There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny.

  • -- Carl Sagan 卡尔·萨根

科学上有许多假说是错误的。完全没问题;他们是发现什么是对的孔。科学是一个自我修正的过程。要被接受,新思想必须经受住最严格的证据标准和审查。

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Whether one sees the world as God's creation or as a secular mystery that science is on the way to figuring out, there is no denying the beauty and majesty of everything from mountain ranges, deserts, and rain forests to the exquisite details in the design of an ordinary mosquito.

无论一个人把世界看作是上帝的创造,还是科学正在探索的一个世俗的谜,从山脉、沙漠、雨林到普通蚊子设计的精美细节,一切都是美丽和威严的,这是不可否认的。

That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.

这就是抑郁症的原因:一个人几乎可以在任何事情上生存,只要她看到末日就在眼前。但抑郁症是如此的潜伏,它每天都在加剧,根本不可能看到它的尽头。雾就像一个没有钥匙的笼子。

I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show.

我在学校有朋友,但我从来没有加入过帮派,我梦想着成为一个团体的一员。你知道,在哪里人们会叫我“他们”,然后隔着酒吧大喊,“他们,你在喝什么?””“演出之后。

These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, ... They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.

这些学生很勇敢,这是一次他们永远不会忘记的经历。他们抱着希望,有力量和决心活下去。

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

奇迹并不违背自然,而是违背我们对自然的认识。

Metaphysics is a science.

形而上学是一门科学。