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进化
Evolution
Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
进化论的基本前提是一切事物都是自己产生的。
We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology.
我们迈出了走出化学和物理时代，进入生物学时代的第一步。
It seems to me that for Darwin the pulsing of evolutionary rates was a strictly vertical phenomenon.
在我看来，对达尔文来说，进化速率的脉动是一个严格的垂直现象。
Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence.
进化论必须为创造行为提供依据，而创造行为正是这些理论产生的原因。
Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.
进化心理学是四门将人性重新带入人们视野的科学之一。
Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.
物种之所以灭绝，是因为特定的身体或特定的设计具有历史局限性。
The universe evolved from something and nothing, and has most of these elemental dual pair until now.
宇宙从无到有进化而来，直到现在，宇宙中大部分元素都是对偶的。
I encourage people who don't believe in evolution to look for horses in Jurassic Solenhofen limestone.
我鼓励那些不相信进化论的人去寻找侏罗纪索伦霍芬石灰岩中的马。
Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties.
作为接收、使用和传输信息能力基础的基因是进化的特性。
We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface.
我们认为地球在两极之间是由一个球面所包围的，这是毫无疑问的。
As can be seen even by this limited number of examples proteins carry out amazingly diverse functions.
从这有限的例子中可以看出，蛋白质具有惊人的多种功能。
I came from a lot of intolerance and prejudice, which aren't necessarily healthy to evolve as a human.
我来自很多不宽容和偏见，这些对人类的进化并不一定有益。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions.
但是当你身在一个地方，在一个物理植物里，在一群人里，在一个共同的历史里，这就限制了你的进化和你向特定方向进化的能力。
Darwinian evolution has obviously not had enough time to work.
达尔文进化论显然没有足够的时间来运作。
The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love.
描述宇宙进化最生动、最深刻的方式无疑是追溯爱的进化。
The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.
人类的进化不仅可以看作是人类战争的总和;它也被定义为人类思想的进化和人类意识的发展。
Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.
爱是一种神圣的能量储备;它就像精神进化的血液。
So we can't go backwards, we can only go where the evolutionary trajectory is taking us and attune our ideas about ourselves and our existence to that course.
因此，我们不能倒退，我们只能沿着进化的轨迹前进，把我们对自己和存在的想法调整到那个方向。