Questions No One Knows the Answers to

没有答案的问题

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翻译人员: Lai Chen 校对人员: Wei Dai

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On a typical day at school,

我在学校里的任何一天，

endless hours are spent

无数的小时被花在

learning the answers to questions.

学习对（那些）问题的答案，

But right now, we'll do the opposite.

但是现在，我们将反过来做。

We're going to focus on questions where you can't learn the answers,

我们将集中在你无法学到答案的问题上(花时间)，

because they're unknown.

因为它们是不可知的。

I used to puzzle about a lot of things as a boy.

当我还是一个小男孩时，经常迷惑于很多事情。

For example, what would it feel like

比方说，如果(我）变成一只狗

to be a dog?

的感觉是怎么样的？

Do fish feel pain? How about insects?

鱼会觉得痛吗？虫子呢？

Was the Big Bang just an accident?

宇宙大爆炸是不是只是一个意外？

And is there a God?

还有，上帝真的存在吗？

And if so, how are we so sure that it's a He and not a She?

如果是的，我们怎么确定上帝到底是男是女？

Why do so may innocent people and animals suffer terrible things?

为什么有这么多无辜的人类和动物遭受苦难？

Is there really a plan for my life?

我的人生是不是已经计划好了？

Is the future yet to be written,

未来还有待确定？

or is it already written

或者未来已经被决定了

and we just can't see it? But then, do I have free will?

只是我们看不到(理解不到)而已？但是这样，我还有自由意志吗？

Who am I, anyway? Am I just a biological machine?

我究竟是谁？我是否仅是一个生物机器？

But then, why am I conscious?

那么，为何我还有意识？

What is consciousness? Will robots become conscious one day?

什么是意识？机器人有一天也会变得有意识吗？

I mean, I kind of assumed

我的意思是，我基本上假设

that some day I would be told the answers to all these questions.

有一天我会被告知对所有这些问题的答案。

I mean, someone must know, right?

我是说，总有什么人知道的，对吧？

Huh. Guess what? No one knows.

呃，结果呢？没人知道。

Most of those questions puzzle me more now than ever.

大多数这些问题一直都困扰着我。

But diving into them is exciting

但是沉浸它们中间是件很兴奋的事情

because it takes you to the edge of knowledge,

因为它们把你带到知识的边界，

and you never know what you'll find there.

而且你不会知道你会在那找到怎样的答案。

So, two questions to kick off this series,

所以，（让我们）以两个问题来开始这个系列，

questions that no one on Earth knows the answer to ...

两个地球上无人知晓答案的问题…

Text: How many universes are there?

文字：究竟有多少个宇宙？

Why can't we see evidence of alien life?

我们为何见不到外星人？