A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科学
Science
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
除了原子和真空,什么也不存在;其他一切都是意见。
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
宇宙中存在的一切都是偶然和必然的结果。
Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.
科学中的伟大时刻:爱因斯坦发现时间就是金钱。
The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all.
从进化的角度思考的另一种选择是根本不思考。
It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations.
很明显,科学和科幻小说有重叠的人群。
If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.
如果你知道真相,你就能证明它。谈话并不能证明这一点。
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
我是一个因为智慧而悲观的人,但我是一个因为意志而乐观的人。
There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.
没有必要默默地忍受痛苦,寻求帮助也没有什么羞耻。
The laws of gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
万有引力定律不能对坠入爱河的人负责。
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
我们称之为真实的一切都是由不能被视为真实的东西构成的。
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
测量能测量的,使能测量不能测量的。
Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details.
想象是廉价的,只要你不用担心细节。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Information is not knowledge.
信息不是知识。
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
借鉴昨天,活在今天,憧憬明天。重要的是不要停止质疑。
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
无知比知识更容易带来自信:正是那些知道得很少的人,而不是那些知道得很多的人,如此积极地断言这个或那个问题永远不会被科学解决。
Time is an illusion.
时间是一种幻觉。
We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.
在一个不可能的宇宙中,我们是不可能的。
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
引力能解释行星的运动,但不能解释是谁使行星运动的。