It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it may be a far harder thing to extract laws over which it has no control.

  • -- Arthur Eddington 爱丁顿

人类的头脑从自然现象中提取它自己赋予它们的规律是一回事;要从中提取出自己无法控制的法律,可能要困难得多。

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I recognize myself to a lesser or greater extent in everything I read, good and bad, and that's part of being a human being if you're honest enough. And obviously the darker parts are the things you don't let control you.

无论我读到的是好是坏,我都或多或少地认识了自己,如果你足够诚实的话,这就是作为一个人的一部分。很明显,黑暗的部分是你无法控制自己的。

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

人们认为一个人可以掌控自己的事业,这比你实际掌握的要多得多。你可以在一定程度上设计东西。但你完全听凭桌子对面的东西摆布。