公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第18期:邁克爾·彭博哈佛大學(xué)2014畢業(yè)典禮演講(10)

Let's get serious

讓我們嚴(yán)肅一些

When 86 Americans are killed with guns every singleday

每天都有86位美國(guó)人死于槍殺

and shootings regularly occur at our schools anduniversities

槍擊事件也經(jīng)常發(fā)生在校園中

including last week's tragedy at Santa Barbara

包括上周發(fā)生在圣巴巴拉的悲劇

it would be almost medical malpractice to say anything else

但除此之外 再說(shuō)什么估計(jì)都會(huì)被認(rèn)為是醫(yī)療失當(dāng)

But in politics as it is on far too many college campuses

在政治上 也同很多大學(xué)校園中發(fā)生的一樣

people don't listen to facts that run counter to their ideology

人們不愿意聽(tīng)到同自己意識(shí)形態(tài)想抵觸的事實(shí)

They fear them

他們害怕它們

And nothing is more frightening to them than scientific evidence

而且沒(méi)有什么比科學(xué)證據(jù)更讓他們害怕的了

Earlier this year

今年早些時(shí)候

the State of South Carolina adopted new science standards for its public schools

南卡羅來(lái)納州對(duì)公立學(xué)校采用了新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

but the state legislature blocked any mention of natural selection

州議會(huì)竟然禁止人們提到自然選擇

That's like teaching economics without mentioning supply and demand

這就像是教經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué) 卻不講供需

Once again, you have to ask: What are they afraid of?

還是需要問(wèn)那個(gè)問(wèn)題 他們害怕什么

The answer, of course, is obvious

答案很顯然

Just as members of Congress fear data that undermines their ideological beliefs

同國(guó)會(huì)議員害怕數(shù)據(jù)破壞他們的意識(shí)形態(tài)一樣

these state legislators fear scientific evidence

這些州議會(huì)議員害怕科學(xué)證據(jù)

that undermines their religious beliefs

破壞他們的宗教信念

And if you want proof of that, consider this

想要證據(jù)的人可以考慮這個(gè)

An 8-year-old girl in South Carolina

南卡羅來(lái)納的一位八歲女孩

wrote to members of the state legislature

給州議會(huì)議員們寫(xiě)了一封信

urging them to make the woolly mammoth the official state fossil

請(qǐng)他們將猛犸象定為官方州化石

The legislators thought it was a great idea

州議員們認(rèn)為這個(gè)主意很好

because a woolly mammoth fossil was found in the state way back in 1725

因?yàn)槊歪锵蠡缭?725年就發(fā)現(xiàn)于州里

But the state senate passed a bill defining the woolly mammoth as having been

然后州參議院通過(guò)的法案中卻將猛犸象定義為

"created on the 6th day with the beasts of the field"

"創(chuàng)造于陸生動(dòng)物創(chuàng)生的第六天"

You can't make this stuff up

這些東西不能胡編亂造

Here in 21st century America

在二十一世紀(jì)的美國(guó)

the wall between church and state remains under attack

教會(huì)和國(guó)家之間的壁壘仍在受到攻擊

and it's up to all of us to man the barricades

這就需要我們來(lái)維持兩者的分離

Unfortunately

很不幸的是

Unfortunately

很不幸的是

the same elected officials who put ideology and religion over data and science

將意識(shí)形態(tài)和宗教觀念強(qiáng)加到槍支和進(jìn)化論的

when it comes to guns and evolution are

這些民選官員大多也正是

often the most unwilling to accept the scientific data on climate change

不愿承認(rèn)氣候變化科學(xué)證據(jù)的那些人