Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators.

  • -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb 纳西姆·尼古拉斯·塔勒布

正如没有哪只猴子长得像人类中最丑陋的猴子一样,没有哪位学者比最糟糕的创造者更有价值。

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This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

这种可能性让我感到困扰,因为我认为留在一个学术环境是不可取的,爱丁堡漫长而黑暗的冬天可能会相当沉闷。

I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.

我在学校里成绩平平,无论是学业上还是体育方面……我总是有惹麻烦的倾向。