On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

在宇宙的尺度上,我们的生命是微不足道的,然而当我们出现在这个世界上的短暂时期,所有有意义的问题都产生了。

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In order to make further progress, particularly in the field of cosmic rays, it will be necessary to apply all our resources and apparatus simultaneously and side-by-side; an effort which has not yet been made, or at least, only to a limited extent.

为了取得进一步的进展,特别是在宇宙射线领域,将有必要同时和并排使用我们所有的资源和设备;一项尚未作出的努力,或至少只在有限的范围内作出的努力。

Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but in fact are trying to manage a situation. We may in fact revert to some sort of primordial civility.

恐慌是罕见的,抢劫本质上是无关紧要的,人们并不害怕和踩踏对方逃离灾难现场,但实际上是在试图控制局面。事实上,我们可能会回归到某种原始的文明。

Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages the speech that triggers the matching funds.

选举是一场只有一个获胜者的竞赛。每次代表受欢迎的候选人发言时给对手更多的钱,会阻碍引发匹配资金的发言。

To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.

能够清楚地提出问题是得到答案的三分之二。

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

我一直觉得我必须证明我的存在。

I like the big questions.

我喜欢大问题。