The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred.

  • -- George Bancroft 班克罗夫特

无知的偏见比兴趣的偏见更容易消除;第一种方法都是盲目采用的,第二种方法则是故意选择的。

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Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts humankinds focus on conquering our true enemies, the formidable foes: ignorance and limitation.

我们所能想象的空间是无限的,而扩展这一视角正是调整人类专注于征服我们真正的敌人,强大的敌人:无知和局限。

Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.

否认之所以存在,是因为人类的婴儿虽然配备了信任量表,但天生就盲目地、绝对地信任任何一个从他们身边走过的老人。

Ignorance is the mother of superstition.

无知是迷信之母。