她说我对进化论的理解需要一些微调。
She said my understanding of Darwinism needed some fine-tuning.
与许多其他正统的达尔文派不同,我长期以来在广泛意义上来思考这种前景与进化论以及与科学唯物主义的相容性。当然这里不是要讨论那个问题的地方。
Unlike many other card-carrying Darwinians, I’ve long considered this prospect compatible with Darwinism and with scientific materialism broadly — but this isn’t the place to hash that issue out.
我肯定你听说过进化论中关于人类是猴子进化而来的观点。
I'm sure you've heard of the evolutionary claim that mankind has evolved from monkeys.
然而,在这种情形下我深信达尔文的进化论。
However, I'm a big believer in the value of Darwinism in situations such as this.
当我外出去演讲时,我演讲的题目是:对智能设计论说不! (注:智能设计论是进化论和创造论以外一种新的物种起源理论,是近代西方兴起的一种证明上帝存在的理论)。
When I go out and give speeches, the title of my speech is “The Case Against Intelligent Design.”
我不像那些笨蛋一样,将进化论仅仅解释为优胜劣汰和某一物种存活了下来证明了它们应当比其他物种活的时间长。
I am not one of those lunkheads who interpret evolution as meaning only the fittest survive and their survival proves that they deserved to outlast other species.
让我来猜一下。你要说的是如果进化论是真实的,那么它就是一个真正的定律了。
Let me guess. You're talking about that argument that if the theory of evolution were true, it would actually be a law.
然而,我相信,正是从进化论的角度来看,我们可以期望对人性问题有新的领悟。
Yet I believe it is precisely from an evolutionary titandpoint that we can expect new intsight into the problem of the nature of man.
现在你是想告诉我,你傲慢到不愿承认进化论有那么一丁点的可能是错误的吗?
Now, are you telling me that you are so unbelievably arrogant that you can't admit that there's a teeny tiny possibility that you could be wrong about this?
我的意思是,从进化论的角度讲,在族群中工作和生活是人类生存优劣的关键因素。
I mean, evolutionarily speaking, living and working in a group is a key component of how well humans have managed to survive.
首先我想感谢的是我在西雅图时的生物老师,他是第一个给我讲解进化论,并让我对所学知识进行批判性性思考和挑战自我的人;
First, I want to thank my Seattle biology teacher who was the first person ever telling me that evolution is a theory and challenged me to think critically about my knowledge.
首先我想感谢的是我在西雅图时的生物老师,他是第一个给我讲解进化论,并让我对所学知识进行批判性性思考和挑战自我的人;
First, I want to thank my Seattle biology teacher who was the first person ever telling me that evolution is a theory and challenged me to think critically about my knowledge.
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