Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

科学在现代世界有许多用途;然而,它的主要用途是提供长篇大论来掩盖富人的错误。

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The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

现代生活中最深刻的问题产生于个人要求在面对压倒一切的社会力量、历史遗产、外部文化和生活技巧时保持其存在的自主性和个性。

Indeed, a quick glance around this broken world makes it painfully obvious that we don't need more arguments on behalf of God; we need more people who live as if they are in covenant with Unconditional Love, which is our best definition of God.

的确,环顾一下这个破碎的世界,我们就会痛苦地发现,我们不需要为上帝进行更多的辩论;我们需要更多的人生活在无条件的爱的契约中,这是我们对上帝最好的定义。

Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair.

回顾过去,电子游戏设计似乎是一种自然的契合,尽管在我的成长过程中并没有这样的东西。我在十几岁的时候造了一个井字游戏机,计划去参加一个科学展览的那天晚上,它就冒烟了。

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totally without meaning.

在这个世界上做大是如此的容易,你必须保持头脑清醒,否则它可能完全没有意义。

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

现代艺术是当画家不再看着女孩,而是说服自己他们有更好的主意时所发生的事情。

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

在科学问题上,一千人的权威并不值得一个人的简单推理。