A Wave of Reason
Science is more than a body of knowledge
科学并不仅仅是知识本身
It's a way of thinking
科学是一种思考方式
A way of skeptically interrogating the universe
一种批判的质问宇宙的一种方式
If we are not able to ask skeptical questions
如果我们无法批判的提出问题
To be skeptical of those in authority
无法批判的面对权威
Then we're up for grabs
我们就只能任人宰割
In all of science we're looking for a balance
我们在整个科学体系中寻找一种平衡
between data and theory
数据和理论的平衡
You don't have to delude yourself
你不必用铁器时代的神话故事
With Iron Age fairy tales
来迷惑自己
The same spiritual fulfillment
人们从宗教中获得的
That people find in religion
精神上的满足
Can be found in science
在科学中一样能够找到
By coming to know, if you will, the mind of God
只要你愿意，去了解上帝的思维
The real world, as it actually is,
真实的世界
Is not evil, it's remarkable
并不邪恶，而是十分神奇
And the way to understand the physical world
而理解物质世界的方式
is to use science
正是通过科学
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia
席卷美国、英国、欧洲、澳洲
South America, the Middle East and Africa
南美、中东和非洲
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Where superstition had a firm hold
席卷所有那些迷信曾经占统治地位的地方
Teach a man to reason
教会一个人推理
And he'll think for a lifetime
他就会思考终身
Cosmology brings us face to face with the deepest mysteries
宇宙科学带领我们面对那些最深邃的神秘
With questions that were once treated only
思考那些我们曾经
in religion and myth
只能用宗教和神话解释的问题
The desire to be connected with the cosmos
我们与宇宙紧密相连的渴望
Reflects a profound reality
反映出一种深远的现实
But we are connected; not in the trivial ways
我们并不是通过那些无用的占星学理论理解宇宙
That Astrology promises, but in the deepest ways
而是通过科学这一最深邃的方式
I can't believe the special stories that have been made up
我难以相信这些故事是如何被编织起来
About our relationship to the universe at large
讲述我们同整个宇宙的关系
Look at what's out there; it isn't in proportion
看看在所有的一切，一切的不成比例
Science is more than a body of knowledge
科学并不仅仅是知识本身
It's a way of thinking
科学是一种思考方式
A way of skeptically interrogating the universe
一种批判的质问宇宙的一种方式
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia
席卷美国、英国、欧洲、澳洲
South America, the Middle East and Africa
南美、中东和非洲
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Where superstition had a firm hold
席卷所有那些迷信曾经占统治地位的地方
Teach a man to reason
教会一个人推理
And he'll think for a lifetime
他就会思考终身
Never let yourself be diverted
永远不要只相信
By what you wish to believe
那些你愿意相信的事情
But look only and surely
仅仅去审视
At what are the facts
什么才是真实
Enjoy the fantasy, the fun, the stories
享受幻想的乐趣，享受那些故事
But make sure that there's a clear sharp line
但是首先要为理性确立一条
Drawn on the floor
明确的界限
To do otherwise is to embrace madness
否则你将会投入疯狂的怀抱
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia
席卷美国、英国、欧洲、澳洲
South America, the Middle East and Africa
南美、中东和非洲
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Where superstition had a firm hold
席卷所有那些迷信曾经占统治地位的地方
Teach a man to reason
教会一个人推理
And he'll think for a lifetime
他就会思考终身