The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.

  • -- Rupert Sheldrake 谢尔德雷克

科学的事实是足够真实的,科学家使用的技术也是如此,基于它们的技术也是如此。但是,支配传统科学思维的信仰体系是一种信仰行为。

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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.

一个理论体系不仅陈述已经观察到的事实,而且还陈述与其他已经观察到的事实在逻辑上可以推断出的关系。

If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld.

如果我们用我们试图制止的同样不人道和道德败坏的手段来对付我们的敌人,我们就会变成我们所看到的那样。

Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises.

事实不是真理;它们不是结论;它们甚至不是前提,而是前提的性质和部分。