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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

  • -- Richard Dawkins 理查德·道金斯

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调，但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

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When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

当我在学校的时候，我第一天到那里，每个人都有长长的，金色的，直发，而我有短的，黑色的，卷曲的头发。我立刻觉得自己不适应，开始留头发。但我明白了，只有当我真正做自己，感到舒适和自信时，我才会感到快乐。

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In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace; but the first wonder is the offspring of ignorance, the last is the parent of adoration

一切哲学都是在惊奇中开始的，在惊奇中结束，赞美充满了空间;但第一个奇迹是无知的产物，最后一个奇迹是崇拜之母

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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

诗歌是数学的一种形式，与文字有着高度严格的联系。

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Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

任何写得足够糟糕的科学都与魔法无异。

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Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

科学一定起源于一种感觉，那就是出了什么问题。

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Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

不要要求生活在宁静的时代。那里没有文学。

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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

休斯敦，这里是宁静基地。老鹰已经着陆了。

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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

事实不会因为被忽视而不复存在。

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"Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics.

“显而易见”是数学中最危险的词。

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I am the enfant terrible of literature and science.

我是一个文理双全的顽童。

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