RichardDawkins_2005G[理查德.道金斯][谈奇妙的宇宙].pdf

TED演讲者：RichardDawkins|理查德.道金斯

演讲标题：Theuniverseisqueererthanwecansuppose|谈奇妙的宇宙

内容概要：BiologistRichardDawkinsmakesacaseforthinkingtheimprobablebylookingat

howthehumanframeofreferencelimitsourunderstandingoftheuniverse.

生物学家理查德.道金斯通过观察以人类作为参照系导致我们对这个宇宙的理解受到限制的角度对“思考不可

能”这一命题进行阐释。

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Mytitle:Queererthanwecansuppose:thestrangenessof我所演讲的题目是:“超乎象的奇妙:科学的奇异

science.之处。”[00:12]

QueererthanwecansupposecomesfromJ.B.S.Haldane,“超乎象的的奇妙”这一概念来自于J.B.S.霍尔

thefamousbiologist,whosaid,Now,myownsuspicionis丹。[00:18]

thattheuniverseisnotonlyqueererthanwesuppose,but

queererthanwecansuppose.

Isuspectthattherearemorethingsinheavenandearththan[00:31]

aredreamedof,orcanbedreamedof,inanyphilosophy.

RichardFeynmancomparedtheaccuracyofquantum[00:41]

theories--experimentalpredictions--tospecifyingthe

widthofNorthAmericatowithinonehairsbreadthof

accuracy.

Thismeansthatquantumtheoryhasgottobe,insome[00:54]

sense,true.

Yettheassumptionsthatquantumtheoryneedstomakein然而量子理论为了实现这些预言所做出的假设以

ordertodeliverthosepredictionsaresomysteriousthateven至于费曼本人都不得不这样评论,[00:58]

Feynmanhimselfwasmovedtoremark,Ifyouthinkyou

understandquantumtheory,youdontunderstandquantum

theory.

Queerer:可疑的/(身体)不舒服的/古怪的(queer的比较级)strangeness:n.陌生;冷淡;[高能]奇异性biologist:n.生物学家

predictions:n.预测,预言(prediction复数形式)specifying:n.说明/v.指定;具体说明(specify的ing形式)

Itssoqueerthatphysicistsresorttooneoranother并且不同的物种生活在不同的世界当中,[01:15]

paradoxicalinterpretationofit.

DavidDeutsch,whostalkinghere,inTheFabricofReality,[01:22]

embracesthemany-worldsinterpretationofquantum因为你能够对