When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.

  • -- Carl Sagan 卡尔·萨根

当开普勒发现他长期以来的信念与最精确的观测结果不一致时,他接受了这个令人不安的事实。他宁愿要严酷的事实,也不愿要他最宝贵的幻想;这就是科学的核心。

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If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

如果我们渴望相信星星为我们升起和落下,相信我们是宇宙存在的原因,那么科学是否会让我们的自负受挫呢?

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.

除非死亡被宣布为非法,否则个人的内心和社会习俗都不会有持久的和平。

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant.

真正的科学首先教人怀疑和无知。

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

漂亮的丈夫常使妻子心疼。