Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.

  • -- Stephen Jay Gould 斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德

科学不是对客观信息的无情追求。它是一种创造性的人类活动,它的天才更多地扮演艺术家的角色,而不是信息处理者。

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It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

只有当语言学对它的研究对象有了更多的认识,也就是对它的整个范围有了更多的认识之后,很明显,这门科学才能对几乎所有人都感兴趣的一系列研究作出贡献。

Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

音乐不是数学。这是科学。你不停地搅拌,直到它在你身上爆炸,或者变成这种神奇的药剂。