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  • Human existence is scary and confusing.

    人類的存在令我們既害怕又困惑。

  • A few hundred thousand years ago, we became conscious and found ourselves in a strange place.

    數十萬年前,我們開始擁有意識,並發現自己處在一個奇怪的地方。

  • It was filled with other beings. We could eat some; some could eat us.

    這個地方充斥著其他的生命。有些我們能吃,有些會掠食我們。

  • There was liquid stuff we could drink; things we could use to make more things.

    這裡有些我們能喝的液體;有些能供我們製造更多東西的東西。

  • The daytime sky had a tiny yellow ball that warmed our skin.

    白晝的天空上有個小小的黃球,溫暖我們的皮膚。

  • The night sky was filled with beautiful lights.

    夜晚的天空被美麗的光填滿。

  • This place was obviously made for us.

    這地方當然是為我們而造的。

  • Something was watching over us.

    有什麼正在天上看望我們。

  • We were home. This made everything much less scary and confusing.

    地球就是我們的家。這些觀念讓一切事物不那麼令人害怕、困惑。

  • But the older we got, the more we learned about the world and ourselves.

    但隨著人類成長,我們對世界及自身的體認更加深了。

  • We learned that the twinkling lights are not shining beautifully for us, they just are.

    人類發現,那些一閃一閃的光不是為了我們閃耀的,它們只是存在在那兒。

  • We learned that we're not at the center of what we now call the universe,

    人類發現,我們並不是宇宙的中心。

  • and that it is much, much older than we thought.

    而且宇宙的年紀比我們想像的,還要再老更多更多。

  • We learned that we're made of many little dead things,

    人類發現,我們由許多沒有生命的小東西組成。

  • which make up bigger things that are not dead, for some reason,

    不知道為什麼,無生命的小東西能集結成一個有生命的大東西。

  • and that we're just another temporary stage in a history going back over a billion years.

    而且,我們只是處在十億年的歷史洪流中,一個短暫的時代。

  • We learned, in awe, that we live on a moist speck of dust moving around a medium-sized star

    我們驚訝地瞭解到,人類不過是生活在一小塊繞著一顆恆星運轉的、濕潤的泥土上。

  • in a quiet region of one arm of an average galaxy, which is part of a galaxy group that we will never leave.

    而這顆恆星位於一個普通的銀河系中,一條臂上的穩定地帶。而銀河系,只是我們無法跳脫的「本星系群」的一部分罷了。

  • And this group is only one of thousands that, together, make up a galaxy supercluster.

    而本星系群,也是「超星系群」裡,成千上萬的成員之一而已。

  • But even our supercluster is only one in thousands that make up what we call the observable universe.

    但就連超星系群,也只占了我們可見宇宙的千分之一。

  • The universe might be a million times bigger, but we will never know.

    真正的宇宙可能比這大上幾百萬倍,不過我們永遠也不會知道。

  • We can throw words around like two hundred million galaxies

    我們可以高談闊論兩千億個星系、

  • or trillions of stars or bazillions of planets,

    一兆個恆星、或是數不清的行星,

  • but all of these numbers mean nothing. Our brains can't comprehend these concepts.

    但這些數字都沒有意義。我們的大腦無法理解這些觀念。

  • The universe is too big. There is too much of it.

    宇宙實在太寬廣了,這些資訊量實在太龐大了。

  • But size is not the most troubling concept we have to deal with.

    然而,空間並不是令我們最頭疼的觀念。

  • It's time, or, more precisely, the time we have.

    最麻煩的是時間,更精確來說,我們擁有的時間。

  • If you're lucky enough to live to one hundred,

    如過你幸運地能活到一百歲,

  • you have five thousand two hundred weeks at your disposal.

    你有五千兩百個星期的時間能支配。

  • If you're twenty-five now, then you have three thousand nine hundred weeks left.

    如果你現在是二十五歲,你就剩下三千九百個星期。

  • If you're going to die at seventy, then there are two thousand three hundred and forty weeks left -

    如過你會在七十歲死亡,你就只剩下兩千三百四十個星期。

  • a lot of time, but also ... not really.

    看起來很多時間嘛,但其實也……不盡然。

  • And then what?

    然後呢?

  • Your biological processes will break down,

    你的生理機能會逐漸停擺,

  • and the dynamic pattern that is you will stop beinge dynamic.

    你所有的感知、意志、學習、控制等基礎機能將會逐漸喪失功能。

  • It will dissolve until there is no you left.

    它會完全地溶化在虛無中,直到你死去的那一天。

  • Some believe that there is a part of us we can't see or measure,

    有人認為,我們的身體裡有個部分,看不到也無法被偵測,

  • but we have no way to find out, so this life might be it

    可是我們找不到,所以人生可能就是這樣,

  • and we might end up dead forever.

    我們最後會陷入死亡,直到永遠永遠。

  • This is less scary than it sounds, though.

    其實也沒有我們想像得那麼恐怖。

  • If you don't remember the 13.75 billion years that went by before you existed,

    如果你不記得你出生前的那137.5億年,

  • Then the trillions and trillions and trillions of years that come after will pass in no time once you're gone.

    那麼一旦你死了,幾千幾百億年的時間會一下子就飛逝過去。

  • Close your eyes. Count to 1.

    閉上眼睛,數到一。

  • That's how long forever feels.

    永遠永遠感覺起來就像這樣。

  • And as far as we know, in the end, the universe itself will die and nothing will ever change again.

    而且就我們所知,到了最後,宇宙也會死,接著萬物就是一片死寂。

  • Our videos induce existential dread in many people,

    我們的影片能引起許多人對「存在」的恐懼。

  • and the last few minutes probably haven't helped.

    而且最後的幾分鐘大概也不會有任何幫助。

  • So, for once, we want to offer a different way of looking at these things:

    所以現在,我們想提供一個新的看法。

  • an unscientific, subjective point of view, the philosophy of Kurzgesagt, if you want.

    一個不科學的、很主觀的看法,Kurzgesagt的哲學。

  • Please take it with a grain of salt; we don't know any more about human existence than you do.

    你可以把這當作是一粒微不足道的鹽巴。我們對於"人類的存在"這件事,了解的並不比你多。

  • We counter existential dread with optimistic nihilism.

    我們把對於"存在"這件事的恐懼,稱為積極虛無主義。

  • What do we mean by that?

    什麼意思呢?

  • Well, to summarize, it seems very unlikely that 200 trillion trillion stars have been made for us.

    呃......總之,不太可能200兆顆恆星都是為我們而造的吧。

  • In a way, it feels like the cruelest joke in existence has been played on us.

    某種程度上,我們在自身的存在上,被開了一個殘酷的玩笑。

  • We became self-aware only to realize this story is not about us.

    我們自覺到,這整個故事不是為我們而寫,這故事與我們無關。

  • While it is great to know about electrons and the powerhouse of the cell,

    當然啦,知道電子的存在、知道細胞的發電廠的存在(粒線體),是很厲害沒錯,

  • Science doesn't do a lot to make this less depressing.

    但科學的進步,其實對我們的哀傷並沒有太大幫助。

  • Okay, but so what?

    好,所以呢?

  • You only get one shot at life, which is scary, but it also sets you free.

    你的生命只有短暫的一次,聽起來蠻可怕的,可是同時也是在釋放自己。

  • If the universe ends in heat death, every humiliation you suffer in your life will be forgotten.

    如果宇宙最終走向熱寂(一切冷卻的一種宇宙死亡方式),所有你在人生中所忍受的羞辱,都將被遺忘。

  • Every mistake you made will not matter in the end.

    所有你曾經犯過的錯,最後都會變的無關緊要。

  • Every bad thing you did will be voided.

    你幹的所有壞事,通通作廢。

  • If our life is all we get to experience, then it's the only thing that matters.

    如果人生,是我們所能體會的全部,那麼這個人生,就是你唯一應該在乎的事。

  • If the universe has no principles, the only principles relevant are the ones we decide on.

    如果宇宙沒有原則,那對於任何一個人來說,他(她)認為宇宙的原則是什麼,就是什麼。

  • If the universe has no purpose, then we get to dictate what its purpose is.

    如果宇宙沒有目的,那我們可以決定它的目的是什麼。

  • Humans will most certainly cease to exist at some point,

    人類在某種程度上,無疑會覺得自己幾乎不存在,

  • but before we do, we get to explore ourselves and the world around us.

    但在我們這麼想之前,我們會探索自己,還有周遭的世界。

  • We get to experience feelings. We get to experience food, books, sunrises, and being with each other.

    我們會感受"情感與感知"的波盪,我們會體驗到食物、書籍、日出以及與彼此相處的感受。

  • The fact that we're even able to think about these things is already kind of incredible.

    事實上,我們能夠考慮這些事情,就已經很不可思議了。

  • It's easy to think of ourselves as separated from everything, but this is not true.

    覺得自己與這一切無關並不困難,可是這不對啊。

  • We are as much the universe as a neutron star

    我們跟中子星一樣,都是宇宙的一部分,

  • or a black hole or a nebula.

    跟黑洞也一樣,跟片星雲也一樣。

  • Even better, actually, we are its thinking and feeling part:

    甚至可以說,我們就是宇宙裡,思考和感覺的部分,

  • the centre organs of the universe.

    我們是宇宙的核心器官。

  • We are truly free in a universe-sized playground,

    我們在這宇宙尺寸的遊樂場裡自由自在。

  • so we might as well aim to be happy and to build some kind of utopia in the stars.

    我們的目標是過得愉快,在星星間創造一個世外桃源。

  • It's not as if we've found out everything there is to know

    不是說我們已經發現了宇宙的所有秘密。

  • We don't know why the rules of the universe are as they are,

    我們不知道為什麼宇宙會有這些規則、

  • how life came into existence, what life is.

    生命是怎麼存在的、生命是什麼。

  • We have no idea what consciousness is or if we are alone in the universe.

    我們不知道意識是什麼,或是我們在宇宙間是不是孤單一人。

  • But we can try to find some answers.

    不過我們可以試著去尋找答案。

  • There are billions of stars to visit, diseases to cure,

    世界上有幾十億顆星星可以拜訪,幾十億種疾病等著治療,

  • people to help, happy feelings to be experienced,

    幾十億個人需要幫助,幾十億種快樂的感受尚未體驗,

  • and video games to finish.

    還有影片和遊戲要完成。

  • There is so much to do.

    有很多事情要做。

  • So, wrapping up, you've probably used up a good chunk of the time available to you.

    所以,總結一下,你大概已經用光了大把的時間。

  • If this is our one shot at life, there is no reason not to have fun

    如果我們只有短暫的時間,沒理由不享樂,

  • and live as happy as possible.

    還要盡可能地活得快樂。

  • Bonus points if you made the life of other people better.

    如果讓別人的生活過得更好,當然加分。

  • More bonus points if you help build a galactic human empire.

    如果你為創立偉大紀元出了一分力,加更多分。

  • Do the things that make you feel good.

    去做會讓你感覺很棒的事。

  • You get to decide whatever this means for you.

    你可以自行決定這部影片對你的意義。

Human existence is scary and confusing.

人類的存在令我們既害怕又困惑。

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