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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My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.

我的工作基于这样一个假设:从长远来看,我们道德思维的清晰和一致性可能会让我们对道德问题持有更好的观点。

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

有一种假设是,如果你年轻漂亮,你会得到所有这些机会,这些机会远远超出了你的音乐基础。

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

批评是我们可以通过什么都不说,什么都不做,什么都不做来避免的事情。

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

我们必须敢于做我们自己,不管这个自我是多么可怕或奇怪。

There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

只有一种方法可以避免批评:什么也不做,什么也不说,什么也不做。

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

与傻瓜签订协议是我的命运,或许也是我的性格使然。