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The human brain is far more intricate than you may realize
人类的大脑远比你意想中更为错综复杂
although you would not be able to realize anything if it weren't.
但若并非如此 你也不可能意想任何事
It contains as many brain cells as there are stars in the Milky Way:
它包含了许多脑细胞 数目和银河系的星星一样多
100.000 billion. Give or take a few.
约有一千亿上下
These cells are coupled together creating more connections
脑细胞连接在一起 彼此之间的连结
than there are galaxies in the known universe.
比已知宇宙里的星系还要多
It may seem that studying the brain is a job for neuroscience
大脑研究似乎应该归类于神经科学
But since the brain is governed by fundamental forces
但因为大脑受控于基本作用力
forces like electromagnetism
例如电磁力
then thinking itself automatically bows down to physics.
因此思考动作本身最终还是归结到物理学
Fast complex physics.
这是快速复杂的物理现象
As a physicist,I see the human mind as one of the universe's more wonderful creations...
作为物理学家 人类灵魂对我而言是宇宙中非常奇妙的产物 非常奇妙的产物
It's understanding how the mind is aware of that universe
唯有了解人类如何认知宇宙
that will lead us to finding out whether there is a meaning to it all.
才能发现其中是否存有任何意义
The ancient Greeks were among the first people to wonder
古希腊人最先探讨
if the mind was subject to the laws of nature.
灵魂是否受到自然法则的支配
That was such an unsettling idea...
那是很令人不安的想法
It was swept under the rug for nearly 20 centuries.
因此被掩盖了近乎两千年之久
After all,if we are just biological clockwork,perhaps there is no meaning to life?
毕竟 倘若我们只是生物机器 也许生命并无意义
Perhaps no meaning at all?
也许什么意义都没有
Well,let's not be too hasty.
我们先别仓促地下定论吧
