Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.

  • -- Lewis Thomas 路易斯·汤马斯

很少有人承认科学是真正的高度冒险,它是人类所进行的所有探索中最狂野的探索,是瞥见从未见过的事物的机会,是发现世界如何运转的最精明的策略。

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The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of mortality shifts somewhere deep in the mind. It is the most ancient of our fears.

在疾病开始时的最早的感觉,通常是在识别出可识别的症状之前,是恐惧。有些地方出了问题,死亡的一瞥在脑海深处的某个地方发生了变化。这是我们最古老的恐惧。

We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth - then it's far too late when they pass away.

我们谈论的是我们和那些躲在幻想墙后面的人之间的距离。永远不要看到真相——当他们逝去的时候,已经太迟了。

This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.

这就是魔法的作用。把自己扔进深渊,发现那是个羽绒床。

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

找到合适的工作就像在世界上发现自己的灵魂。