了解心灵的方法是对其进行逆向工程：弄清楚自然选择设计它来完成什么任务。
The way to learn about the mind is to reverse-engineer it: to figure out what natural selection designed it to accomplish.
"The truth is often hidden in the details."
"To me, fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."
一种新的科学真理并不是通过说服其对手并让他们看到光明而取得胜利，而是因为其对手最终死去，一个熟悉它的新一代人成长起来。
The sea does not care if you drown.
Singing is about expressing what cannot be said in words.
世界是如此不可预测。事情突然发生，出乎意料。我们想要感觉我们能掌控自己的存在。在某些方面我们是，在某些方面我们不是。我们被偶然和巧合的力量所支配。
史记
世界不是一个需要解决的问题；它是一个我们所属的生命体。
诗人是一个能使不可能变为可能的人。