To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.

  • -- Neil deGrasse Tyson 尼尔·德格拉西·泰森

科学素养就是让自己知道别人什么时候在胡扯。

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It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch as it is not yet scientifically feasible. I just can't understand how so many people are able to predict so much about something that still isn't scientifically possible.

我现在很难知道该怎么说核聚变,因为它在科学上还不可行。我只是不明白为什么这么多人能预测这么多科学上还不可能的事情。

Balzac's ambition was to be omnipotent. He would be Michelangelesque, and that by sheer force of minuteness. He exaggerated scientifically, and made things gigantic by a microscopic fulness of detail.

巴尔扎克的抱负是无所不能。他将成为米开朗基罗式的人物,这完全是由于他的细致入微。他在科学上夸大其词,用微观的细节使事物变得巨大。

Egalitarian policies are the best way to unite and empower people, and are also a necessary counterweight to the sometimes detrimental influence of market forces.

平等主义政策是团结和赋予人民权力的最佳方式,也是抵消市场力量有时有害影响的必要手段。

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices.

我的父母都是工会成员,我从小就知道赋予工人权力和公平劳动是多么重要。