In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

在数学上,我们早就控制不住自己,放弃了一场无望的竞赛。

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I am often drawn to what appear at first to be 'dark' or 'difficult' subjects, but which, upon further examination, are always and only reflections of the ways human beings attempt, however clumsily, badly, or well, to connect with others.

我常常被那些乍一看是“黑暗”或“困难”的学科所吸引,但经过进一步研究,这些学科总是而且只是人类试图与他人联系的方式的反映,无论这种联系是多么笨拙、糟糕还是良好。

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调,但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value.

我一直都很黑暗,喜欢黑色幽默。没有什么是被迫的,我也没有说任何令人震惊的东西。

The longer mathematics lives the more abstract - and therefore, possibly also the more practical - it becomes.

数学存在的时间越长,它就变得越抽象,因此也可能变得越实用。

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.

如果你想赢得比赛,你就得有点疯狂。