It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
今日你变得像比尔-盖茨一样,有钱又出名的机会,大概就跟你在十七世纪,成为法国贵族一样困难。但重点是,感觉却差别很大。今日的杂志和其它媒体让我们感觉,只要你有冲劲、对科技有一些新颖的想法,再加上一个车库,你就可以踏上比尔的道路。
The poet is the one who cleans the word of the stains of the marketplace.
修行之人如果能够保持最初的那份虔诚之心,那么就算成为佛祖都是绰绰有余的。
布莱克-斯科尔斯模型的美妙之处在于它将期权定价问题简化为几个可观察的变量。
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
我喜欢去工作。这不是一件苦差事,而是一种乐趣。
In the context of computational learning, the concept of 'probably approximately correct' (PAC) learning provides a framework for understanding the efficiency and feasibility of learning algorithms.