Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.

  • -- Freeman Dyson 弗里曼·戴森

每一朵兰花、玫瑰、蜥蜴或蛇都是一位专注而熟练的饲养员的工作。有成千上万的人,无论是业余爱好者还是专业人士,都把他们的一生奉献给了这项事业。现在想象一下,当这些人可以使用基因工程工具时会发生什么。

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We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

我们不需要成为制鞋工人来知道我们的鞋子是否合脚,同样,我们也不需要成为专业人士来获得普遍感兴趣的知识。

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

对于一个只有锤子的人来说,他遇到的每件事都开始看起来像钉子。

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

我想,我们都是致力于变得更好的人。

It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel.

这是一座世俗的大教堂,专门用来举行旅行仪式。

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.

在爱情中,女人是专业的,男人是业余的。