The biological task of science is to provide the fully developed human individual with as perfect a means of orientating himself as possible. No other scientific ideal can be realised, and any other must be meaningless.

  • -- Ernst Mach 恩斯特马赫

科学的生物学任务是为充分发展的人类个体提供尽可能完美的定位自己的方法。没有其他的科学理想可以实现,任何其他的科学理想都是毫无意义的。

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Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense.

从前,有一位王后,她有一个非常丑、非常畸形的儿子。不过,他出生时的一位仙女说,尽管如此,他还是会非常和蔼可亲的,因为他有非常好的判断力。

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.

为什么当吉他和扩音器完美无缺的时候,他们还要不断地更换呢?如果你问我,他们对汽车也做了同样的事情。他们忘记了如何做对,因为他们专注于风格和花哨的东西。

I can't imagine the scientists wanting me to walk into the lab and start fiddling around with some big bowl of electrons they had out.

我无法想象科学家们想让我走进实验室,开始摆弄他们拿出来的一大碗电子。

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.

人类是一种最奇特的生物。他认为他有一个灵魂,而他有几十个。

It's better to have nothing and have everything than if you have everything with nothing.

拥有一切而一无所有,总比一无所有要好。

We could've had something perfect, but it just wasn't meant to be.

我们本可以拥有一些完美的东西,但这并不是命中注定的。