It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

  • -- Arthur Eddington 爱丁顿

现代物理学不可能用完全决定论来预测任何事情,因为它从一开始就涉及概率。

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That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of physics. There's a long list of experiments that suggest just the opposite.

这是绝对正确的,除此之外,生命并不是物理定律的偶然。有一长串的实验表明恰恰相反。

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

交易是我的艺术形式。其他人在画布上画得很漂亮,或者写得很好。我喜欢做交易,最好是大交易。我就是这样获得快感的。

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

一个纯数学级数应该是一个每一项都由前一项根据规则推导出来的级数。

Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.

时间只温柔地对待那些温柔地对待它的人。

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

一个人不能真的用数学定理来辩论。

I stopped predicting the future a long time ago.

我很久以前就不再预测未来了。