Oversimplification is now a common term of reproach in academic discussions; everyone is against oversimplification. But there is no parallel term nearly as frequently used to describe the opposite phenomenon, which surely occurs as often, if not more so.

  • -- Bennett Berger 贝内特·伯杰

如今,在学术讨论中,过分简单化是一个常见的指责用语;每个人都反对过于简单化。但是,几乎没有一个平行术语像它那样频繁地用于描述相反的现象,而相反的现象即使没有发生得更多,也肯定会发生得同样频繁。

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When I was an academic, I'd sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh. And whether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question.

当我还是个学者的时候,当我有了一个我希望是新鲜的想法时,我有时会感到有点兴奋。而是否有人应该按照这个想法行事,则是一个完全不同的问题。

It took me a couple of years after I got out of Berkeley before I dared to start writing. That academic mind-set - which was kind of shallow in my case anyway - had begun to fade.

我从伯克利毕业后过了几年才敢开始写作。这种学术心态——无论如何对我来说有点肤浅——已经开始消退。