Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.

  • -- Ian Hacking 伊恩·哈金

切鸡来预测未来,如果诚实地做,并且尽可能少地解释,是一种随机化。但鸡内脏很难读懂,也会让人联想到想象力或腐败。

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Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

圣十字架的筵席,不是人人都觉得自己里面有腐败,足以驱使自己去干最大的恶事,并且永远毁灭自己的灵魂吗?

Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay.

古怪并不困扰我。“古怪”是对数学术语的诗意解释,意思是不符合规律的东西——没关系。

Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?

玫瑰花岂可说、“我要把我的香气给那好闻我的人、却要阻止那恶闻我的人呢。”

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

有趣的是,这些犯罪和政治腐败的主题总是相关的。

The interpretation of facts in a certain way stimulates other scientists' thoughts.

以某种方式解释事实会激发其他科学家的想法。

Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself on the inside and out.

美是你的内在和外在最好的自己。