There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities.

  • -- Eric Hobsbawm 埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆

即使是最具社会责任感的科学家,作为个人,甚至作为一个群体,也无法就其活动的社会后果做出多少贡献。

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Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the edges of drifting continents but how can they be sure the moving land masses will climb over the waste and not just push it forward?

一些头脑清醒的科学家严肃地提出,我们应该把这些致命的垃圾埋在漂移的大陆边缘,但他们怎么能确定移动的大陆块会爬过这些垃圾,而不只是推动它们前进呢?

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing.

我认为认知科学家会支持这样一种观点,即我们的视觉系统并不直接代表世界上的东西,我们的大脑构造了很多我们认为我们看到的图像。

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

你所想的比你生命中的任何事情都重要。比你挣的多,比你住的地方多,比你的社会地位多,比别人对你的看法多。

Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or in a social situation.

在生孩子之前,我非常努力地工作,以确保我了解周围的环境,弄清楚自己在这个世界上的位置,无论是在工作中还是在社交场合。

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

人生而孤独,死而孤独;他独自经历了因果报应的善与恶;他一个人去地狱或至尊居所。

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

女人的机智容易产生不好的后果;它像一把没有鞘的剑,刺伤佩带者,并激怒攻击者。