Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

  • -- Aaron Allston 艾伦·奥斯通

任何写得足够糟糕的科学都与魔法无异。

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Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.

多年来的每个圣诞节,我都在思考庆祝的意义。随着这个节日变得更加普世化和世俗化,它失去了我童年时所钟爱的许多魔力。

I'm talking about science on the leading edge, where it's not clear which way things are going be cause we don't know, and I'm dealing with areas which we don't know about.

我说的是前沿的科学,不清楚事情会怎样发展,因为我们不知道,而我正在处理的是我们不知道的领域。

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

对我来说,把握宇宙的真实面貌要比坚持妄想好得多,无论妄想多么令人满足和安心。

Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.

魔术:让人们消失,让他们履行他们的承诺。