Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?

  • -- Stephen Hawking 斯蒂芬霍金

即使只有一种可能的统一理论,它也只是一组规则和方程。是什么让方程式充满激情,并创造出一个宇宙让它们来描述?

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Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.

事实上,这种关于理论和实验之间关系的认识论理论与天真证伪主义的认识论理论有很大的不同。

A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.

一个统一的理论将把我们带到一个巨大的宇宙的门口,我们最终可以精确地探索这个宇宙。

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

没有科学史的科学哲学是空洞的;没有科学哲学的科学史是盲目的。

As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.

当我们的知识之圈扩大时,围绕着它的黑暗的圆周也随之扩大。

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

哲学家的论点是空洞的,它不能减轻任何人类的痛苦。

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

我们是世界公民。我们这个时代的悲剧是我们不知道这一点。