The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

  • -- Friedrich August von Hayek 哈耶克

正如目前的例子所表明的那样,表面上符合公认的科学标准的人可以从看似简单而错误的理论中获得荣誉,这可能会产生严重的后果。

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I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

我一直有一个标准,当我在做乡村音乐的时候,我总是告诉人们我永远不会录制一首我不会在我父母面前坐下来唱歌的歌。

The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.

所有的解决方案都很简单——在你找到它们之后。但只有当你已经知道它们是什么时,它们才会变得简单。

Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible.

此外,在实验科学中,如果可能的话,科学界必须检验一种新的毁灭理论。

I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.

我建立了一定的行为准则,在我玩的时候,一定不能说话。

For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure.

因为科学知识的进步将导致开支的不断增加。

It's all very simple. But maybe because it's so simple, it's also hard.

一切都很简单。但也许因为它很简单,也很难。