The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

  • -- Claude Bernard 克劳德·伯纳德

一个实验者的真正价值不仅在于他在实验中寻求什么,而且还在于他没有寻求什么。

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Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do.

有些东西是否过时并不能解决它是否正确的问题。我能看到人们简单地想,‘嗯,有一种文化主流整齐地朝着一个方向流动。你只要和它对齐。这真的不行。

In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.

在发现秘密的事物和研究隐藏的原因时,从可靠的实验和论证中得到的理由比从一般哲学投机者的推测和意见中得到的理由更充分。

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

当我们无力追随真理时,我们就应该追随最有可能发生的事。

That's it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane's Addiction experiment is at an end.

就是这样。简的毒瘾实验结束了,遗憾和宽慰各占一半。