It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.

  • -- Sam Harris 山姆·哈里斯

是时候让科学家和其他公共知识分子注意到,信仰和理性之间的竞争是零和的。

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We have no faith in ourselves. I have never met a woman who, deep down in her core, really believes she has great legs. And if she suspects that she might have great legs, then she's convinced that she has a shrill voice and no neck.

我们对自己没有信心。我从未见过一个女人,她内心深处真的相信自己有一双美腿。如果她怀疑自己可能有一双很棒的腿,那么她就确信自己有一副尖利的嗓音,没有脖子。

To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.

对于那些在数学中问无限小是什么的人,我们的答案是它实际上是零。因此,这一概念并不像人们通常认为的那样有那么多的神秘之处。

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

我对那些没有做好充分准备的人零容忍。我期待贡献,我期待出席,我期待董事们旅行并参观公司的项目。

Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.

信仰最严峻的考验不是当我们什么都看不见,而是当我们看到一系列惊人的证据,似乎证明我们的信仰是徒劳的。

If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me.

如果我有时间锻炼,我会去做,但我不会关注体重或腰围等数字。数字对我没用。

Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.

每次冠军做出决定,他们都有机会学习新的东西,而不管结果如何。

I have observed over a long lifetime that mental stability is not all it's cracked up to be.

我在很长一段时间里观察到,精神稳定并不是人们所吹嘘的那样。

We largely become what we have observed and respected.

我们很大程度上变成了我们所观察和尊重的人。