TED2018
Emily Levine: How I made friends with reality
埃米莉·莱温: 我如何与现实交朋友
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利用她鲜明的聪明与才智，喜剧演员/哲学家埃米莉·莱温完成了她的终极挑战：她让死亡变得有趣。在她的个人演讲中，她带我们走进了她如何与现实交朋友——平和对待死亡的旅程。生命是一件巨大的礼物，莱温说：“你尽最大努力丰富它，然后将它归还。”
Emily Levine - Philosopher-comic
Humorist, writer and trickster Emily Levine riffs on science and the human condition. Full bio
Humorist, writer and trickster Emily Levine riffs on science and the human condition. Full bio
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I'm going to first tell you something that
in my grandmother
in my grandmother
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我打算先告诉你们一件事， 就连我祖母
00:16
would've elicited a five-oy alarm:
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听了都会发出五声哎唷，
” 哎唷哎唷哎唷哎唷哎唷。“
00:19
"Oy-oy-oy-oy-oy."
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（笑声）
00:20
(Laughter)
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事情是这样的...你们准备好了吗？
00:21
And here it is ...
are you ready?
are you ready?
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00:25
OK.
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好的。
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I have stage IV lung cancer.
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我得了晚期的肺癌。
00:32
Oh, I know, "poor me."
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噢，我知道，" 我真可怜。”
00:33
I don't feel that way.
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我并不这么认为。
我觉得根本没什么。
00:34
I'm so OK with it.
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00:37
And granted, I have certain advantages --
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老实说，我还有一些好处--
00:39
not everybody can take
so cavalier an attitude.
so cavalier an attitude.
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不是每个人都能抱着这么无忧无虑的心态。
我没有年幼的孩子要抚养。
00:42
I don't have young children.
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00:44
I have a grown daughter who's
brilliant and happy and wonderful.
brilliant and happy and wonderful.
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我有一个成年的，聪明，快乐，棒极了的女儿。
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I don't have huge financial stress.
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我没有巨大的财务压力。
00:52
My cancer isn't that aggressive.
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我的癌症也没那么来势汹汹。
00:54
It's kind of like
the Democratic leadership --
the Democratic leadership --
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它倒有点像民主党的领导风格。
00:56
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
不让人信服它会赢。
01:00
not convinced it can win.
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基本上只是坐在那里，
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It's basically just sitting there,
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等着高盛集团给点钱。
01:04
waiting for Goldman Sachs
to give it some money.
to give it some money.
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（笑声）
01:06
(Laughter)
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（掌声）
01:07
(Applause)
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噢，最棒的事情是
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Oh, and the best thing of all --
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01:15
I have a major accomplishment
under my belt.
under my belt.
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我获得了一个很大的成就。
01:18
Yes.
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没错。
要不是有人一年前在推特上给我发了条信息，
我甚至都不记得了。
我甚至都不记得了。
01:20
I didn't even know it until someone
tweeted me a year ago.
tweeted me a year ago.
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他们是这么说的：
01:24
And here's what they said:
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"你要对那些
01:26
"You are responsible
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没种的美国男性们负责。"
01:28
for the pussification
of the American male."
of the American male."
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01:32
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:33
(Applause)
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（掌声）
我并不想把功劳都归到我身上，但是...
01:37
Not that I can take
all the credit, but ...
all the credit, but ...
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（笑声）
01:40
(Laughter)
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但是你们要是没有我这些优势呢？
01:44
But what if you don't have my advantages?
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我能给的唯一建议就是按照我做的去做：
01:48
The only advice I can give you
is to do what I did:
is to do what I did:
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和现实交朋友。
01:52
make friends with reality.
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01:55
You couldn't have a worse relationship
with reality than I did.
with reality than I did.
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你们不可能有比我与现实更糟的关系了。
02:00
From the get-go,
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从一开始，
02:02
I wasn't even attracted to reality.
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我甚至都不被现实所吸引。
02:05
If they'd had Tinder when I met reality,
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如果我在Tinder（交友软件）上遇见现实时，
02:08
I would have swiped left
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我肯定左划（表示不喜欢）
02:09
and the whole thing would have been over.
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然后就没有然后了。
02:11
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
02:13
And reality and I --
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并且现实和我——
02:15
we don't share the same values,
the same goals --
the same goals --
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我们没有相同的价值观，相同的目标——
02:18
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
老实说，我没有目标；
02:19
To be honest, I don't have goals;
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我有幻想。
02:22
I have fantasies.
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They're exactly like goals
but without the hard work.
but without the hard work.
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它们和目标很像，只是不需要任何努力。
02:28
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
（掌声）
02:30
(Applause)
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02:31
I'm not a big fan of hard work,
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我不是工作狂，
02:34
but you know reality --
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但你们了解现实——
02:36
it's either push, push, push, push, push
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它要么就是逼迫，逼迫，逼迫，逼迫，逼迫，
02:39
through its agent,
the executive brain function --
the executive brain function --
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通过它的中间人，大脑执行功能——
其中一个渴望欢呼“哇”：
02:44
one of the "yays" of dying:
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我的大脑执行功能不再让我有更多考虑。
02:45
my executive brain function
won't have me to kick around anymore.
won't have me to kick around anymore.
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(笑声)
02:49
(Laughter)
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但一些事情就这样发生了,
02:53
But something happened
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它让我意识到，
02:56
that made me realize
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现实可能不是真实。
03:00
that reality may not be reality.
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03:05
So what happened was,
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所以发生的是，
03:07
because I basically wanted reality
to leave me alone --
to leave me alone --
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因为我主要想让现实离我远一点——
但我想一个人待在漂亮的大房子里，
03:11
but I wanted to be left alone
in a nice house
in a nice house
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房子里有一个Wolf牌子的灶具和
Sub-Zero牌子的电冰箱...
Sub-Zero牌子的电冰箱...
03:14
with a Wolf range
and Sub-Zero refrigerator ...
and Sub-Zero refrigerator ...
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私人的瑜伽课程——
03:18
private yoga lessons --
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最终我和迪士尼达成了一个开发协议。
03:20
I ended up with
a development deal at Disney.
a development deal at Disney.
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然后有一天，我在自己矮人路上的
03:24
And one day I found myself
in my new office
in my new office
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新办公室里（迪士尼总部所在地）——
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on Two Dopey Drive --
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(笑声)
03:30
(Laughter)
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现实原以为我应当很自豪...
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which reality thought
I should be proud of ...
I should be proud of ...
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（笑声）
03:36
(Laughter)
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03:37
And I'm staring at the present
they sent me to celebrate my arrival --
they sent me to celebrate my arrival --
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然后我看着他们寄来的庆祝我到来的礼物...
不是Lalique（法国知名水晶品牌）的花瓶，
或者是我听说其他人得到的大钢琴，
或者是我听说其他人得到的大钢琴，
03:42
not the Lalique vase or the grand piano
I've heard of other people getting,
I've heard of other people getting,
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而是三英尺高的毛绒米老鼠
03:47
but a three-foot-tall,
stuffed Mickey Mouse
stuffed Mickey Mouse
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（笑声）
03:50
(Laughter)
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和一份产品目录，以防我想要订购更多的东西，
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with a catalog, in case I wanted
to order some more stuff
to order some more stuff
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that didn't jive with my aesthetic.
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但那并没有骗过我的审美。
(笑声)
03:56
(Laughter)
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然后当我翻了翻目录册,
03:57
And when I looked up in the catalog
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to see how much
this three-foot-high mouse cost,
this three-foot-high mouse cost,
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想看看这三英尺高的米老鼠多少钱，
它是这么描述的...
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here's how it was described ...
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04:07
"Life-sized."
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“ 真人大小。”
04:09
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
就在这一刻我知道了。
04:14
And that's when I knew.
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04:16
Reality wasn't "reality."
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现实并不是“ 真实。”
04:19
Reality was an imposter.
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现实是个骗子。
04:21
So I dived into quantum physics
and chaos theory
and chaos theory
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因此我埋头苦读量子物理学和混沌理论，
04:26
to try to find actual reality,
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试图找到真实的现实，
04:28
and I've just finished a movie --
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然后我就完成了一部电影——
04:30
yes, finally finished --
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是的，最终完成了——
关于那一切的，
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about all that,
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因此我就不在这儿细聊了，
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so I won't go into it here,
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总之，直到我们把电影拍出来，它才成型，
04:35
and anyway, it wasn't until
after we shot the movie,
after we shot the movie,
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04:37
when I broke my leg
and then it didn't heal,
and then it didn't heal,
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那时我摔断了我的腿，还没痊愈，
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so then they had to do
another surgery a year later,
another surgery a year later,
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需要一年后再做一个手术，
04:42
and then that took a year --
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然后又花了一年时间——
两年间我坐在轮椅上，
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two years in a wheelchair,
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就在那时，我实实在在地与现实发生了联系：
04:44
and that's when I came
into contact with actual reality:
into contact with actual reality:
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限制。
04:50
limits.
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04:52
Those very limits I'd spent
my whole life denying
my whole life denying
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那些我花了一生时间否认，
绕开并不予理睬的限制
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and pushing past and ignoring
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04:59
were real,
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是真实的，
05:01
and I had to deal with them,
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并且我不得不去面对它们，
我耗尽了我的想象力，创造力以及所有技能。
05:03
and they took imagination,
creativity and my entire skill set.
creativity and my entire skill set.
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05:09
It turned out I was great
at actual reality.
at actual reality.
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结果证明我很擅长处理实实在在的现实。
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I didn't just come to terms with it,
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我不仅仅和它达成了妥协，
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I fell in love.
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我还爱上了它。
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And I should've known,
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并且我本该已经知道，
给予时代精神一个同样不坚定的关系...
05:19
given my equally shaky
relationship with the zeitgeist ...
relationship with the zeitgeist ...
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I'll just say, if anyone
is in the market for a Betamax --
is in the market for a Betamax --
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我将只会说，如果有谁想买一个
Betamax（Beta制录像系统）——
Betamax（Beta制录像系统）——
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
05:30
I should have known that the moment
I fell in love with reality,
I fell in love with reality,
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我本该已经知道当我爱上现实的那一刻，
05:34
the rest of the country would decide
to go in the opposite direction.
to go in the opposite direction.
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这个国家的其他人都会决定朝着相反的方向走。
（笑声）
05:37
(Laughter)
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但我不是在这儿讨论特朗普或是另类右派，
又或是气候变化的否认派们，
又或是气候变化的否认派们，
05:40
But I'm not here to talk about Trump
or the alt-right or climate-change deniers
or the alt-right or climate-change deniers
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甚至是这件事的制造者，
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or even the makers of this thing,
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就像我会叫这个东西是一个盒子，
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which I would have called a box,
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除了在这右边，写着，
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except that right here, it says,
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“ 这不是一个盒子。”
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"This is not a box."
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（笑声）
05:54
(Laughter)
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他们正在蒙骗我。
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They're gaslighting me.
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（笑声）
06:01
(Laughter)
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（掌声）
06:03
(Applause)
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06:06
But what I do want to talk about
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但我确实想讨论的
06:11
is a personal challenge to reality
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是一个我对于现实的个人挑战，
针对我自己的，
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that I take personally,
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并且我想先声明我是绝对热爱科学的。
06:19
and I want to preface it
by saying that I absolutely love science.
by saying that I absolutely love science.
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06:26
I have this --
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我拥有这个——
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not a scientist myself --
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不是一个科学家的我——
而是一种理解所有关于科学的神秘能力，
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but an uncanny ability to understand
everything about science,
everything about science,
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不包括实实在在的科学——
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except the actual science --
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（笑声）
06:36
(Laughter)
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也就是数学。
06:37
which is math.
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但我能理解最奇特的概念。
06:38
But the most outlandish concepts
make sense to me.
make sense to me.
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06:44
The string theory;
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弦理论；
06:46
the idea that all of reality emanates
from the vibrations of these teeny --
from the vibrations of these teeny --
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它的想法是所有的现实是
从这些微小的振动中散发出来的——
从这些微小的振动中散发出来的——
我称之为“ 一个大大的拨弦声。”
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I call it "The Big Twang."
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（笑声）
06:52
(Laughter)
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06:54
Wave-particle duality:
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波粒二象性：
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the idea that one thing
can manifest as two things ...
can manifest as two things ...
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这个理论是一件东西能够以两件事物来显示...
你们知道吗？
07:00
you know?
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光子能够以波和粒子来显示，
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That a photon can manifest
as a wave and a particle
as a wave and a particle
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恰好和我心底的直觉不谋而合，
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coincided with my deepest intuitions
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07:07
that people are good and bad,
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人类有好有坏，
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ideas are right and wrong.
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想法有对有错。
佛洛伊德曾对于
阴茎羡慕心理的理论是对的，
阴茎羡慕心理的理论是对的，
07:11
Freud was right about penis envy
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07:13
and he was wrong about who has it.
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同时他对于谁有这样的心理是错的。
（笑声）
07:16
(Laughter)
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07:19
(Applause)
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（掌声）
07:22
Thank you.
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谢谢。
（掌声）
07:23
(Applause)
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07:24
And then there's this slight
variation on that,
variation on that,
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那儿有微小的差别，
现实看起来像两样东西，
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which is reality looks like two things,
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但其实是两者之间的一种相互作用，
07:30
but it turns out to be the interaction
of those two things,
of those two things,
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就像空间——时间，
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like space -- time,
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07:37
mass -- energy
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数量——能量
以及生命和死亡。
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and life and death.
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So I don't I understand --
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因此我不明白——
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I simply just don't understand
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就是不明白，
07:47
the mindset of people who are out
to "defeat death" and "overcome death."
to "defeat death" and "overcome death."
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那些有着想要跳出来
“打败死亡”和“攻克死亡”心态的人，
“打败死亡”和“攻克死亡”心态的人，
你们如何做到？
07:51
How do you do that?
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你们如何在不结束生命的情况下打败死亡？
07:53
How do you defeat death
without killing off life?
without killing off life?
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07:56
It doesn't make sense to me.
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这对我来说讲不通。
07:58
I also have to say,
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我也不得不说，
08:00
I find it incredibly ungrateful.
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我觉得这相当忘恩负义。
我的意思是你拥有这一件很特别的礼物——
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I mean, you're given
this extraordinary gift --
this extraordinary gift --
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生命——
08:07
life --
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但这就好像你已经
向圣诞老人要了劳斯莱斯银影汽车，
向圣诞老人要了劳斯莱斯银影汽车，
08:08
but it's as if you had asked Santa
for a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
for a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
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然后你却得到了沙拉脱水器。
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and you had gotten
a salad spinner instead.
a salad spinner instead.
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08:16
You know, it's the beef --
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你知道的，牛肉——
08:19
the beef with it is that it comes
with an expiration date.
with an expiration date.
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牛肉有它的保质期。
死亡是一场血色交易。
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Death is the deal breaker.
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08:25
I don't get that.
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我不理解。
08:27
I don't understand --
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我不明白——
对我来说，那是不尊重的。
08:28
to me, it's disrespectful.
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对大自然的不尊重。
08:29
It's disrespectful to nature.
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08:32
The idea that we're going
to dominate nature,
to dominate nature,
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那种我们要主导大自然，
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we're going to master nature,
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我们要掌控大自然的想法，
大自然太无力而
不能抵抗我们这些高智商的人群——
不能抵抗我们这些高智商的人群——
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nature is too weak
to withstand our intellect --
to withstand our intellect --
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no, I don't think so.
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不，我不这么认为。
08:45
I think if you've actually read
quantum physics as I have --
quantum physics as I have --
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我想你们实际上正如我一样
已经读过量子物理学——
已经读过量子物理学——
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well, I read an email
from someone who'd read it, but --
from someone who'd read it, but --
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嗯，我读了一封来自
一位已经读过量子物理学人的邮件，但是——
一位已经读过量子物理学人的邮件，但是——
（笑声）
08:51
(Laughter)
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你得明白，
08:55
You have to understand
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我们不再生活在牛顿的发条宇宙。
08:56
that we don't live in Newton's
clockwork universe anymore.
clockwork universe anymore.
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我们生活在一个香蕉皮宇宙，
09:00
We live in a banana peel universe,
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并且我们不再能知道一切，
09:03
and we won't ever be able
to know everything
to know everything
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或者控制一切，
09:07
or control everything
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或者预测一切。
09:09
or predict everything.
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09:10
Nature is like a self-driving car.
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大自然就像一辆自动驾驶的汽车。
我们能做的最好的就像是那位笑话里的老妇人——
09:12
The best we can be is like
the old woman in that joke --
the old woman in that joke --
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我不知道你们有没有听过。
09:16
I don't know if you've heard it.
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09:18
An old woman is driving
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一位老妇人正在开车，
09:20
with her middle-aged daughter
in the passenger seat,
in the passenger seat,
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副驾驶坐着她中年的女儿，
09:24
and the mother goes
right through a red light.
right through a red light.
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母亲在红灯时直接闯过去了。
09:27
And the daughter doesn't want to say
anything that makes it sound like,
anything that makes it sound like,
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女儿不想说出任何听起来好像是，
“你年纪太大不能开车了,” 这样的话，
09:31
"You're too old to drive,"
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09:33
so she didn't say anything.
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所以她什么也没说。
09:35
And then the mother
goes through a second red light,
goes through a second red light,
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然后这位母亲在第二处红灯时又闯过去了，
09:37
and the daughter,
as tactfully as possible,
as tactfully as possible,
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女儿尽可能机智地
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says, "Mom, are you aware
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说：“妈妈，你有没有意识到
你刚刚闯过两个红灯？"
09:42
that you just went through
two red lights?"
two red lights?"
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母亲说，“噢，我正在开车吗？”
09:44
And the mother says, "Oh, am I driving?"
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（笑声）
09:46
(Laughter)
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（掌声）
09:50
(Applause)
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所以...
09:55
So ...
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09:58
and now, I'm going to take a mental leap,
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现在，我思维要跳跃一下，
10:02
which is easy for me because
I'm the Evel Knievel of mental leaps;
I'm the Evel Knievel of mental leaps;
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这对我来说很容易，
因为我是思维跳跃上的Evel Knievel（特级演员）
因为我是思维跳跃上的Evel Knievel（特级演员）
我的车牌写着，
10:06
my license plate says,
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“我思，故我快。”
10:07
"Cogito, ergo zoom."
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10:11
I hope you're willing
to come with me on this,
to come with me on this,
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我希望你们跟得上我，
10:14
but my real problem with the mindset
that is so out to defeat death
that is so out to defeat death
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但我对于那种试图打败死亡思想的不认同，
10:20
is if you're anti-death,
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在于你是否是在对抗死亡，
这对我而言就等于是对抗生命，
10:23
which to me translates as anti-life,
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10:26
which to me translates as anti-nature,
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对我来说就是对抗大自然，
那对我来说也是对抗女性，
10:30
it also translates to me as anti-woman,
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10:33
because women have long been
identified with nature.
identified with nature.
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因为女性长久以来已经等同于大自然。
并且我的资料来源于Hannah Arendt,
10:37
And my source on this is Hannah Arendt,
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一位德国哲学家，写过一本书叫做“人类境况”。
10:39
the German philosopher who wrote
a book called "The Human Condition."
a book called "The Human Condition."
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10:44
And in it, she says that classically,
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在书中，她提到，传统上来说，
10:47
work is associated with men.
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男人跟工作紧密相连，
10:50
Work is what comes out of the head;
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工作是一个从大脑冒出来的东西，
是我们发明出来的，
10:52
it's what we invent,
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是我们创造出来的，
10:53
it's what we create,
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是我们如何在这个世界上留下我们印记。
10:55
it's how we leave our mark upon the world.
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10:59
Whereas labor is associated with the body.
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然而， 劳动是和我们身体联系在一起。
11:03
It's associated with the people
who perform labor
who perform labor
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是和完成工作
或是正在工作的人类联系在一起。
11:06
or undergo labor.
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11:08
So to me,
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所以对我来说，
11:11
the mindset that denies that,
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这种思维模式，
这种否认我们与生物周期一致的思维模式，
11:15
that denies that we're in sync
with the biorhythms,
with the biorhythms,
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11:20
the cyclical rhythms of the universe,
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否认宇宙的周期性节奏的思维模式，
并没有为女性
11:23
does not create a hospitable
environment for women
environment for women
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或是工作的人类创造出舒适的环境，
11:28
or for people associated with labor,
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所以要说，
11:31
which is to say,
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人类成为了奴隶的后代，
11:32
people that we associate
as descendants of slaves,
as descendants of slaves,
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或是那些进行手工劳作的人们。
11:36
or people who perform manual labor.
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11:39
So here's how it looks
from a banana-peel-universe point of view,
from a banana-peel-universe point of view,
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所以，从香蕉皮宇宙的角度来看看它是怎样的，
11:45
from my mindset which I call
"Emily's universe."
"Emily's universe."
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从我的思维概念来说，我叫它“艾米莉的宇宙。”
11:49
First of all,
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首先，
11:52
I am incredibly grateful for life,
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我非常地感激生活，
11:57
but I don't want to be immortal.
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但我并不想不朽。
12:00
I have no interest in having
my name live on after me.
my name live on after me.
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我对千古留名并没兴趣。
12:04
In fact, I don't want it to,
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实际上，我也不想这样，
因为据我观察，
12:06
because it's been my observation
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12:08
that no matter how nice and how brilliant
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无论你人多好，多聪明
或是多有才华，
12:10
or how talented you are,
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在你死后50年， 他们会对你进行攻击。
12:12
50 years after you die, they turn on you.
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（笑声）
12:15
(Laughter)
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并且我实际的证据，
12:16
And I have actual proof of that.
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12:19
A headline from the Los Angeles Times:
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一则来自洛杉矶时报的大标题：
"安妮·弗兰克（二战犹太人大屠杀中最著名的
受害者之一）： 归根到底并没有那么好。"
受害者之一）： 归根到底并没有那么好。"
12:22
"Anne Frank: Not so nice after all."
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（笑声）
12:25
(Laughter)
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此外，我热爱
12:30
Plus, I love being in sync
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与宇宙的周期性节奏保持一致。
12:34
with the cyclical rhythms of the universe.
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12:36
That's what's so extraordinary about life:
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那是对生命多么特别的事情，
12:39
it's a cycle of generation,
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这是新生的循环，
12:41
degeneration,
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退化的，
12:42
regeneration.
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再生的周期。
12:44
"I" am just a collection of particles
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“我”只是众多颗粒的集合，
12:48
that is arranged into this pattern,
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这些颗粒被排列出这种模式，
然后分解，再变的可用，
12:51
then will decompose and be available,
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所有这些组成部分，对大自然而言，
12:53
all of its constituent parts, to nature,
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重组成另一种模式。
12:56
to reorganize into another pattern.
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12:59
To me, that is so exciting,
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对我来说是无比令人兴奋的，
13:02
and it makes me even more grateful
to be part of that process.
to be part of that process.
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这使我对我成为这个过程的一部分而更加感激。
13:07
You know,
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你们知道吗，
13:09
I look at death now from the point of view
of a German biologist,
of a German biologist,
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我现在以德国生物学家，
Andreas Weber的角度看待死亡。
13:15
Andreas Weber,
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13:16
who looks at it as part
of the gift economy.
of the gift economy.
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他把死亡看作是礼物经济的一部分。
你被给予了巨大的礼物——生命，
13:20
You're given this enormous gift -- life,
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你尽最大努力地丰富它，
13:23
you enrich it as best you can,
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然后你将它归还。
13:25
and then you give it back.
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13:28
And, you know, Auntie Mame
said, "Life is a banquet" --
said, "Life is a banquet" --
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同时，你知道吗，
Auntie Mame 说过: “生命是一场盛宴” ——
Auntie Mame 说过: “生命是一场盛宴” ——
13:31
well, I've eaten my fill.
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嗯，我已经尽情地享用了美食。
13:34
I have had an enormous appetite for life,
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我已经对生活充满了期望，
13:36
I've consumed life,
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我享受了生命，
13:37
but in death, I'm going to be consumed.
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但在死亡里，我将被享用。
13:40
I'm going into the ground
just the way I am,
just the way I am,
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我将以我原本的样子入土为安，
在那儿，我邀请每一个细菌，
13:43
and there, I invite every microbe
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碎石，
13:46
and detritus-er
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13:48
and decomposer
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分解者，
去享用我——
13:50
to have their fill --
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我认为它们会发现我的美味。
13:51
I think they'll find me delicious.
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（笑声）
13:54
(Laughter)
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我确实这么认为。
13:55
I do.
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13:57
So the best thing about my attitude,
I think, is that it's real.
I think, is that it's real.
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所以关于我态度最棒的事情，
我认为这一切是真实的。
我认为这一切是真实的。
14:02
You can see it.
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你能看见它。
14:03
You can observe it.
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你能观察它。
14:05
It actually happens.
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它实实在在地发生着。
14:06
Well, maybe not my enriching the gift,
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嗯，可能没有丰富的礼物，
我不知道——
14:10
I don't know about that --
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14:12
but my life has certainly
been enriched by other people.
been enriched by other people.
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但我的生命确实已经被其他朋友所丰富着。
被TED，
14:15
By TED,
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14:17
which introduced me
to a whole network of people
to a whole network of people
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它介绍我认识了一群朋友，
14:20
who have enriched my life,
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他们使我生活丰富多彩，
14:22
including Tricia McGillis,
my website designer,
my website designer,
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包括我的网站设计师Tricia McGillis,
她和我优秀的女儿一起工作，
14:26
who's working with my wonderful daughter
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14:28
to take my website
and turn it into something
and turn it into something
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把我的网站打造成不可思议的地方，
在那儿我只需要写写博客。
14:32
where all I have to do is write a blog.
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我不需要用大脑执行功能...
14:33
I don't have to use
the executive brain function ...
the executive brain function ...
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哈哈哈，我赚到了！
14:36
Ha, ha, ha, I win!
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（笑声）
14:40
(Laughter)
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同时我也非常感激你们。
14:41
And I am so grateful to you.
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14:44
I don't want to say, "the audience,"
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我不想说，“ 观众们，“
14:47
because I don't really see it
as we're two separate things.
as we're two separate things.
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因为我不认为我们有什么不同。
再用量子物理学来说，
14:51
I think of it in terms
of quantum physics, again.
of quantum physics, again.
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14:58
And, you know, quantum physicists
are not exactly sure what happens
are not exactly sure what happens
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你知道的，量子物理学不完全确定
15:03
when the wave becomes a particle.
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当波成为了质子时到底发生了什么。
有不同的理论——
15:05
There are different theories --
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波函数的瓦解，
15:07
the collapse of the wave function,
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去相干性——
15:09
decoherence --
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但它们都在一件事上达成共识：
15:10
but they're all agreed on one thing:
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现实通过相互作用而存在的。
15:12
that reality comes into being
through an interaction.
through an interaction.
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15:18
(Voice breaking) So do you.
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（嗓音低沉）你们也是。
15:20
And every audience I've ever had,
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所有我曾经或现在，
15:22
past and present.
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遇到的你们。
15:25
Thank you so much for making my life real.
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非常感谢，是你们使我的生命变得真实。
15:29
(Applause)
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（掌声）
15:30
Thank you.
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谢谢。
15:31
(Applause)
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（掌声）
谢谢。
15:33
Thank you.
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（掌声）
15:34
(Applause)
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谢谢。
15:35
Thank you.
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（掌声）
15:36
(Applause)
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谢谢。
15:37
Thank you.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Emily Levine - Philosopher-comicHumorist, writer and trickster Emily Levine riffs on science and the human condition.
Why you should listen
Humorist Emily Levine works a heady vein of humor, cerebral and thoughtful as well as hilarious. Oh, she's got plenty of jokes. But her work, at its core, makes serious connections -- between hard science and pop culture, between what we say and what we secretly assume ... She plumbs the hidden oppositions, the untouchable not-quite-truths of the modern mind.
Levine's background in improv theater, with its requirement to always say "yes" to the other actor's reality, has helped shape her worldview. Always suspicious of sharp either/or distinctions, she proposes "the quantum logic of and/and" -- a thoroughly postmodern, scientifically informed take on life that allows for complicated states of being. Like the one we're in right now.
For more on Levine's thoughts about life and death, read her blog, "The Yoy of Dying," at EmilysUniverse.com, along with updates on "Emily @ the Edge of Chaos" and pronouncements from Oracle Em.
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