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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Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation can also be detected and measured by coincidences; this provides valuable information about the structure of the atomic nuclei.

在核反应中产生的各种辐射相互之间以及与初始辐射之间的方向耦合也可以用巧合来探测和测量;这提供了有关原子核结构的有价值的信息。

When I see my staff take a step back because I've lost my cool about something food-related, I say never apologise for your standards. If someone doesn't meet them, then you should explain that and that you want it changed. I want my staff to be like that, too.

当我看到我的员工因为我对一些与食物有关的事情失去冷静而后退一步时,我说永远不要为你的标准道歉。如果有人不认识他们,你应该解释一下,你想要改变。我希望我的员工也是这样。

I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death.

我理解濒死之人的大脑会发生什么,我一直相信,对于那些死里逃生的人所描述的天堂般的灵魂出窍之旅,有很好的科学解释。

Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.

除了一些简单的原则外,我认为英语散文的声音和节奏很重要,作家和读者都不应该太相信规则,而应该相信自己的耳朵。

Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.

因此,标准库既可以作为工具,也可以作为教师。

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

每件事都应该尽可能地简单,但不是越简单越好。