A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科学
Science
Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.
我们所关心的一切都位于中间的某个地方，在那里模式和随机性交织在一起。
Any ceremony performed in the absence of reasonable knowledge as to cause and effect is magic.
任何仪式在缺乏对因果关系的合理认识的情况下进行，都是具有魔力的。
Mysticism is colourful and alluring, but if you are after the truth, science is the best path!
神秘主义是丰富多彩的和诱人的，但如果你追求真理，科学是最好的道路!
I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.
我认为那种认为科学和人文学科之间存在巨大鸿沟的看法是错误的。
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
心理学是研究包括人类在内的动物的智力、性格和行为的科学。
People are saying I don't need science, I have everything, but everything is based on science.
人们说我不需要科学，我拥有一切，但一切都是基于科学。
One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.
科幻小说的好处之一是它让我们可以进行思维实验。
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
有两件事是无限的:宇宙和人类的愚蠢;我对宇宙也不是很确定。
My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes.
在我看来，一个受过教育的人应该能够就一个话题进行超过两分钟的交谈。
I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.
我想正是这种对自然世界的好奇心唤醒了我对科学的早期兴趣。
Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.
每当人类发明出更好的捕鼠器，大自然就会立刻发明出更好的老鼠。
If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.
如果我们的大脑简单到足以让我们理解它们，我们就会简单到无法理解它们。
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We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
我们不能用创造问题时所用的思维方式来解决问题。
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
我们还把事情安排得几乎没有人了解科学和技术。这是灾难的处方。我们可能会侥幸逃脱一段时间，但这种无知和权力的可燃混合物迟早会在我们的脸上爆炸。
Information is not knowledge.
信息不是知识。
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
如果我们都做了我们能做的事情，我们会让自己大吃一惊。
The slang for the rectum is "prison wallet".
直肠的俚语是“监狱钱包”。
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
非凡的主张需要非凡的证据。