The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.

  • -- George Saunders 山德斯

普遍的人类法则——需要、对所爱之人的爱、恐惧、饥饿、周期性的兴奋,以及在没有饥饿/恐惧/痛苦的情况下自然升起的善良——是永恒的、可预测的、可靠的、普遍的,只是点缀着当地文化的细节。

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What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.

当然,出现的结果是,震级假设所有的地震都是相同的,除了一个不变的尺度因子。这比我们想象的更接近事实。

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

真正的快乐精神,兴奋,超越自我的感觉,这是最优秀的试金石,在数学和诗歌中都能找到。

I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.

我不喜欢城市:不断的活动和成群的人。