A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens.

-- George Stigler 斯蒂格勒

一位瑞典物理学家除非出国，否则不能与五十个人讨论他的工作。一位瑞典经济学家可以从他成千上万的同胞那里得到用本国语言表述的意见和指示。

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The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

一个纯粹的集体体系的问题不仅在于它需要经济增长和正确的人口趋势，还在于它阻止人们以负责任的方式思考自己的未来。

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It takes so long to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve them.

把一个物理学家培养到能够理解物理问题本质的程度需要很长时间，以至于他已经老得无法解决这些问题了。

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A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

物理学家是原子了解原子的一种方式。

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