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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

  • -- Evan Esar 埃文·伊萨尔

统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。

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I think they need to get a more reliable way of watching television on the laptop. Because I travel so much, if I want to watch my favorite sports team it might not be showing in that place, so I want a reliable way to watch whatever I want to watch on my laptop.

我认为他们需要一种更可靠的方式在笔记本电脑上看电视。因为我经常旅行，如果我想看我最喜欢的球队的比赛，它可能不会在那个地方播放，所以我想要一种可靠的方式来观看我想在笔记本上看的任何比赛。

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When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.

当开普勒发现他长期以来的信念与最精确的观测结果不一致时，他接受了这个令人不安的事实。他宁愿要严酷的事实，也不愿要他最宝贵的幻想;这就是科学的核心。

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Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

建立在人类基础上的希望、人为的哲学或任何制度总是放错地方……因为这些事情不可靠，转瞬即逝。

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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

我们在斗争中可能失败的可能性不应阻止我们支持我们认为是正义的事业。

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Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.

进化就是进化。上层阶级总是在消亡;这是他们最迷人的地方之一。

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I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy. I can't get into minute details.

我试过灌制唱片，但我更有创造力。我无法细谈细节。

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Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational.

意见不影响事实。但事实应该影响意见，如果你是理性的，事实也应该影响意见。

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The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.

如果不产生痛苦或罪恶，就不能制止人口的优越力量。

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When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

当我们的思想退缩到自己的世界里，抛弃事实，只会造成混乱。

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We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities.

我们拥有可靠的计算机网络，专门从事反恐活动。

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So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

所以在我不确定的时候，我去了研究生院，这一切都发生了。

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I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values.

那时，我在数字的世界里如鱼得水，而不是在价值的世界里。

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