Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

  • -- Robert A. Heinlein 罗伯特·海因莱因

永远不要成为悲观主义者……悲观主义者比乐观主义者更经常是正确的,但乐观主义者更有乐趣,而且两者都无法阻止事态的发展。

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Our specious present as such is very short. We do, however, experience passing events; part of the process of the passage of events is directly there in our experience, including some of the past and some of the future.

我们似是而非的礼物是如此的短暂。然而,我们确实经历了一些转瞬即逝的事件;事件通过的部分过程直接存在于我们的经验中,包括一些过去和一些未来。

And every one of these events is connected. But not by luck: it's pure cause and effect.

所有这些事件都是相互关联的。但这并非偶然:这纯粹是因果关系。

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

我对明天持悲观态度,对后天持乐观态度。

People don't like to follow pessimists.

人们不喜欢追随悲观主义者。