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1、www.XiYuS锡育软件Id like to apologize,first of all,to all of you because I haveno form of PowerPoint presentation.首先我想先和大家道个歉 因为我没有准备 幻灯片00:12So what Im going to do is,every now and again,I will makethis gesture,and in a moment of PowerPoint democracy,youcan imagine what youd like to see.所以接下来的演讲中 在需要幻灯

2、片展示的时候 我会作这个手势 你可以自己去发挥想象00:20I do a radio show.我有一个电台节目00:30The radio show is called The Infinite Monkey Cage.叫做 无限的猴子笼.00:32Its about science,its about rationalism.是个关于科学,理性的节目00:35So therefore,we get a lot of complaints every single week-complaints including one we get very often,which is to sayt

3、he very title,Infinite Monkey Cage,因此,我们每个礼拜 都被投诉-其中被投诉最多的就是节目名称 无限的猴子笼00:38celebrates the idea of vivisection.称其倡导活体解剖00:48We have made it quite clear to these people that an infinitemonkey cage is roomy.我们向这些投诉者明确解释 一个无限大的猴子笼是够宽广的00:51(Laughter)We also had someone else who said,The InfiniteMonkey

4、Cage idea is ridiculous.:）还有些人说“无限的猴子笼”的名字太荒唐了00:56first of all:adv.首先 in a moment:立刻 rationalism:n.理性主义;唯理主义 complaints:n.投诉(complaint的复数);埋怨,抱怨 vivisection:n.活体解剖 roomy:adj.宽敞的;广阔的;宽大的 ridiculous:adj.可笑的；荒谬的An infinite number of monkeys could never write the worksof Shakespeare.无数的猴子 根本无法写出莎士比亚的著作

5、01:02We know this because they did an experiment.我们这么说因为他们做过一个实验”01:06Yes,they gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week,and aftera week,they only used it as a bathroom.确实,他们给12个猴子一个打字机 一个星期后,猴子只把它当厕所用01:09(Laughter)So the main element though,the main complaintwe get-and one that I find most worrying-

6、is that peoplesay,Oh,why do you insist on ruining the magic?:）我们接到的主要投诉-我最为担心的是-有人说“为什么你们坚持要 戳穿幻想？01:16You bring in science,and it ruins the magic.你们带来了科学,却摧毁了幻想”01:27Now Im an arts graduate;I love myth and magic andexistentialism and self-loathing.我现在进修艺术研究生 我热爱神话和幻想 也喜欢存在主义和自我厌恶01:29Thats what I d

7、o.我就是这样的01:35But I also dont understand how it does ruin the magic.但是我还不明白 这怎么就毁了幻想了01:37All of the magic,I think,that may well be taken away byscience is then replaced by something as wonderful.我认为所有 可以被科学所解释的幻想 是被同样奇妙的东西所代替了01:41the works:作品;机械的可动部件;相关的所有事物 insist on:坚持,坚决要求;督促,强调 ruining:n.毁灭;废墟/

8、v.毁灭;毁坏;变成废墟(ruin的ing形式)ruins:n.遗迹(ruin的复数形式);废墟/v.毁灭(ruin的三单形式)existentialism:n.存在主义 self-loathing:自我讨厌的/自我憎恨的 ruin:n.废墟;毁坏;灭亡/vt.毁灭;使破产/vi.破产;堕落;被毁灭Astrology,for instance:like many rationalists,Im a Pisces.比如占星术 像许多理性主义者一样,我也是双鱼座01:47(Laughter)Now astrology-we remove the banal idea thatyour life c

9、ould be predicted;that youll,perhaps today,meeta lucky man whos wearing a hat.:）如今的占星术-我们去除了一些陈腐的东西比如可以预知生命之类的 你今天也许会遇到一位幸运的人 他会戴着一顶帽子01:52That is gone.现在没这些了02:05But if we want to look at the sky and see predictions,we stillcan.但是如果我们希望通过观星象预测,还是可以的02:07We can see predictions of galaxies forming,of

10、 galaxiescolliding into each other,of new solar systems.我们可以据此预测星系的形成 预测星系碰撞成为新的太阳系02:10This is a wonderful thing.这非常棒02:16If the Sun could one day-and indeed the Earth,in fact-ifthe Earth could read its own astrological,astronomical chart,one day it would say,Not a good day for making plans.如果有天太阳-

11、甚至是地球-如果地球可以读懂它的天文图的话 某一天就可以说“今天不是吉日02:18Youll been engulfed by a red giant.你将被一个红巨星吞没”02:29And that to me as well,that if you think Im worried aboutlosing worlds,well Many Worlds theory-one of the mostbeautiful,fascinating,sometimes terrifying ideas from thequantum interpretation-is a wonderful thi

12、ng.对我来说也很棒 如果你觉得我担心世界末日 那么多世界理论-最棒,最吸引人 有时又让人恐怖的理论之一 出自量子力学解释-是个很棒的东西02:31TED演讲者：Robin Ince|罗宾.因斯演讲标题：Robin Ince:Science versus wonder?|科学毁了幻想?内容概要：The rational-minded Robin Ince conducts live experiments in comedy.是否科学摧毁了生活中幻想的存在?在这个爱抱怨但是很吸引人的演讲中，罗宾.因斯对此进行了辩护。我们越是对宇宙中不可思议的事情了解越多-就越会心存敬畏。Astrology:n

13、.占星术;占星学;星座 rationalists:n.理性主义者,唯理主义者 banal:adj.陈腐的;平庸的;老一套的predictions:n.预测,预言(prediction复数形式)colliding:adj.对撞的/v.碰撞(collide的ing形式);冲突/n.碰撞;冲撞astronomical:adj.天文的,天文学的;极大的 engulfed:vt.吞没;吞食,狼吞虎咽 terrifying:adj.令人恐惧的;骇人的;极大的/v.使害怕,使恐怖(terrify的现在分词)That every person here,every decision that youve ma

14、detoday,every decision youve made in your life,youve notreally made that decision,but in fact,every singlepermutation of those decisions is made,each one going offinto a new universe.在座每一位,每一个你今天作出的决定 每一个你生命中做过的决定 并不是你作出了那个决定 而是 那些决定的每一个其他可能 已经被做出,各自将在新的宇宙中发展02:47That is a wonderful idea.那是个很棒的想法03:

15、01If you ever think that your life is rubbish,always remembertheres another you thats made much worse decisions thanthat.如果你曾经想过你的生活毫无意义 记住 还有其他的你,做出了比你现在还要糟糕的决定03:03(Laughter)If you ever think,Ah,I want to end it all,:）如果你曾想过“啊,我想自杀,03:12dont end it all.不要那么做03:16Remember that in the majority of un

16、iverses,you dont evenexist in the first place.记住在无数宇宙中的大部分里 你首先就根本没有存在过03:18This to me,in its own strange way,is very,very comforting.对我来说,这虽然有点离奇 但是非常非常令人欣慰的03:22Now reincarnation,thats another thing gone-the afterlife.转世,这是另一个废弃的概念-来生03:27But its not gone.但也没完全废弃03:29Science actually says we will

17、live forever.科学实际上也认为 我们将会永生03:31permutation:n.数排列;数置换 rubbish:n.垃圾,废物;废话/adj.毫无价值的 in the first place:首先;起初reincarnation:n.再生;化身 afterlife:n.来世;死后的生活Well,there is one proviso.不过有一个限制性条件03:36We wont actually live forever.You wont live forever.我们事实上不会永生,你不会永生03:38Your consciousness,the you-ness of yo

18、u,the me-ness of me-that gets this one go.你的意识,你、我本身-都终将会逝去03:41But every single thing that makes us,every atom in us,hasalready created a myriad of different things and will go onto create a myriad of new things.但是每一个组成我们的部分 每一个原子 已经创造了无数的不同的事物 并且还将继续创造无数新事物03:47We have been mountains and apples an

19、d pulsars and otherpeoples knees.我们曾经是山脉 或苹果或脉冲星 或是别人的膝盖03:57Who knows,maybe one of your atoms was once Napoleonsknee.谁知道呢,也许你其中的一个原子以前曾经是拿破仑的膝盖04:04That is a good thing.那很好04:07Unlike the occupants of the universe,the universe itself is notwasteful.不像宇宙的居住者们 宇宙本身并不浪费04:09We are all totally recyclab

20、le.我们都是可循环的04:14And when we die,we dont even have to be placed indifferent refuse sacs.当我们死后 我们甚至都不用被垃圾分类04:16proviso:n.附带条件;附文;限制性条款 consciousness:n.意识;知觉;觉悟;感觉 myriad:adj.无数的;种种的/n.无数,极大数量;无数的人或物 go on to:接着,继续去;转入;延续到 pulsars:n.脉冲星 atoms:n.物原子(atom的复数)occupants:n.居住者;购买者;租赁人(occupant的复数)wasteful:

21、adj.浪费的,不经济的;奢侈的 recyclable:adj.可回收利用的;可再循环的 sacs:n.生物囊,液囊;糖精(sac的复数)This is a wonderful thing.这是件很棒的事情04:21Understanding,to me,does not remove the wonder and thejoy.对我来说,理解这些 并不会失去幻想与乐趣04:23For instance,my wife could turn to me and she may say,Why do you love me?比如,我夫人可以问我“你为什么爱我？”04:29www.XiYuS锡育软

22、件And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say,Because our pheromones matched our olfactoryreceptors.我也可以诚实地 看着她的眼睛说“因为我们的外激素 比较适合对方的嗅觉器官。”04:34(Laughter)Though Ill probably also say something about herhair and personality as well.:）也许我还会说些其他的 比如她的头发和个性什么的04:43And that is a wonderful thing

23、there.这是多好的事情啊04:49Love does not die because of that thing.爱并不会因此而变淡04:52Pain doesnt go away either.痛也同样不会消失04:54This is a terrible thing,even though I understand pain.这就不怎么好了,即使我了解痛苦04:56If someone punches me-and because of my personality,this is recently a regular occurrence-I understand where如果有人

24、给我一拳-由于我的个性 这是最近经常发生的事情-我知道疼痛来自哪里04:58this is recently a regular occurrence-I understand wherethe pain comes from.It is basically momentum to energy where the four-vector isconstant-thats what it is.基本上就是动能 四向量是恒定的-就是那样05:06pheromones:n.生化信息素(pheromone的复数形式)olfactory:adj.嗅觉的;味道的/n.嗅觉器官 receptors:n.生

25、化受体;接受器;神经末梢(receptor的复数)punches:v.用拳猛击(punch的第三人称单数形式)/n.一拳(punch的复数);机冲压机;凿子momentum:n.势头;物动量;动力;冲力But at no point can I react and go,Ha!Is that the bestmomentum-to-energy fourth vector constant youve got?但我不可能说“哈,这就是你能使出来的最好的动能四向量恒量吗？”05:11No,I just spit out a tooth.不,我只是掉了颗牙05:18(Laughter)And th

26、at is all of these different things-the lovefor my child.:）那就是所有不同的事情-对我孩子的爱05:20I have a son.His name is Archie.我有一个儿子,叫阿奇05:25Im very lucky,because hes better than all the other children.我很幸运 他是最好的05:27Now I know you dont think that.我知道你们肯定不这么想05:31You may well have your own children and think,Oh

27、no,mychilds best.因为你也许也有自己的孩子 心想,“我孩子才是最棒的”05:33Thats the wonderful thing about evolution-thepredilection to believe that our child is best.那是关于进化论的很棒的事-偏向于相信自己孩子 是最好的05:38Now in many ways,thats just a survival thing.在很多不同方面,那只是个生存问题05:44The fact we see here is the vehicle for our genes,andtherefore

28、 we love it.我们在这看到的是,基因的传承 所以我们才会偏爱05:47But we dont notice that bit;we just unconditionally love.我们忽略了一点;我们是无条件的爱05:52That is a wonderful thing.那很棒05:55vector:n.矢量;带菌者;航线/vt.用无线电导航 spit out:吐出 Archie:n.高射炮(等于archibald)predilection:n.偏爱,嗜好unconditionally:adv.无条件地Though I should say that my son is bes

29、t and is better thanyour children.虽然我会说我的儿子最好 比你们的孩子更好05:57Ive done some tests.我做了些测试06:02And all of these things to me give such joy and excitementand wonder.所有这些对我来说 给我带来了很多快乐、兴奋和奇妙06:04Even quantum mechanics can give you an excuse for badhousework,for instance.甚至量子力学可以给你一个家里凌乱 的理由,比如06:09Perhaps

30、youve been at home for a week on your own.你已经独自在家一周了06:14You house is in a terrible state.家里凌乱不堪06:17Your partner is about to return.你的另一半就要回来了06:19You think,what should I do?你想,我该做什么？06:21Do nothing.什么也不做06:23All you have to do is,when she walks in,using a quantuminterpretation,say,Im so sorry.你需要做

31、的是 当她走进来的时候,用量子学解释说,“实在对不起06:25I stopped observing the house for a moment,and when Istarted observing again,everything had happened.我已经有段时间没观察过房子了 当我再开始去观察它的时候 就变成这样了”06:31(Laughter)Thats the strong anthropic principle ofvacuuming.:）那是带有强烈人为意识的真空学理论06:37For me,its a very,very important thing.对我来说,这是

32、非常重要的事06:43excuse for:借口;原谅 housework:n.家务事 observing:adj.观察的;注意的;观察力敏锐的/v.观察;遵守(observe的ing形式)vacuuming:n.真空处理;资料移除/vt.吸尘(vacuum的现在分词形式);用真空吸尘器打扫Even on my journey up here-the joy that I have on myjourney up here every single time.甚至是在我来这的路上-我每次来这的路上都充满欢乐06:45If you actually think,you remove the my

33、th and there is stillsomething wonderful.如果你真的认为,你不相信虚幻,其实仍然会有些很奇妙的东西06:49Im sitting on a train.我坐在火车上06:52Every time I breathe in,Im breathing in a million-billion-billion atoms of oxygen.我每一次呼吸 我无数次的吸进 氧原子06:54Im sitting on a chair.我坐在椅子上07:00Even though I know the chair is made of atoms and there

34、foreactually in many ways empty space,I find it comfortable.甚至想,我知道这个椅子是有原子构造的 因此,理论上就会有许多空隙 我发现这很有趣07:02I look out the window,and I realize that every single time westop and I look out that window,framed in that window,wherever we are,我看着窗外,意识到 每一次我们停下来注视着那扇窗外 有框的窗户 不管我们在哪07:08I am observing more l

35、ife than there is in the rest of the knownuniverse beyond the planet Earth.我是在观察 比超越地球的已知宇宙的总和还要多的 无数生命07:16If you go to the safari parks on Saturn or Jupiter,you will be如果你去土星或者木星 的徒步公园 你会失望07:23If you go to the safari parks on Saturn or Jupiter,you will bedisappointed.07:23And I realize Im observi

36、ng this with the brain,the humanbrain,the most complex thing in the known universe.当我意识到我是在用大脑观察 人类的大脑 是在已知的宇宙中最复杂的东西07:29out the window:突然失去了,或者是浪费了某样东西。framed:adj.遭到陷害的;有构架的/v.制定;建造;给加外框(frame的过去分词)safari:n.旅行;狩猎远征;旅行队That,to me,is an incredible thing.那对我来说是不可思议的事情07:36And do you know what,that mi

37、ght be enough.你知道吗,那也许就够了07:38Steven Weinberg,the Nobel laureate,once said,The morethe universe seems comprehensible,the more it seemspointless.史蒂芬温伯格,诺贝尔奖得主,曾经说过“宇宙越是呈现出可理解性 就越显得没有意义”07:41Now for some people,that seems to lead to an idea ofnihilism.如今有些人 将此理解为虚无主义07:48But for me,it doesnt.That is a

38、 wonderful thing.但对我来说,不是那样的,那其实挺好的07:52Im glad the universe is pointless.我很乐于认为宇宙是无意义的07:55It means if I get to the end of my life,the universe cant turnto me and go,What have you been doing,you idiot?即如果我到了生命尽头 宇宙不会跟我说:“你都干了什么,你这个笨蛋？07:57Thats not the point.不该那么做。”08:02I can make my own purpose.我可

39、以有自己的目的08:04You can make your own purpose.你也可以给自己定目标08:06We have the individual power to go,This is what I want todo.我们都有自由意志“这是我想做的事情”08:08And in a pointless universe,that,to me,is a wonderful thing.一个没有意义的宇宙,对我来说,其实是很棒的事08:12I have chosen to make silly jokes about quantum mechanicsand the Copenhag

40、en interpretation.是我选择了讲些关于量子力学 和哥本哈根诠释的傻傻笑话08:15laureate:adj.戴桂冠的;荣誉的/n.桂冠诗人;得奖者/vt.使戴桂冠 comprehensible:adj.可理解的 pointless:adj.无意义的;钝的;不尖的;不得要领的 lead to:导致;通向 nihilism:n.虚无主义;无政府主义;恐怖行为You,I imagine,can do much better things with your time.那么我想 你可以更好地利用你的时间做更好的事情08:20Thank you very much.Goodbye.十分感谢,拜拜08:23(Applause)（掌声）08:25*Warning:本文是由生成导出，请用于个人学习，不要用于商业用途。否则，导致的一切法律后果，均由您个人承担，锡育软件概不负责。*