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The human brain is far more intricate than you may realize
人類的大腦遠比你意想中更為錯綜復(fù)雜
although you would not be able to realize anything if it weren't.
但若并非如此 你也不可能意想任何事
It contains as many brain cells as there are stars in the Milky Way:
它包含了許多腦細胞 數(shù)目和銀河系的星星一樣多
100.000 billion. Give or take a few.
約有一千億上下
These cells are coupled together creating more connections
腦細胞連接在一起 彼此之間的連結(jié)
than there are galaxies in the known universe.
比已知宇宙里的星系還要多
It may seem that studying the brain is a job for neuroscience
大腦研究似乎應(yīng)該歸類于神經(jīng)科學(xué)
But since the brain is governed by fundamental forces
但因為大腦受控于基本作用力
forces like electromagnetism
例如電磁力
then thinking itself automatically bows down to physics.
因此思考動作本身最終還是歸結(jié)到物理學(xué)
Fast complex physics.
這是快速復(fù)雜的物理現(xiàn)象
As a physicist,I see the human mind as one of the universe's more wonderful creations...
作為物理學(xué)家 人類靈魂對我而言是宇宙中非常奇妙的產(chǎn)物 非常奇妙的產(chǎn)物
It's understanding how the mind is aware of that universe
唯有了解人類如何認知宇宙
that will lead us to finding out whether there is a meaning to it all.
才能發(fā)現(xiàn)其中是否存有任何意義
The ancient Greeks were among the first people to wonder
古希臘人最先探討
if the mind was subject to the laws of nature.
靈魂是否受到自然法則的支配
That was such an unsettling idea...
那是很令人不安的想法
It was swept under the rug for nearly 20 centuries.
因此被掩蓋了近乎兩千年之久
After all,if we are just biological clockwork,perhaps there is no meaning to life?
畢竟 倘若我們只是生物機器 也許生命并無意義
Perhaps no meaning at all?
也許什么意義都沒有
Well,let's not be too hasty.
我們先別倉促地下定論吧
