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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I went to a public high school and most of the comedy was coming from the black kids and the Asian kids and the Hispanic kids. And, the coolest kids to me where always the black kids. They were always fashion forward and they always dressed the coolest. They were always the best dancers, and just the coolest people.

我上的是一所公立高中,大部分的喜剧来自黑人孩子、亚裔孩子和西班牙裔孩子。对我来说最酷的孩子总是黑人孩子。他们总是很前卫,总是穿着最酷的衣服。他们总是最好的舞者,也是最酷的人。

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question "How?" but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question "Why?"

科学能够很好地回答“如何”这个问题,但当你问“为什么”这个问题时,它会变得非常困惑。

With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad.

我心里充满了悔恨,因为我有许多黄金般的朋友,有许多娇艳的少女,有许多轻浮的少年。

A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

一种难以言表的遗憾藏在爱的心里。