The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.
自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内,成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉,许多其他动物在逃命,因恐惧而呜咽,其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬,成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。
设计不仅仅是看起来和感觉如何,设计是它如何运作。
The study of automorphic forms is a reflection of the unity of mathematical ideas.
没有什么是一成不变的!
战场交锋,即使列阵有方,但以勇猛为本;操办丧事,即使礼节周全,但以哀痛为本;文人学士,即使学富五车,但以德行为本
I never doubted that IVF would work. I was just determined to make it happen.