An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.

  • -- Max Planck 马克斯·普朗克

一项重要的科学创新很少能通过逐渐赢得竞争对手的支持并使其转化为现实:真正发生的是竞争对手逐渐消亡。

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A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.

我很多人都很清醒,你必须有光明和阴影。它们都很重要,你必须能够平衡它们。你必须承认悲伤是你的一部分,它使你变得富有。我在工作中使用它。

To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind.

对于一个对人性感兴趣的聪明人来说,科学界把如此多的精力花在对身体的研究上,而对心灵的研究却如此之少,这一定常常显得很奇怪。

When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them.

当战争来临的时候,会发生两件事——利润大幅上升,而所有易腐烂的东西都大幅下降。他们有市场。

The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.

认为全球变暖是世界面临的最重要问题的观点完全是一派胡言,正在造成许多危害。

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.

有些记忆是真实的,比任何可能再次发生在你身上的事情都要好。

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

除了科学知识,改善植物育种的秘诀就是爱。