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It could take a visit to the International Space Station.
它可能跑去國際空間站
Perhaps even fly to the moon.
也許甚至飛到月球
All this before returning to the exact same spot an instance before you reenter the room.
結束之后 桌子又回到原本位置 就在你再度進入房間前的瞬間
This,of course is a pretty unlikely scenario.
這個狀況當然是不太可能發生的
But one we can't rule out.
但我們卻不能完全排除
It is much simpler to assume that the table stays put when we are not there.
還是簡單假定為 當我們不在時 桌子就在原地不動
It is our best fit model of reality.
那是我們對現實的最適模型
This is essentially what we do in science.
基本上 科學家也是如此
To create best fit models of how we believe
我們所建構的最適模型
the universe actually works.
來源于我們自己所認定的宇宙運作方式
The ancient Greeks were the first
古希臘人最早
to built such scientific models.
建構此類科學模型
They suggested that the earth was a large sphere,motionless
他們主張地球是一個大型球體 靜止不動
And fixed at the center of the universe.
且固定在宇宙中心
But later pioneering scientists like Copernicus and Galileo
但之后 開創性的科學家 如哥白尼與伽利略
found a much simpler and completely revolutionary model to describe this same observations.
找到更簡單又更完整的革命性模型 來解釋同樣的現象
They proposed that the earth itself was spinning and orbiting the sun at the same time...
他們主張地球會自轉 并同時繞著太陽運行
Along with all the other planets.
就與所有其它行星一樣
