A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科学
Science
Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.
人们对科学的监管提出了质疑。谁负责维持治安?我的回答是:我们所有人。
You may only get this one life – but lived free of submissive reverence – that is still a thing of rampant beauty.
你可能只有这一次生命——但没有顺从的崇敬——这仍然是一种猖獗的美。
In science there has to be provable evidence for something to be true, therefore God doesn't exist for scientists.
在科学中，必须有可证明的证据来证明某件事是真实的，因此上帝并不为科学家而存在。
In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.
在物理科学的每一个部门中，科学的数量，确切地说是数学的数量，是有限的。
I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
我一直对科学很感兴趣，我知道对我来说，科学是比网球更好的长期职业。
When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
当科学地研究自然世界时，唯一比盲信者更糟糕的是一个有视力的否认者。
The only logic is that there is no logic, only God's stated word. Once faith has conquered logic follows afterward.
唯一的逻辑是没有逻辑，只有上帝说的话。一旦信念战胜了一切，逻辑也随之而生。
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.
情感的好处是让我们误入歧途，而科学的好处是它不是情感的。
Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.
与科学主义不同，真正意义上的科学是对任何现存现象进行公正的调查。
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
事实的对立面是谬误，但一个深刻真理的对立面很可能是另一个深刻真理。
I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
我看到了我所崇拜的科学，我所热爱的飞机，摧毁了我所期望它们为之服务的文明。
An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.
海洋旅行者对海洋是由波浪构成的印象甚至比海洋是由水构成的印象更为生动。
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No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
再多的实验也无法证明我是对的;一个实验就能证明我错了。
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!
大自然和大自然的法则隐藏在黑夜里。上帝说，让牛顿去吧!一切都是光明的!
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
我们是宇宙认识自身的一种方式。
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。
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
我们能经历的最美好的事情就是神秘。它是所有真正艺术和科学的源泉。如果一个人对这种情感是陌生的，他再也不能停下来思考，再也不能全神贯注地敬畏地站着，那他就等于死了:他的眼睛是闭着的。