Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary similarity for real identity.

  • -- Henry John Temple 英夷首辅庙亨约

人类所得出的错误结论,有一半是由于滥用比喻,把普遍的相似或想象的相似误当成真实的同一性而得出的。

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We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they can make up their own conclusions.

我们是记者,所以我们的默认立场是不写社论。我们正试图把信息带给读者和观众,让他们能自己得出结论。

What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?

从经验中得出结论有什么好处?我不否认我们有时会得出正确的结论,但我们不也常常得出错误的结论吗?