Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

科学充其量不过是常识,也就是说,在观察上严格准确,在逻辑上对谬误毫不留情。

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I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time.

我想所有人都是没有常识的人,才会认为地球上没有外星人。地球上有数十亿颗行星,我相信地球并不是唯一有人居住的星球。这样想未免太自负了。我一直在想这件事。

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

如果我们仅仅因为野兽不能阻止我们,因为我们在为生存而斗争中支持自己的一方,那么出于同样的原因而把蠢货、罪犯、敌人或资本家斩了,也就合乎逻辑了。

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

没有什么艺术比观察的艺术更难获得,对一些人来说,用简单明了的语言记录观察同样困难。

One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be the general and widespread understanding of how severely limited logic really is.

从家庭计算机革命中得到的最好的东西之一,可能是对逻辑究竟有多么有限的普遍和广泛的理解。

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

当时我在伯克利上中学,我完全不适应那里的环境。像很多孩子一样,我发现剧院对我来说是个好地方。

This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!

这个人过去常带着他的狗去上学。然后他们分开了。他的狗毕业!

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.

只有他是一个敏锐的观察者,他能在不被观察的情况下仔细观察。

I always try to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble.

我总是尽量相信每个人最好的一面,这样可以省去很多麻烦。