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

Let's get serious

讓我們嚴肅一些

When 86 Americans are killed with guns every singleday

每天都有86位美國人死于槍殺

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 再說什么估計都會被認為是醫(yī)療失當

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

在政治上 也同很多大學校園中發(fā)生的一樣

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

人們不愿意聽到同自己意識形態(tài)想抵觸的事實

They fear them

他們害怕它們

And nothing is more frightening to them than scientific evidence

而且沒有什么比科學證據(jù)更讓他們害怕的了

Earlier this year

今年早些時候

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

南卡羅來納州對公立學校采用了新標準

but the state legislature blocked any mention of natural selection

州議會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)濟學 卻不講供需

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

還是需要問那個問題 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

同國會議員害怕數(shù)據(jù)破壞他們的意識形態(tài)一樣

these state legislators fear scientific evidence

這些州議會議員害怕科學證據(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

An 8-year-old girl in South Carolina

南卡羅來納的一位八歲女孩

wrote to members of the state legislature

給州議會議員們寫了一封信

urging them to make the woolly mammoth the official state fossil

請他們將猛犸象定為官方州化石

The legislators thought it was a great idea

州議員們認為這個主意很好

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

因為猛犸象化石早在1725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

在二十一世紀的美國

the wall between church and state remains under attack

教會和國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

將意識形態(tài)和宗教觀念強加到槍支和進化論的

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

不愿承認氣候變化科學證據(jù)的那些人