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This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.

  • -- Edward Thorndike 桑代克

动物在数量、形成速度、持久性、精微性和复杂联想方面的增长在人类身上达到了极致。

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There was a great complexity to my father. He was a devoted family man. But, in the same breath, he simply was not suited to an anchored life. He should have been somebody who had a backpack, an old map, a bit of change in his pocket and that was it - roaming the world.

我父亲的生活非常复杂。他是个顾家的好男人。但是，与此同时，他根本不适合过安定的生活。他应该是一个背着背包，带着一张旧地图，口袋里有一些零钱的人，就是这样——周游世界。

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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

科学有时被说成是与信仰对立的，而且与信仰不一致。但事实上，所有的科学都建立在信仰的基础上，因为它假定自然规律的持久性和统一性——这是永远无法证明的。

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We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control.

我们有一幅复杂性是如何产生的图，因为如果宇宙具有计算能力，也许我们不应该对事情完全失控感到惊讶。

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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

在所有的动物中，人类可能是唯一把自己视为美味佳肴的动物。

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