Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.

  • -- Thomas Nagel 托马斯·内格尔

最终,我相信,目前试图用人造计算机来理解大脑的尝试将被认为是巨大的浪费时间。人造计算机可以出色地执行一些与有意识的人相同的外部任务。

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It is weird. People will say, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And I'll say, 'Oh, that's so sweet. Thank you.' And the people who are walking around with me for the first time will say, 'I don't understand what happened. Somebody just told you they love you. I don't even understand what that means.'

这是奇怪的。人们会说,‘哦,我的上帝,我爱你。我会说,‘哦,太好了。谢谢你!那些第一次和我一起散步的人会说,‘我不明白发生了什么。有人告诉你他们爱你。我甚至不明白那是什么意思。”

Whatever I do, I attempt to do it fully. I try, and don't always succeed, to be thorough. There are musicians who do not know their worth, and if they knew it at one time, it has eluded them. I know my worth. You try not to dwell in the past.

无论我做什么,我都尽力把它做好。我努力做到彻底,但并不总是成功。有些音乐家不知道自己的价值,如果他们曾经知道,他们就会逃避。我知道我的价值。你试着不沉湎于过去。

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time.

把家庭重新定义为一种纯粹自愿的安排的企图,源于现代的一种错觉,即人们可以随时保留所有的选择。

There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.

有一件事贝多芬没有做。当他演奏一段弦乐四重奏时,你可以相信第二小提琴并不是即兴创作的。

I've seen a lot of pairs of guys that have been hanging out together way too long-until they're laughing all the time.

我看到过很多情侣在一起玩得太久了,直到他们一直在笑。

I believe in angels. The kind that heaven sends i'm surrounded by angels. And i call them my best friends.

我相信天使的存在。我被天使围绕。我称他们为我最好的朋友。

There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it.

总会有人讨厌你,你不能浪费时间去担心。

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

一个敢于浪费一小时时间的人没有发现生命的价值。

I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.

我试着让音乐更容易让他们理解。

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

丰富的浪费是稀缺的资源。

I want the white people to understand my people.

我希望白人理解我的人民。