The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about.

  • -- Clifford Geertz 吉尔兹

数学家、物理学家和历史学家说话的方式是完全不同的,物理学家对物理直觉的理解和数学家对美或优雅的理解是值得思考的。

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After years of working in professional kitchens, and then spending so much time in a lot of different home kitchens, I realized that there's a huge gap in the market where you have people who develop cookware but who don't actually cook.

在专业厨房工作了多年,然后花了很多时间在不同的家庭厨房,我意识到市场上有一个巨大的差距,你有谁开发炊具,但实际上并不做饭。

The struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompting is the greatest challenge of all. His conditioning has been so powerful that it has all but destroyed his ability to be self-aware.

男性要学会倾听和尊重自己的直觉,内心的激励是最大的挑战。他的条件反射是如此强大,以至于几乎摧毁了他的自我意识能力。

When I interview people, and they give me an immediate answer, they're often not thinking. So I'm silent. I wait. Because they think they have to keep answering. And it's the second train of thought that's the better answer.

当我采访别人,他们给我一个即时的答案,他们通常不会思考。所以我沉默。我等待。因为他们认为他们必须继续回答。第二个思路是更好的答案。

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.

对真理有一种活泼、无私、执着的爱好是非常罕见的。行动和信仰都是思想的奴隶,它们都是为了不受反思、批评或怀疑的困扰或不便。

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

直觉的头脑是神圣的礼物,理性的头脑是忠实的仆人。我们创造了一个尊重仆人而忘记礼物的社会。

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.

学习另一种语言,不仅是为同样的事情学习不同的单词,而且是学习思考事情的另一种方式。