We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

  • -- Carl Sagan 卡尔·萨根

我们还把事情安排得几乎没有人了解科学和技术。这是灾难的处方。我们可能会侥幸逃脱一段时间,但这种无知和权力的可燃混合物迟早会在我们的脸上爆炸。

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I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high school plays. But when I discovered indie and punk music in high school, those things sort of took over.

我总是被表演所吸引。我在暑假参加即兴表演和表演班,并参与了中学和高中的戏剧表演。但当我在高中发现独立音乐和朋克音乐时,这些东西就占据了上风。

Smell is so powerful, you know. My grannies would both bake things like shortbreads and cookies. I think whenever I smell those kinds of things it really takes me back to my childhood.

你知道,气味是如此强大。我奶奶会烤一些东西,比如松脆面包和饼干。我觉得每当我闻到那种味道,我就会想起我的童年。

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.

总有一天,某种东西似乎在召唤我们走上一条特定的道路……这是我必须做的,这是我必须拥有的。这就是我。

Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.

想象力对于科学的任何进步都是至关重要的,就像学习和精确对于起点是至关重要的一样。

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

我一直认为自己是一个大器晚成的人,所以我喜欢我的一些作品晚于早。

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.

彻头彻尾的狂热者比冷静而圆滑的辩论者更接近事物的核心。

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

事实是科学家的谈资。没有它们,你永远无法飞翔。

As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.

随着光的面积扩大,黑暗的周长也随之扩大。