Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

  • -- Frank Zappa 弗兰克·扎帕

一些科学家声称,由于氢如此丰富,它是宇宙的基本组成部分。我的争端。我说,比氢更愚蠢的是,氢是宇宙的基本组成部分。

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In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes.

在过去…这是一个基本的,基本的事实,生产者没有意见。当我在制作自然历史节目时,我并没有把它们作为表达自己观点的工具。它们是纪实节目。

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

在我祖父的实验室里,科学家们进行了独立的研究,同行们对它的优点进行了评论。他告诉我,政治在科学过程中没有地位。

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.

正是因为国家倾向于愚蠢和卑劣,人类才行动得如此缓慢;正是因为个人有能力做更好的事情,它才会发生变化。

The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says, 'Global warming is a hoax,' he is just dead wrong, according to the vast majority of climate scientists.

根据绝大多数气候科学家的观点,当英霍夫参议员说“全球变暖是一个骗局”时,他完全错了。

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.

我没有高潮,但有时我希望我能高潮。这样,当我把生活搞砸的时候,我就有借口了。但现在愚蠢是没有康复的。

Whatever basic science resolves, at some stage it is of use to society. The problem is we do not know when or where.

无论基础科学解决了什么问题,在某个阶段它都对社会有用。问题是我们不知道何时何地。