But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance.

  • -- Frederick Soddy 弗雷德里克·索迪

但是,对于道德家来说,罪恶是什么;对于法学家来说,犯罪是什么;对于科学家来说,无知也是什么。

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Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods -- moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former -- but no opinion.

意见是在公开讨论和公开辩论的过程中形成的,在没有形成意见的机会的地方,可能会有情绪——群众的情绪和个人的情绪,个人的情绪和群众的情绪一样反复无常和不可靠——但没有意见。

When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it.

当一个人、一个教派、一个小集团或一个国家憎恨或蔑视另一个个人、教派、小集团或国家时,他或他们根本不知道他们憎恨的对象。无知是问题的根源。

Industrial opportunities are going to stem more from the biological sciences than from chemistry and physics. I see biology as being the greatest area of scientific breakthroughs in the next generation.

工业机会将更多地来自生物科学,而不是化学和物理。我认为生物学是下一代科学突破的最大领域。

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

我们生活的手段已经超过了我们生活的目的。我们的科学力量已经超过了我们的精神力量。我们有导弹和误入歧途的人。