Ted演讲：科学摧毁了幻想？不存在

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[00:02.25]Robin Ince: Science versus wonder?	科学毁了幻想？
[00:15.93]I'd like to apologize, first of all, to all of you because I have no 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，
[00:22.79]So what I'm going to do is, every now and again, I will make this gesture, and in a moment of PowerPoint democracy, you can imagine what you'd like to see. 所以接下来的演讲中在需要幻灯片展示的时候，我会作这个手势，你可以自己去发挥想象。
[00:32.32]I do a radio show. The radio show is called "The Infinite Monkey Cage. " 我有一个电台节目，节目叫做"无限的猴子笼."。
[00:39.10]It's about science, it's about rationalism. 是个关于科学、理性的节目。
[00:41.55]So therefore, we get a lot of complaints every single week -- complaints including one we get very often, which is to say the very title, "Infinite Monkey Cage," celebrates the idea of vivisection. 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"，称其倡导活体解剖。
[00:53.95]We have made it quite clear to these people that an infinite monkey 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。
[00:59.15](Laughter) 	（笑声）
[01:01.23]We also had someone else who said, "'The Infinite Monkey Cage' idea is ridiculous. 还有些人说“无限的猴子笼”的名字太荒唐了，
[01:05.80]An infinite number of monkeys could never write the works of Shakespeare. 无数的猴子根本无法写出莎士比亚的著作。
[01:09.15]We know this because they did an experiment. " 我们这么说因为他们做过一个实验”。
[01:11.99]Yes, they gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a 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。
[01:19.96]So the main element though, the main complaint we get -- and one that I find most worrying -- is that people say,我们接到的主要投诉，我最为担心的是有人说:
[01:27.12]"Oh, why do you insist on ruining the magic? You bring in science, and it ruins the magic. "  “为什么你们坚持要戳穿幻想？你们带来了科学，却摧毁了幻想”。
[01:32.54]Now I'm an arts graduate; I love myth and magic and existentialism 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，
[01:38.32]That's what I do. 那就是我所做的事。
[01:39.40]But I also don't understand how it does ruin the magic. 但是我还不明白这怎么就毁了幻想了。
[01:44.70]All of the magic, I think, that may well be taken away by science 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。
[01:51.56]Astrology, for instance: like many rationalists, I'm a Pisces. 比如，占星术：像许多理性主义者一样，我也是双鱼座：）。
[01:55.49](Laughter) Now astrology -- we remove the banal idea that your life could be predicted; that you'll, perhaps today, meet a lucky man who's 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，他会戴着一顶帽子之类的
[02:08.25]That is gone. 现在没这些了。
[02:09.77]But if we want to look at the sky and see predictions, we still can. 但是，如果我们希望通过观星象预测，还是可以的。
[02:13.46]We can see predictions of galaxies forming, of galaxies colliding 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。
[02:20.25]This is a wonderful thing. 这非常棒，
[02:21.70]If the Sun could one day -- and indeed the Earth, in fact -- if the Earth could read its own astrological, astronomical chart, one day it would say, "Not a good day for making plans. You'll been engulfed by a red giant. " 	如果有天，太阳--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“今天不是吉日你将被一个红巨星吞没”。
[02:34.43]And that to me as well, that if you think I'm worried about losing worlds, 对我来说也很棒，如果你觉得我担心世界末日的话。
[02:39.78]well Many Worlds theory -- one of the most beautiful, fascinating, sometimes terrifying ideas from the quantum interpretation -- is a wonderful thing. 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。
[02:49.84]That every person here, every decision that you've made today, every decision you've made in your life, you've not really made that decision, 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，
[02:57.85]but in fact, every single permutation of those decisions is made, each one going off into a new universe. 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。
[03:05.60]That is a wonderful idea. 那是个很棒的想法。
[03:07.27]If you ever think that your life is rubbish, always remember there's another you that's made much worse decisions than that. 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：）。
[03:15.90]If you ever think, "Ah, I want to end it all," don't end it all. 如果你曾想过“啊，我想自杀”，不要那么做。
[03:20.90]Remember that in the majority of universes, you don't even exist 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，
[03:25.44]This 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。
[03:29.76]Now reincarnation, that's another thing gone -- the afterlife. 转世，这是另一个废弃的概念--来生，
[03:33.60]But it's not gone. 但也没完全废弃。
[03:34.59]Science actually says we will live forever. 科学实际上也认为我们将会永生。
[03:38.23]Well, there is one proviso. 不过有一个限制性条件，
[03:41.57]We won't actually live forever. You won't live forever. 我们事实上不会永生，你不会永生，
[03:44.61]Your consciousness, the you-ness of you, the me-ness of me -- that gets this one go. 你的意识，你、我本身--都终将会逝去，
[03:49.73]But every single thing that makes us, every atom in us, has already created a myriad of different things and will go on to 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。
[04:00.92]We have been mountains and apples and pulsars and other people's knees. 我们曾经是山脉或苹果或脉冲星或是别人的膝盖。
[04:07.81]Who knows, maybe one of your atoms was once Napoleon's knee. 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，
[04:11.10]That is a good thing. 那很好，
[04:12.60]Unlike the occupants of the universe, the universe itself is not wasteful. 不像宇宙的居住者们，宇宙本身并不浪费。
[04:17.62]We are all totally recyclable. 我们都是可循环的，
[04:19.88]And when we die, we don't even have to be placed in different refuse sacs. 当我们死后我们甚至都不用被垃圾分类，
[04:24.16]This is a wonderful thing. 这是件很棒的事情。
[04:25.85]Understanding, to me, does not remove the wonder and the joy. 对我来说，理解这些并不会失去幻想与乐趣。
[04:31.87]For 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？”
[04:37.27]And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, "Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors. " (Laughter)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。”：）
[04:46.75]Though I'll probably also say something about her hair 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，
[04:51.77]And that is a wonderful thing there. 这是多好的事情啊，
[04:55.56]Love does not die because of that thing. 爱并不会因此而变淡。
[04:57.74]Pain doesn't go away either. 痛也同样不会消失，
[04:59.84]This is a terrible thing, even though I understand pain. 这就不怎么好了，即使我了解痛苦。
[05:01.90]If someone punches me -- and because of my personality, this is recently a regular occurrence -- I understand where the pain comes from. 如果有人给我一拳--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，
[05:09.97]It is basically momentum to energy where the four-vector is constant -- that's what it is. 基本上就是动量到能量的过程中，四维矢量是恒定的--就是那样。
[05:15.09]But at no point can I react and go, "Ha! Is that the best momentum-to-energy fourth vector constant you've 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？”
[05:21.52]No, I just spit out a tooth. 我不知道，我只是掉了颗牙。
[05:23.41](Laughter) 	（笑声）
[05:25.24]And that is all of these different things -- the love for my child. 那就是所有不同的事情--对，我孩子的爱，
[05:28.32]I have a son. His name is Archie. 我有一个儿子，叫阿奇。
[05:29.93]I'm very lucky, because he's better than all the other children. 我很幸运，因为他是最好的，
[05:34.38]Now I know you don't think that. 我知道你们肯定不这么想，
[05:38.04]You may well have your own children and think, "Oh no, my child's best. " 因为你也许也有自己的孩子，心想，“我孩子才是最棒的”。
[05:41.86]That's the wonderful thing about evolution -- the predilection 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。
[05:47.46]Now in many ways, that's just a survival thing. 在很多不同方面，那只是个生存问题，
[05:50.34]The fact we see here is the vehicle for our genes, and therefore we love it. 我们在这看到的是，基因的传承，所以我们才会偏爱。
[05:56.00]But we don't notice that bit; we just unconditionally love. 我们忽略了一点，我们是无条件的爱，
[05:59.08]That is a wonderful thing. 那很棒，
[06:00.25]Though I should say that my son is best and is better than your children. 虽然我会说我的儿子最好，比你们的孩子更好。
[06:04.29]I've done some tests. 我做了些测试。
[06:07.12]And all of these things to me give such joy and excitement and wonder. 所有这些对我来说，给我带来了很多快乐、兴奋，且让我惊讶，
[06:13.33]Even quantum mechanics can give you an excuse for bad housework, for instance. 甚至量子力学可以给你一个家里凌乱的理由，比如。
[06:17.50]Perhaps you've been at home for a week on your own. 你已经独自在家一周了，
[06:20.38]You house is in a terrible state. 家里凌乱不堪，
[06:22.50]Your partner is about to return. 你的另一半就要回来了。
[06:24.47]You think, what should I do? Do nothing. 你想，我该做什么？什么也不做。
[06:27.66]All you have to do is, when she walks in, using a quantum interpretation, say, "I'm so sorry. 你需要做的是，当她走进来的时候，用量子学解释说，“实在对不起，
[06:34.03]I stopped observing the house for a moment, and when I started 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”：）
[06:40.09](Laughter) That's the strong anthropic principle of vacuuming. 那是带有强烈人为意识的真空学理论。
[06:45.70]For me, it's a very, very important thing. 对我来说，这是非常重要的事，
[06:48.59]Even on my journey up here -- the joy that I have on my journey 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。
[06:52.90]If you actually think, you remove the myth and there is still something 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。
[06:56.41]I'm sitting on a train. 我坐在火车上，
[06:57.55]Every time I breathe in, I'm 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。
[07:03.36]I'm sitting on a chair. 我坐在椅子上，
[07:05.00]Even though I know the chair is made of atoms and therefore actually in many ways empty space, I find it comfortable. 甚至想，我知道这个椅子是由原子构造的。因此，理论上就会有许多空隙，我发现这很有趣。
[07:10.96]I look out the window, and I realize that every single time we stop and I look out that window, framed in that window, 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，
[07:17.20]wherever we are, I am observing more life than there is in the rest of the known universe beyond the planet Earth. 不管我们在哪，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。
[07:25.98]If you go to the safari parks on Saturn or Jupiter, you will be disappointed. 如果你去土星或者木星的徒步公园，你会失望。
[07:32.10]And I realize I'm observing this with the brain, the human brain, 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，
[07:39.84]That, to me, is an incredible thing. 那对我来说是不可思议的事情。
[07:41.88]And do you know what, that might be enough. 你知道吗，那也许就够了。
[07:43.66]Steven Weinberg, the Nobel laureate, once said, "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless. " 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。”
[07:52.25]Now for some people, that seems to lead to an idea of nihilism. 如今有些人将此理解为虚无主义，
[07:55.85]But for me, it doesn't. That is a wonderful thing. 但对我来说，不是那样的，那其实挺好的。
[07:58.41]I'm glad the universe is pointless. 我很乐于认为宇宙是无意义的。
[08:00.90]It means if I get to the end of my life, the universe can't turn to me and go, "What have you been doing, you idiot? That's not the point. " 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？不该那么做。”
[08:07.14]I can make my own purpose. You can make your own purpose. 我可以有自己的目的，你也可以给自己定目标。
[08:11.72]We have the individual power to go, "This is what I want to do. " 我们都有自由意志：“这是我想做的事情”。
[08:15.45]And 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，
[08:18.33]I have chosen to make silly jokes about quantum mechanics and the Copenhagen 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。
[08:23.20]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。
[08:26.45]Thank you very much. Goodbye. 十分感谢，拜拜。
[08:27.68](Applause) 	（掌声）

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