每天一小段英语（83）

命运号角 · 发表于 2016-5-30 20:58:26

Argument: Life is long enough. People aren’t supposed to live longer than we do now. Just enjoy what you’ve got.
争论：现在生命够长了，人们不想要更长的生命，享受已有的一切吧。

Typical cryonicist response: Thank you for your opinion. I disagree.
So how does my Scientology antenna feel after reading about 50 skeptic opinions?
回应：谢谢你的想法，我不同意。所以读了50个怀疑观点我的科技认知会不会改变呢？

Well, the skeptics definitely helped me appreciate the magnitude of the challenge at hand with cryonics. Science has a long way to go before cryonics can truly function as a pause button instead of a stop button—and we may never get there.
这些怀疑直接帮我领会到人体冷冻法即将面对的挑战有多大。人体冷冻法真的有了实用性（暂停功能而不是停止）之前，科学还有很长一段路要走，我们也许永远无法达到。

But it left me feeling every bit as confident that cryonics is a worthy pursuit and possibly a total game-changer. The fact that cryonic revival seems plausible, coupled with the fact that through most of history, the people of the time couldn’t have even imagined the magic that future technology would make real, makes me feel like the safer bet is on cryonics eventually working. If something important isn’t impossible, the future will probably figure out a way to make it happen, with enough time.
但是这更让我感觉人体冷冻法是值得追求的，它可能改变游戏规则。实际上冷冻复活看起来有点花哨，再联系到历史，人们无法想象出的未来科技也会成真，我就觉得人体冷冻法很可能成功。如果重要的事情是不可能发生的，只要时间足够未来会找到实现的方法的。

There’s also the “why the fuck not?” argument cryonicists make that’s very hard for skeptics to thwart.
冷冻专家总是反问“为什么就人体冷冻法不可以呢？”，这个问题让怀疑者无言以对。

命运号角 · 发表于 2016-5-30 20:58:51

magnitude
n. 大小；量级；[地震] 震级；重要；光度

命运号角 · 发表于 2016-5-30 20:59:13

coupled with
加上，外加；与…相结合

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