draw pretty pictures right away, they think the child is gifted.

能夠立刻繪製出一副好看的畫 人們會說這孩子是天才

That means "I haven't the slightest idea how a six-year-old

那意思就是"我絲毫不理解一個六歲的孩子

could draw a profile of a human being that looks so accurate."

為何可以繪製出看起來如此逼真的肖像畫"

That's what they're saying when they say he's gifted.

這就是人們說 那孩子是天才的原因

"I have no idea how that occurs."

"我不知道那是怎麼發生的"

When the fish migrates thousands of miles to the spawning grounds

當魚群不遠千里地遷徙到產卵地

as if a mother fish opens up a map of the world

就像是待產的魚 打開了一張世界地圖一樣

showing a fish how to get to spawning grounds.

引導魚群如何遷徙到產卵地

They invented a word for that: 'instinct'.

人們就會發明一個詞:"本能"

It means "I haven't the slightest idea of how these fish do that."

那就是說"我絲毫不瞭解 魚是怎麼做到這一點的"

Instinct is a dead word, noise.

本能就是一句廢話

It tells us nothing. But a word that says

它(本能)沒有告訴我們什麼 但話要這樣說才對:

"I'm gonna try to find out how it is that fish can do that."

"我要試著找出魚是如何做到[遷徙]的"

They studied the magnetic current under the Gulf Stream

人們研究了在墨西哥灣的磁流

which fish follow. Once you begin to know

那就是魚能夠識別定位的原因 一旦你開始知道

that birds can follow Earth's magnetic current

鳥類可以沿著地磁線識別定位

because if you strap a small magnet to the bird's head

因為你把一個小磁鐵放在鳥的頭上

it doesn't migrate. It becomes confused.

它不會遷徙的 它會變得迷失方向

It was called years ago 'A Mechanistic Point of View'

這就叫做"機械式的觀點"

and people hated that word.

人們很討厭這一個詞

"Mechanistic! I'm not a machine. I'm flesh and blood.

"機械 我不是機械 我是有血有肉的

I'm thinking, feeling. " They loved that

我思故我在" 人們喜歡這個

and they moved away from the mechanistic point of view

然後人們摒棄機械式的觀念

which hurt society no end.

對社會造成無盡的傷害

It's a mechanistic point of view. All that it says is, look:

機械式的觀點全部只是 例如:

You can't roll your eyes to the right unless there is a muscle

你不能把你的眼睛轉向右邊 除非有肌肉

and the nerve cells that feed that muscle.

和維持肌肉運作的神經細胞

You can't twist your arm unless muscles run in that direction.

你不能彎曲你的手臂 除非肌肉在那個地方運轉

That's all that a mechanistic point of view illustrated.

這就是機械式觀點的全部說明

The mechanistic point of view states

機械式的觀點主張

that nothing is self-activating.

沒有什麼是獨立存在的

That's the most difficult thing for people to grasp.

這是最讓人們難以理解的

I'll try to simplify that.

我試著簡單說一下

A sail boat cannot sail. It is moved by the wind.

一艘帆船不能航行 它是靠風移動的

A plant cannot grow, all that nonsense, still exists today.

植物不能獨立生存 但今天仍然存在著能獨存的胡說

A plant requires warmth, temperature, moisture, gravity

植物需要適宜的暖度 溫度 濕度和引力

all of those things. Although you don't see the connection

需要所有這些 雖然你不明白這些關聯

they are all connected.

但它們都是相關的

Living beings do not acquire knowledge or information

生物並不是透過無形的手段

through ethereal means.

去獲得知識或資訊

They acquire it by banging their heads against the wall

它們是經由砰砰地把頭撞在牆上而得知

slipping on ice and then designing anti-slips systems.

例如 在冰上滑倒 然後設計防滑系統

First, you have to slip on the ice.

但首先 你必須滑倒

No government to my knowledge ever anticipated the future.

據我所知 沒有一個政府曾預期過未來

"This is the direction we're heading in

人們說:"這是我們正在前進的方向

let's prepare for social change."

讓我們行動起來準備改變社會"

No, they try to keep things as they are.

不 人們想持續他們的現狀