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科技
Technology
Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted, and which is falsifiable.
科学的定义是多种多样的，但今天它通常限于实验的，可重复的，可预测的，可证伪的。
I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it.
我立刻意识到这是一个非常重要的发现，但我没有意识到它的重要性，直到我们花了很多时间在实验室研究它。
The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change.
从长远来看，唯一能真正改变全球变暖的是，我们是否能从根本上加快获得应对气候变化的替代技术的速度。
One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to ask this question: Is the universe actually capable of performing things like digital computations?
我最近在我的科学研究中一直在做的一件事就是问这个问题:宇宙真的有能力进行像数字计算这样的事情吗?
There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.
曾经指甲是高科技的。曾经有一段时间，人们必须被告知如何使用电话。技术只是一种工具。人们使用工具来改善他们的生活。
The technology of decentralization can be the saviour or assassin of contemporary and future society. The role of architects may be uncertain, but the role of architecture is not.
权力下放的技术可以成为当代和未来社会的救星或杀手。架构师的角色可能是不确定的，但是架构师的角色不是。
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.
量子理论的数学框架已经通过无数成功的测试，现在被普遍接受为对所有原子现象的一致和准确的描述。
All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will determine your view of what computation consists of.
所有的物理系统都可以被看作是信息的注册和处理，一个人希望如何定义计算将决定你对计算组成部分的看法。
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
人类创造的所有最伟大的技术发明——飞机、汽车、电脑——很少提到他的智力，但却充分说明了他的懒惰。
Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point.
像信号强度这样的强度通常会随着距离源的距离而减弱，尽管它也取决于当地的条件和从源到点的路径。
We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions.
我们经常通过隐喻和类比将“理解”和其他认知谓词归因于汽车、加法机器和其他人工制品，但这些属性并不能证明什么。
Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet.
把铁放在绕着铜线的螺旋线附近，通过电流，它就会变成磁性的，然后吸引其他的铁片，或者适当放置的磁铁。
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Wouldn't it be great if the technology we used to take care of ourselves was as good as the technology we use to make money?
如果我们用来照顾自己的技术和我们用来赚钱的技术一样好，那不是很棒吗?
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
尽管技术上有了很大的进步，但归根结底还是一个男人或一个女人和麦克风，播放音乐，分享故事，谈论问题——与观众交流。
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.
信息技术的最大好处是它使人们能够做他们想做的事情。它让人们变得有创造力。它让人们更有效率。它让人们学习他们以前认为自己学不到的东西，所以从某种意义上说，这一切都是关于潜力的。
The kind of environment that we developed Google in, the reason that we were able to develop a search engine, is the web was so open. Once you get too many rules, that will stifle innovation.
我们开发谷歌的环境，我们能够开发搜索引擎的原因，是网络是如此的开放。一旦你制定了太多的规则，就会扼杀创新。
Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.
技术给了我们力量，但它没有也不能告诉我们如何使用这种力量。多亏了科技，我们可以在世界各地即时交流，但它仍然不能帮助我们知道该说什么。
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
我们拥有的，而机器没有的，是展示智慧的能力。