評論
打印
So is there a grand designer
真能有一位偉大的設計師
who lined up all this good fortune?
讓這一系列小概率事件一一實現嗎
In my opinion, not necessarily.
在我看來，未必
Look at it this way.
這樣來看吧
What if there were other universes?
如果還存在其他宇宙呢
Ones not as lucky as ours.
一些不及我們宇宙幸運的宇宙
Each of these universes could have come from its own big bang with
每一個宇宙都源自各自的大爆炸
different laws of physics and different conditions.
擁有各不相同的物理定律和環境
In some, gravity might not exist and there could be no life.
一些也許并不存在重力，更談不上出現生命
In others, hydrogen might not fuse, so there
另一些氫氣則沒有發生聚合反應
would be no stars and again no life.
使得那里沒有恒星，也沒有生命
For any number of reasons,
出于各種原因
universes could have come and gone without producing anything at all.
宇宙也可能由產生到消亡根本沒產生任何物質
So perhaps we should not be too surprised to
因此，也許我們不必過于驚訝
find ourselves in a perfect universe
發現我們生于一個完美的宇宙
orbiting a perfect sun on a perfect planet
在一顆圍繞完美太陽旋轉的完美星球上
because such perfect places are the only ones
因為只有這般完美的星球
where life like us can exist.
才適宜我們這樣的生命存在
We are one of the many products of the universe,
我們是宇宙的眾多產物之一
the result of an ancient and elegant mechanism,
古老且精妙的演進過程的結晶
but even this remarkable discovery is
然而，即便是如此非凡的發現
only just the beginning of what physics can tell us.
也只是物理學所能告訴我們的皮毛
We can find out what human kind will face in the distant future.
我們可以探明人類在久遠未來將面臨的危機
And ultimately, we might discover the fate of the universe itself.
并可能最終揭開宇宙自身命運之謎
One reason I love cosmology is that
我喜歡宇宙學的原因之一是
it tells us not only
它不僅告訴我們
where the vast web of galaxies in our universe came from,
宇宙中巨大的星系網從何而來
but also what lies in store for both the universe and for us.
還透露宇宙及我們未來可能發生的事
I think it's pretty exciting to be among the first human beings
能成為首批看到往后數百年，數十億年
able to look forward for hundreds and even billions of years,
甚至時間終結之時景象的人
maybe as far as the end of time itself.
是件激動人心的事
What I see is not only the future of the cosmos we inhabit,
我看到的不僅是我們所棲息的宇宙的未來
but also the enormous challenges our species will face.
還有人類所要面對的巨大挑戰
After all, we are puny organisms compared
畢竟，相對于創造出我們的宇宙來說
to the mighty universe that made us.
我們是微不足道的
Even the Earth that gave us life
甚至連賦予我們生命的地球
will not always be the blue sanctuary that is today.
也不可能永遠充當我們蔚藍的避難所
