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The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

概率论，一般来说是正确的，但特别错误。

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It would be so weird if we knew just as much as we needed to know to answer all the questions of the universe. Wouldn't that be freaky? Whereas the probability is high that there is a vast reality that we have no way to perceive, that's actually bearing down on us now and influencing everything.

如果我们能知道足够多的东西来回答宇宙的所有问题，那就太奇怪了。这不是很奇怪吗?虽然有很高的可能性是存在着一个我们无法感知的巨大现实，但这实际上正在向我们施加压力，影响着一切。

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Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.

从统计数据上看，我们当中任何一个人在这里的可能性是如此之小，以至于你会认为，仅仅是存在的事实就会让我们所有人都感到满足和惊喜。

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It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.

甚至有可能，没有其起源的法律可能是非理性的，我们永远无法成功地制定它们。

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A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

由其自身规律所产生的诗歌，在所谓的审美、判断、演绎的客观原则方面，可能是未实现的，是不好的。

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