I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species.

  • -- George C. Williams 乔治·威廉斯

我认为我在那本书中的主要批评是针对一个普遍的假设,即适应性是种群和物种的特征,而不仅仅是种群和物种中的个体。

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Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

开始挑战你自己的假设。你的假设就是你观察世界的窗口。每隔一段时间把它们擦干净,否则光线就不会进来。

To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.

看是一回事,看又是另一回事;正常情况下,看东西是很困难的;去看就是去尝试去看。我已经看见了,我希望我已经看见了。

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

艺术寄生于生活,正如批评寄生于艺术。

You have to laugh, you have to be able to take criticism.

你必须笑,你必须能够接受批评。

I no longer feel pressure to produce fiction.

我不再感到创作小说的压力。