A Wave of Reason

Science is more than a body of knowledge
科學並不僅僅是知識本身
It's a way of thinking
科學是一種思考方式
A way of skeptically interrogating the universe
一種批判的質問宇宙的一種方式
If we are not able to ask skeptical questions
如果我們無法批判的提出問題
To be skeptical of those in authority
無法批判的面對權威
Then we're up for grabs
我們就只能任人宰割
In all of science we're looking for a balance
我們在整個科學體系中尋找一種平衡
between data and theory
數據和理論的平衡
You don't have to delude yourself
你不必用鐵器時代的神話故事
With Iron Age fairy tales
來迷惑自己
The same spiritual fulfillment
人們從宗教中獲得的
That people find in religion
精神上的滿足
Can be found in science
在科學中一樣能夠找到
By coming to know, if you will, the mind of God
只要你願意，去了解上帝的思維
The real world, as it actually is,
真實的世界
Is not evil, it's remarkable
並不邪惡，而是十分神奇
And the way to understand the physical world
而理解物質世界的方式
is to use science
正是通過科學
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia
席捲美國、英國、歐洲、澳洲
South America, the Middle East and Africa
南美、中東和非洲
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Where superstition had a firm hold
席捲所有那些迷信曾經佔統治地位的地方
Teach a man to reason
教會一個人推理
And he'll think for a lifetime
他就會思考終身
Cosmology brings us face to face with the deepest mysteries
宇宙科學帶領我們面對那些最深邃的神秘
With questions that were once treated only
思考那些我們曾經
in religion and myth
只能用宗教和神話解釋的問題
The desire to be connected with the cosmos
我們與宇宙緊密相連的渴望
Reflects a profound reality
反映出一種深遠的現實
But we are connected; not in the trivial ways
我們並不是通過那些無用的占星學理論理解宇宙
That Astrology promises, but in the deepest ways
而是通過科學這一最深邃的方式
I can't believe the special stories that have been made up
我難以相信這些故事是如何被編織起來
About our relationship to the universe at large
講述我們同整個宇宙的關係
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
科學並不僅僅是知識本身
It's a way of thinking
科學是一種思考方式
A way of skeptically interrogating the universe
一種批判的質問宇宙的一種方式
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia
席捲美國、英國、歐洲、澳洲
South America, the Middle East and Africa
南美、中東和非洲
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Where superstition had a firm hold
席捲所有那些迷信曾經佔統治地位的地方
Teach a man to reason
教會一個人推理
And he'll think for a lifetime
他就會思考終身
Never let yourself be diverted
永遠不要只相信
By what you wish to believe
那些你願意相信的事情
But look only and surely
僅僅去審視
At what are the facts
什麼才是真實
Enjoy the fantasy, the fun, the stories
享受幻想的樂趣，享受那些故事
But make sure that there's a clear sharp line
但是首先要為理性確立一條
Drawn on the floor
明確的界限
To do otherwise is to embrace madness
否則你將會投入瘋狂的懷抱
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia
席捲美國、英國、歐洲、澳洲
South America, the Middle East and Africa
南美、中東和非洲
There is a new wave of reason
一股全新的理性浪潮
Where superstition had a firm hold
席捲所有那些迷信曾經佔統治地位的地方
Teach a man to reason
教會一個人推理
And he'll think for a lifetime
他就會思考終身