It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.

  • -- Rachel Maddow 雷切尔·麦德

过去,我们在争论的基本事实上存在分歧,我们对这些事实有不同的看法。现在我认为我们接受不同的权力来源。而且人们可以建立起自己的信誉——只要没有人跟踪这条路,并在这条路上大声疾呼。

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To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.

拥有自由的性格是一种心理上的恩惠,能够理解你不同意的人不仅是一个可怕的生物,而且是一个你不同意的人。

I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder.

我想说的是,任何不符合现状的行为都被解释为疯狂,而事实上,它可能实际上是启蒙。精神错乱在旁观者眼里是一种病态。

The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.

一个人对自己的科学判断和别人对他的判断的真正区别在于他增加了知识的来源。

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

任何时候,当你在一间屋子里遇到两个人,他们对任何事情都有不同的看法,在一天的时间里,都有一个场景是可以写下来的。这就是我要找的。

I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No.

我喜欢健康的人。我想如果我健身了,你至少可以回报我。我会和一个傻瓜约会吗?不。

Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?

迷信?谁能确定昨天的迷信和明天的科学事实之间的界线呢?

People don't know the past, even though we live in literate societies, because they don't trust the sources of the past.

人们不知道过去,即使我们生活在有文化的社会里,因为他们不相信过去的来源。

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

寻找人的缺点的人一定能找到。