The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

在一个头脑空空的人看来,最合理的论据也不会比最肤浅的说教更令人信服;羽毛和几内亚在真空中以同样的速度落下。

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In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen.

在科学领域,科学家们经常会说,‘你知道这是一个很好的论点;我的立场是错误的’,然后他们就会改变主意,你就再也听不到他们的旧观点了。他们真的做到了。它不会发生。

One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not to listen to anything the other person has to say.

我们大多数人都非常清楚,在争论中保持冷静的最好方法之一就是不要听对方说什么。