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The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.

  • -- Edward de Bono 爱德华·德·波诺

科学的目的不是分析或描述世界，而是建立有用的世界模型。模型是有用的，如果它允许我们使用它。

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Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs.

传统的学术科学把人类描述为高度发达的动物和生物思维机器。我们似乎是由原子、分子、细胞、组织和器官组成的牛顿物体。

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

我们的发明往往是漂亮的玩具，分散我们的注意力从严肃的事情。它们只是改进的手段，以达到未改进的目的。

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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.

把你的生活完全集中在赚钱上，表明你缺乏雄心壮志。它对你的要求太少了。它会让你不满足。

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The atoms of the earth are formed inside of stars. Nothing really dies, everything is transformed.

地球的原子是在恒星内部形成的。没有什么会真正死去，一切都被改变了。

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