in fact, without
disagreement among factions with opposing viewpoints, political oppression and tyranny
would go unchecked. Similarly, in the fields of civil and criminal law, jurists and legislators who
uphold and defend legal precedent must face continual opposition from those who question
the fairness and relevance of current laws. This ongoing debate is critical to the vitality and
relevance of our system of laws.
History informs us of the chilling effect suppression of free discourse and debate can have on
progress. Consider the Soviet Refusenik movement of the 1920s. During this time period the
Soviet government attempted not only to control the direction and the goals of scientific
research but also to distort the outcomes of that research. During the 1920s the Soviet
government quashed certain areas of scientific inquiry, destroyed research facilities and
libraries, and caused the sudden disappearance of scientists who were engaged in research
that the state viewed as a potential threat. Not surprisingly, during this time period no
significant advances in scientific knowledge occurred under the auspices of the Soviet
government.
In sum, the speaker correctly asserts that it is through discourse, disagreement, and debate
between opposing viewpoints that true progress can best be made. Indeed, advances in
science, social welfare, government and law depend on the debate.
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"Most people choose a career on the basis of such pragmatic considerations as the needs of
the economy, the relative ease of finding a job, and the salary they can expect to make. Hardly
anyone is free to choose a career based on his or her natural talents or interest in a particular
kind of work."
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