The increasing interplay of science and technology is often portrayed with an air of inevitability, but few studies explicitly discuss the source and nature of their interaction. Based on Polanyi’s thoughts on science, technology and personal research activity, in this paper, we consider the relationship between the (relative) divergence of science and the (relative) convergence of technology, and use it to analyse the interaction between science and technology. In particular, we consider the inter-confinement between science and technology that can be attributed to the interaction between the divergence of science and the convergence of technology. This science-technology nexus might have its impact on achieving technology-science progress.

科学和技术之间日益增强的相互作用常常被描述为一种必然性，但很少有研究明确讨论它们相互作用的来源和性质。本文基于波兰尼关于科学、技术和个人研究活动的思想，考虑科学（相对）分歧与技术（相对）趋同之间的关系，并用它来分析科学与技术之间的相互作用。特别是，我们认为科学与技术之间的相互制约可以归因于科学的分歧与技术的融合之间的相互作用。这种科学与技术的联系可能会对实现技术与科学的进步产生影响。