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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I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

我感到幸运,因为我是一个书呆子,我谈论的书,但我有学术成就,通过,因为那是我的父母把大量的价值,我度过了一段美好的童年,因为我完成了预期的在学校的好。

Oversimplification is now a common term of reproach in academic discussions; everyone is against oversimplification. But there is no parallel term nearly as frequently used to describe the opposite phenomenon, which surely occurs as often, if not more so.

如今,在学术讨论中,过分简单化是一个常见的指责用语;每个人都反对过于简单化。但是,几乎没有一个平行术语像它那样频繁地用于描述相反的现象,而相反的现象即使没有发生得更多,也肯定会发生得同样频繁。