Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

  • -- Imre Lakatos 拉卡托斯

对理论的盲目投入不是一种智力上的美德:它是一种智力上的犯罪。

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A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.

重新致力于我国人民的自由和机会是我们时代的试金石。在这个考验众多、挑战随风云变幻而变化的新世纪,我们必须坚持使我国成为全世界羡慕的国家的各项原则。

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.

的确,我的同胞组成的陪审团已经认定我犯有被指控的罪行。因此,我对他们没有丝毫的怨恨。

As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string should behave and so on.

正如你所说,弦理论需要所有这些额外的维度这来自于弦应该如何表现的一致性要求等等。

If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault.

如果你犯了一个大罪,那么你就是疯了,罪越滔天,你就越疯狂。所以你没有责任,没有什么是你的错。

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。

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

几乎所有的犯罪都源于对审美表达的压抑欲望。