If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.

  • -- Emerson M. Pugh 艾默生M.普格

如果人类的大脑如此简单以至于我们能够理解它,那么我们就会如此简单以至于我们无法理解它。

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I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

我喜欢历史作品。历史是我在学校最喜欢的科目,它是我唯一擅长的科目。我喜欢历史的观念,喜欢我们有机会从过去的错误中吸取教训的观念。

The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.

人民不可能面面俱到,而且总是消息灵通。错误的部分将会随着他们所误解的事实的重要性而感到不满。

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

一个聪明的人从不害怕或羞于在他对事物的理解中发现错误。

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

当科学确定并阐明真理时,它就完成了它的功能。

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

愤怒和偏执是正确理解的敌人。

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

愤怒是吹灭心灵之灯的风。

We are all something, but none of us are everything.

我们都是有价值的人,但没有一个人是万能的。

My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.

我的心被每一次微弱的沙沙声引入歧途。