The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

一种观点被广泛接受,这一事实并不能证明它不是完全荒谬的。

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What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true!

当我走进一家书店时,总是让我感到惊讶的是,你能找到的确定无疑的书的数量。作者讲了一些故事,好像它是真的,但他们没有任何证据证明它是真的!

You don't get to cut that chain of evidence and start over. You're always going to be pursued by your data shadow, which is forming from thousands and thousands of little leaks and tributaries of information.

你不可能切断证据链然后重新开始。你总是会被你的数据阴影所追逐,这是由成千上万的信息泄露和支流形成的。

I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you.

我不担心别人怎么说我。说到底,这只是他们的意见,但如果我说我没听到,或者我一点也不介意,那我就是在骗你。

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

一个人应该尊重公众的意见,因为这是必要的,以避免饥饿和远离监狱,但任何超过这是自愿服从不必要的暴政。

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

年老时的忠告是愚蠢的;因为,有什么比我们越接近旅程的终点,就为道路增加给养更荒唐的事呢?

Why don't they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff.

为什么他们不把整个飞机都用那个黑匣子做。