The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.

  • -- Steven Pinker 史蒂文·平克

心灵是一块白板这一理论的最大吸引力在于一个简单的数学事实:零等于零。

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We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able to cope with accelerations and decelerations and so on. So all of us trained so that we were probably in the best physical condition we had ever been in up until that point.

我们想要保持良好的体型,我们想要能够应对零重力,我们想要能够应对加速和减速等等。所以我们所有人都接受了训练,所以在那之前我们的身体状况可能是最好的。

Optimism: The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.

乐观主义:认为一切都是美好的,包括丑陋的,一切都是好的,尤其是坏的,一切都是对的,一切都是错的学说或信仰。

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

有了摄影,你可以专注;你在短时间内投入了大量的精力,然后你继续做下一件事。

I hope you’re thinking of me, because thoughts of you drift into my mind at least a million times a day.

我希望你一直想着我,因为对你的思念一天至少会在我的脑海中出现一百万次。

She had in mind a different kind of looking person, because his appearance is not at all like mine.

她心里想的是另一种模样的人,因为他的样子一点也不像我。