The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

工具和机器之间的区别不能很精确地加以区分;在对这些术语的普遍解释中,也没有必要非常严格地限制它们的可接受性。

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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

让人们保持被动和顺从的明智方法是严格限制可接受意见的范围,但允许在这个范围内进行非常活跃的辩论。

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

解释使我们从惊讶中分离出来,而惊讶是通向不可理解事物的唯一途径。

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

信息和意义之间有深刻的区别。

The universe is simple; it's the explanation that's complex.

宇宙很简单;这个解释很复杂。

And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.

严格禁止在用餐时发生争吵。

Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.

哦,几乎正确和完全正确之间的区别。