Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It is taking so long, in fact, to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve them.

  • -- Eugene Wigner 尤金·维格纳

物理学变得如此复杂,以至于培养一个物理学家需要的时间越来越长。事实上,要把一个物理学家培养到能够理解物理问题本质的程度需要很长时间,以至于他已经老得无法解决这些问题了。

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Our live set's become increasingly complex recently; we've been doing stuff that's been vastly too much information for most people to deal with and I think it's quite interesting watching how people behave in those situations, under those circumstances.

我们的现场直播最近变得越来越复杂;我们所做的事情对大多数人来说信息量太大了,我认为观察人们在这种情况下的行为非常有趣。

A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens.

一位瑞典物理学家除非出国,否则不能与五十个人讨论他的工作。一位瑞典经济学家可以从他成千上万的同胞那里得到用本国语言表述的意见和指示。

There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

有很多关于复杂主题的真实陈述,它们太长了,不适合放在幻灯片上。

Physics is based on the assumption that certain fundamental features of nature are constant.

物理学的基础是假定自然界的某些基本特征是不变的。

You're talking to someone who really understands rock music.

你在和一个真正懂摇滚音乐的人交谈。

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

孩子理解恐惧,理解它带来的伤害和仇恨。

A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

物理学家是原子了解原子的一种方式。

If you miss one day in physics, that's it.

如果你错过了一天的物理课,就这样。