It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

  • -- Thomas Robert Malthus 马尔萨斯

一个公正的理论总是要经过实验才能得到证实,这在哲学中是一个公认的真理。

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Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.

我们愿意承认自己只看到了一半,这就创造了条件,使我们对他人更具吸引力。我们越真诚地承认我们需要他们不同的见解和观点,他们就越会被吸引来加入我们。

The major novelty of my theory was its claim that the most rapid evolutionary change does not occur in widespread, populous species, as claimed by Most geneticists, but in small founder populations.

我的理论的主要新颖之处在于,它声称,最迅速的进化变化并不像大多数遗传学家所声称的那样,发生在广泛的、人口众多的物种中,而是发生在创始人人数较少的群体中。

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

欧洲是如此精心打理,就像一件艺术品,一个科学的理论,一个整洁的形而上学体系。人类按照自己的形象重新创造了欧洲。

The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star.

地球上所有的氢都有可能被瞬间转化,整个实验的成功也将作为一颗新星向宇宙宣告。

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

生存就是改变,改变就是成熟,成熟就是不断地创造自己。

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

每一位科学家,甚至是上帝,都必须取消一项实验。

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

如果你要我承认我变老了,我可以这么做。

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

荣誉不是赢得的;它一定不能丢失。