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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

  • -- Richard Dawkins 理查德·道金斯

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调，但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

我喜欢数学，因为它不是人类，它与这个星球或整个偶然的宇宙没有什么特别的关系——因为，就像斯宾诺莎笔下的上帝一样，它也不会反过来爱我们。

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

文学没有证据。因此，我们必须明白，它不仅不能证明它说了什么，甚至不能证明它值得说出来。

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Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.

科学不能解决道德冲突，但它可以帮助更准确地构建关于这些冲突的辩论框架。

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I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.

我获得了布里克斯顿建筑学院的奖学金。我搞砸了，没能按时出席。

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Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

科学就是所有总是成功的食谱的总和。其余的都是文学作品。

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In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

在数学中，提出问题的艺术必须比解决问题更有价值。

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First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.

首先，文学只指它自己，文学理论。

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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

对一个嫌多嫌少的人来说，什么都不够。

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Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

不知道自己的不幸显然是有好处的。

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Ignorance breeds fear and hatred.

无知滋生恐惧和仇恨。

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