It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

  • -- Arthur Eddington 爱丁顿

现代物理学不可能用完全决定论来预测任何事情,因为它从一开始就涉及概率。

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I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.

我意识到,在这项事业中,我把自己置身于一种与广泛持有的有关数学无限大的观点和经常为数字的本质辩护的观点相反的立场。

The new formula in physics describes humans as paradoxical beings who have two complementary aspects: They can show properties of Newtonian objects and also infinite fields of consciousness.

物理学的新公式把人类描述成矛盾的存在,他们有两个互补的方面:他们可以展示牛顿物体的特性,也可以展示无限的意识领域。

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.

每个演员都会经历的经典时刻是什么?悲剧的事情。他们的眼神空洞而遥远。但在生活中,情况并非如此。

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.

网络空间。在每个国家,每天都有数以亿计的合法操作者,通过教孩子数学概念,体验到一种双方同意的幻觉。

As an undergraduate, I did maths and physics. That doesn't make me a scientist. So I try to read and understand and talk to scientists.

本科时,我学数学和物理。这并不能说明我是科学家。所以我试着阅读、理解和与科学家交谈。

I stopped predicting the future a long time ago.

我很久以前就不再预测未来了。

He that deals in dirt has ay foul fingers.

弄脏东西的人手指很脏。