Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.

  • -- Imre Lakatos 拉卡托斯

我们对一系列理论的经验标准是,它应该产生新的事实。成长的概念和经验的特性的概念是结合在一起的。

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I hadn't accepted he was seriously ill. The idea that someone so close to you couldn't wake up was utterly incomprehensible. Then the doctor came in... Maurice had no brain left. There wasn't any activity at all.

我不承认他病得很重。和你如此亲密的人无法醒来,这种想法是完全无法理解的。然后医生进来了……莫瑞斯已经没有脑子了。没有任何活动。

Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess.

快速的人口增长和技术创新,再加上我们对我们所处的自然系统如何运作缺乏了解,造成了一场混乱。

I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a recipe for economic growth.

我无法想象有人会说,提高高收入人群(其中许多人是企业主)的边际税率是经济增长的良方。

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

说实话,我认为在我十几岁的时候,我的性格并没有得到很大的发展。我当时处于冷藏状态。

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.

如果有机会,我会回到黑毒蛇的角色。我对此一点也不感到不安。

We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible.

如果经验科学是唯一可能的科学,我们将会处于一个非常糟糕的境地。

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

统一只能通过二元来体现。统一本身和统一的理念已经是两个概念。