I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.

  • -- Carl Sagan 卡尔·萨根

我担心,特别是随着千年的临近,伪科学和迷信似乎会一年比一年更具吸引力,非理性的警笛声会更响亮,更有吸引力。

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This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.

这就是这个协会提出的伟大目标;达到这一目的的方法是光明,用理性的阳光照亮理智,它将驱散迷信和偏见的阴霾。

I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea.

我上高中时是个哥特女孩。也许粉末状的白脸和黑色的唇膏并不是最吸引人的。当时我感觉很棒,但现在回想起来,嗯,可能不是最好的主意。

The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good.

无线电业务中我最不感兴趣的是无线电业务。但是我已经学了一点。这不是火箭科学:你得到评级,这很好。

Pulling the devil by the leg is a bad grip.

牵着魔鬼的腿是一种不好的握法。