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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When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.

当我从一个学者变成一个作家群体的一员时,我的一些前同事确实带着某种怨恨看着我。

I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.

我不认为学术写作有多好。然而,科学过去没有那么专业化。