边角料知识得一忘二 译

TRIVIAL PIECES OF KNOWLEDGESusan W. Howard 译


橄榄油是一种极佳的除锈剂。
Olive oil is an outstanding rust remover.

单个事件没有概率可言。
Individual events have no probability.
都是定点形成的。
They are points.

于是乎
Therefore
我,也缺乏概率。
Even I lack probability

死了的人不知道
The dead don’t know
他们曾经存在过。
that they ever existed.

时间不可能随宇宙开始。
Time can’t have started with the universe.
时间不可能有一个开始。
Time can’t have a beginning.

因为开始总是一个事件。
Because a beginning is always an event.

如果让马在户外单独过夜,
It’s difficult for horses to sleep
马就很难入睡。
if they are left out alone in the night.

马要互相看着入睡。
Horses guard each other’s sleep.

与母亲关系焦灼的人
Persons who have a disturbed relationship with their mothers
会成为诗人。
become poets.

与父亲关系焦灼的人
Persons who have a disturbed relationship with their fathers
会变得乏味。
become boring.


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