Name: 你討厭星座的真正原因 (The Real Reason You Hate Horoscopes)
Uploaded: 2025-07-23T17:13:48.000Z
Duration: 2 min 51 s

關係子句

Rational people are used to being, at least in private, distinctly merciless in their mockery of the superstitious, the kind of people who cling to the hope that the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter might presage an upswing in their romantic fortunes, or who pray to an ancient god for help with a medical diagnosis, or who close their eyes and will that by the power of thought alone they can influence the minds of others.

理性的人習慣於，至少在私下裡，毫不留情地嘲弄迷信的人，這些人抱著土星和木星的排列可能預示著他們的愛情運勢會上升的希望，或者向古老的神靈祈禱，希望得到醫學診斷的幫助，或者閉上眼睛，希望僅憑思想的力量就能影響他人的思想。

How utterly and unremittingly daft the rational will say, what knuckle-headed naivety to suppose that such manoeuvres can actually influence the course of reality.

理性的人會說這是多麼徹底和堅持不懈的愚蠢，多麼天真地以為這種伎倆能夠真正影響現實的進程。

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They may well be right, there is very little evidence that human events can be shaped by the movements of the planets or the interventions of airborne spirits or the incantation of wishes.

他們也許是對的，但很少有證據表明，人類事件可以由行星的運動、空中精靈的干預或願望的咒語所左右。

What the self-congratulatingly rational are missing is that their rationality is not and never was an achievement of the intellect.

自以為是的理性者所忽略的是，他們的理性不是，也從來不是智力的成就。

It's no sign of logical superiority or hard-won ratiocination.

這不是邏輯優越感或來之不易的理性的表現。

It's the result of something they seldom wish to acknowledge or express appropriate gratitude for – luck.

這是他們很少願意承認或表達適當感激之情的結果--運氣。

It's their background good fortune, nothing more nor less, that means they've never been tempted to fall to their knees and implore an angel, or to send someone a letter telepathically, or to gain comfort from reading what could be in store for a Sagittarius with an ex they're pining for this month.

這是他們的背景福氣，不多也不少，這意味著他們從未受到誘惑，跪下來懇求天使，或以心靈感應的方式給某人寄信，或從閱讀射手座本月對前任的思念中獲得安慰。

It's because their child isn't dying of cancer, their beloved didn't leave them without explanation after five years of marriage, and their mortgage payments aren't in arrears, that they can calmly step back and trust in the orderly unfolding of the principles of science.

正是因為他們的孩子沒有死於癌症，他們的夫妻沒有在結婚五年後無故離開他們，他們的房貸也沒有拖欠，所以他們才能冷靜地後退一步，相信科學原理的有序發展。

They should display greater imagination towards those whom they so coldly scorn.

他們應該對那些被他們冷嘲熱諷的人表現出更大的想象力。

They may not agree with their mental machinations.

他們可能不同意自己的心理陰謀。

They should spare a thought for what might have inspired them.

他們應該考慮一下是什麼給了他們靈感。

The superstitious are not any more limited than they are.

迷信者的侷限性並不比他們大。

The odds they face are monstrously larger.

The origins of rationality don't lie in reason at all.

They lie in a feeling that the truth can be accepted, that lovers will be kind, that bodies will function, that the financial system will provide, that children will be safe.

它們躺在一種感覺中，即真相可以被接受，戀人會很親切，身體會正常運作，金融系統會提供資金，孩子們會安全。

We can all afford to be sensible until our luck runs out.

在運氣用完之前，我們都可以保持理智。

Credulity is a measure of despair, not intelligence.

可信度是衡量絕望的標準，而非智力。

We should pray that we won't any time soon be left with few options other than to pray.

我們應該祈禱，除了祈禱，我們不會很快就沒有其他選擇。