Balzac's ambition was to be omnipotent. He would be Michelangelesque, and that by sheer force of minuteness. He exaggerated scientifically, and made things gigantic by a microscopic fulness of detail.

  • -- William Ernest Henley 威廉姆·恩内斯特·亨里

巴尔扎克的抱负是无所不能。他将成为米开朗基罗式的人物,这完全是由于他的细致入微。他在科学上夸大其词,用微观的细节使事物变得巨大。

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It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch as it is not yet scientifically feasible. I just can't understand how so many people are able to predict so much about something that still isn't scientifically possible.

我现在很难知道该怎么说核聚变,因为它在科学上还不可行。我只是不明白为什么这么多人能预测这么多科学上还不可能的事情。

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.

喜剧是夸张的现实主义。它可以延伸到几乎可笑,但它必须始终是可信的。

To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.

科学素养就是让自己知道别人什么时候在胡扯。