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进化
Evolution
The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world.
进化论完全不能解释无机世界的起源和表现形式。
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
今天，进化论就像地球绕着太阳转一样，同样值得怀疑。
Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
达尔文的自然选择思想让人们感到不舒服，因为它颠覆了传统的方向。
All I claimed was that when a drastic change occurs, it occurs in a relatively small and isolated population.
我所声称的是，当一个剧烈的变化发生时，它发生在一个相对较小和孤立的群体中。
God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that is the meaning of evolution.
上帝创造了许多可能性，以防他的一些原型失败——这就是进化的意义。
To me it seems that the warm blooded dinosaurs replaced advanced mammal ancestors that were warm blooded, also.
在我看来，温血恐龙似乎也取代了温血动物的高级哺乳动物祖先。
With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse.
随着基因工程的出现，新物种进化所需的时间可能会大幅减少。
Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.
进化就是进化。上层阶级总是在消亡;这是他们最迷人的地方之一。
The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.
这个星球上已知的最强大的力量是人类的合作——一种建设和破坏的力量。
Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.
当然，进化并不仅仅适用于地球上的生命;它适用于整个宇宙。
Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.
大多数进化的血统，无论是人类还是其他物种，在面临灭绝的威胁时，都不会做任何特别的事情来避免它。
The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.
人类在宇宙中的位置将被设定在进化的方案中，这是我们生物遗传的产物。
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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。
Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
了解这个世界，了解它的运作方式，了解任何科学和人类学，这是我们生活的一个非常有趣的地方。进化是一个非常奇妙的想法，甚至比上帝的想法更奇妙。
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。
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。
Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how complex organisms like birds, and flowers, and human beings came into existence in the first place.
然而，进化生物学家并不满足于解释变异是如何在一定范围内发生的。他们渴望回答一个更广泛的问题，那就是像鸟、花和人类这样复杂的生物体是如何产生的。
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。