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It doesn't mean we need to throw out the baby with the bath water and stop studying ourselves. So we'll do that or rather you'll do that probably more than any other class on campus.
這并不意味著我們要因噎廢食 停止探究自己 所以我們會 更準確地說是你們會這樣做 比學校里的其他課程做得要多
Finally this may be news to you, but this is not English 10A or Math 55, meaning you'll not have to read as much as you will read for 10A or for a history class.
最后這個可能對你們來說有些新 但這不是10A號英語課和55號數學課 就是說 你不用像10A號課或者歷史課那樣做大量的閱讀
And this class is not as difficult as Math 55 so you rest. I'm sure there are some people here who took the class. This class at the same time is about rigorous fun.
也不像55號數學課一樣難 所以你們可以輕松些 我相信這有些人上過這門課 本課程同時是一種嚴格的樂趣
Fun...because it's fun to study ourselves. Sometimes it hurts and sometimes we see things that we may not like, but overall.
樂趣...因為研究我們自己很有意思 有時會讓我們受傷 有時我們看到一些我們不愿意看到的東西 但總的來說還是有趣的
It's funny and interesting. And at the same time it's rigorous, based on research. Now many of the ideas that you'll encounter in this class are very simple.
很有意思 同時又是嚴格的 以研究為基礎 你們將在本課程中遇到的許多觀點都很簡單
Very accessible. Common sense. However they are simple, not simplistic.
很容易理解 常識 但它們是簡單 不是過分簡單化
And here is the difference. Oliver Wendell Holmes-- this court is attributed to him.
這兩者是有區別的 Oliver Wendell Holmes 這個報告廳就是他捐建的
Not 100% sure it's his-- said, "I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity."
但不能完全確定是他所有的--說過 "我不會認為與復雜性一致的簡單性是微不足道的 但我會把一生用來研究與復雜性相對的簡單性"
What Holmes means here is that he doesn't care about just simplicity, easy, off-the-cuff, whimsical ideas. What he does care about though is the simplicity that comes after.
Homles這里的意思是他關心的不只是簡單性 簡單的 隨意的 難以預料的想法 而他所關心的是之后的簡單性
