Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

  • -- James D. Watson 沃森

科学带着一种冒险精神前进,这种精神的特点是年轻时的狂妄自大,以及相信一旦发现了真理,就会既简单又漂亮。

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Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the edges of drifting continents but how can they be sure the moving land masses will climb over the waste and not just push it forward?

一些头脑清醒的科学家严肃地提出,我们应该把这些致命的垃圾埋在漂移的大陆边缘,但他们怎么能确定移动的大陆块会爬过这些垃圾,而不只是推动它们前进呢?

I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.

我现在已经十七岁了,已经长得整整齐齐,只有六英尺多一点。我很有年轻的活力,并且是一个非常乐观的气质。

There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities.

即使是最具社会责任感的科学家,作为个人,甚至作为一个群体,也无法就其活动的社会后果做出多少贡献。

I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.

我认为自己有能力傲慢和野蛮……发现自己最鄙视别人的地方是一件很残酷的事情。

My mom didn't use face cream, like, nothing at all. She's got great skin and looks very youthful.

我妈妈没有用面霜,什么都不用。她皮肤很好,看起来很年轻。

The healthiest companies are always characterized by organic talent development.

最健康的公司总是以人才的有机发展为特征。

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.

六十年代的特点是对即时解决方案的狂热信仰。

In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.

事后看来,过去的成功让我变得傲慢。

We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.

我们是一个朴素安静的民族,不喜欢冒险。

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

婚姻是一场冒险,就像打仗一样。