In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen.

  • -- Carl Sagan 卡尔·萨根

在科学领域,科学家们经常会说,‘你知道这是一个很好的论点;我的立场是错误的’,然后他们就会改变主意,你就再也听不到他们的旧观点了。他们真的做到了。它不会发生。

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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

当一件事被说成不值得反驳时,你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下,所有的评论都是多余的),要么就是某种可怕的东西,问题的关键所在。

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

盲目的信仰,不管表达得多么热烈,都是不够的。科学本身将无情地检验关于人类状况的每一个假设。

My high school girlfriend would ask if I finally learned how to unbutton the back of a sweater!

我的高中女友会问我是否终于学会了如何解开毛衣后面的扣子!

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

我在学校里学会了为自己说话,在那里我从来都不太受欢迎。

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

当你没有论据的时候,辱骂原告。

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

我很长一段时间都是科幻小说迷。