"Each of us is in truth an idea of the Great Gull, an unlimited idea of freedom," Jonathan would say in the evenings on the beach, "and precision flying is a step toward expressing our real nature."

“事实上咱们每一个都是伟大海鸥的观念，一个关于自由的无限观念。”每天傍晚，乔纳森在海滩上总是这么说，“精确飞行向着表现我们的真正本质迈进了一步。”

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One of the reasons this understanding seems so problematic is the idea that we don't appeal to the authority of an author in making our mind about the nature of a given field of discourse.

这种理解之所以看起来有问题，一个原因就是我们不会为了弄清一个特定领域话语的本质，去诉求作者的权威。

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Nature is also a "meme bank," an idea factory.

自然还是一个“文化基因（meme）库［1］”， 是一个创意工厂。

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