They never come across as anything other than what they are: brilliant thinkers who knew they were making radically simplified assumptions about reality so that their models would work.

书中这些人给人的印象只有一个：他们都是优秀的思想家，他们知道自己创建的是有关现实的理性、简约的假定，因此，他们的模式是有效的。

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He pointed south across the Yellowstone River valley to a tiny dot of willow and aspen that seemed to explode in brilliant yellows against the backdrop of prairie tans and grays.

他又指着黄石河谷的南边，那里隐约能看到柳树和山杨，就好像在一片灰褐色中绽出的一点亮黄。

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On the Spy Deck, a palpable silence pervaded as pools of brilliant light began spreading across the surface of the already luminescent image of Korhal.

伴随着巨大的光芒冲击波在克哈行星上漫延，明显的沉默也随之弥漫在侦察甲板上。

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