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Eric Haseltine - Author, futurist, innovator
Eric Haseltine applies discoveries about the brain to innovation and forecasting game-changing advances in science and technology.

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Dr. Eric Haseltine is a neuroscientist and futurist who has applied a brain-centered approach to help organizations in aerospace, entertainment, healthcare, consumer products and national security transform and innovate. He is the author of Long Fuse, Big Bang: Achieving Long-Term Success Through Daily Victories. For five years, he wrote a monthly column on the brain for Discover magazine and is a frequent contributor to Psychology Today's web site, where his popular blog on the brain has garnered over 800,000 views. Haseltine received the Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award from the Society of Psychologists in Management and has published 41 patents and patent applications in optics, media and entertainment technology.

In 1992 he joined Walt Disney Imagineering to help found the Virtual Reality Studio, which he ultimately ran until his departure from Disney in 2002. When he left Disney, Haseltine was executive vice president of Imagineering and head of R&D for the entire Disney Corporation, including film, television, theme parks, Internet and consumer products.

In the aftermath of 9/11, Eric joined the National Security Agency to run its Research Directorate. Three years later, he was promoted to associate of director of National Intelligence, where he oversaw all science and technology efforts within the United States Intelligence Community as well as fostering development innovative new technologies for countering cyber threats and terrorism. For his work on counter-terrorism technologies, he received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal in 2007.

Haseltine serves on numerous boards, and is an active consultant, speaker and writer. Over the past three years, he has focused heavily on developing innovation strategies and consumer applications for the Internet of Things, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Haseltine continues to do basic research in neuroscience, with his most recent publications focusing on the mind-body health connection and exploitation of big-data to uncover subtle, but important trends in mental and physical health.

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Eric Haseltine: What will be the next big scientific breakthrough?

Eric Haseltine: 下一個重大嘅科學突破會係乜?

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縱觀歷史,假說換嚟美妙而革命性嘅科學,令我哋見得到全新嘅世界。Eric Haseltine 話︰「我唔係講緊慢慢演變嘅科學 ,我係講緊急速發展嘅科學。」喺呢場演講,Eric Haseltine 講咗兩樣嘢,其中一個經已成為咗歷史,另一個深入探討人類最關切嘅問題(當然仲有嚟自好多人嘅懷疑態度)。
- Author, futurist, innovator
Eric Haseltine applies discoveries about the brain to innovation and forecasting game-changing advances in science and technology. Full bio

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Tonight今晚, I'm going to share共享 with you
my passion激情 for science科學.
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今晚,我想同大家分享我對科學嘅熱愛
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I'm not talking講嘢 about science科學
that takes baby寶貝 steps步驟.
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不過唔係講細步細步發展嘅科學
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I'm talking講嘢 about science科學
that takes enormous巨大 leaps飛躍.
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而係快速發展嘅科學
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I'm talking講嘢 Darwin達爾文, I'm talking講嘢 Einstein愛因斯坦,
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我講緊嘅係達爾文、愛因斯坦
能夠顛覆世界嘅革命性嘅科學
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I'm talking講嘢 revolutionary革命 science科學
that turns輪流 the world世界 on its head.
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In a moment時刻, I'm going to talk
about two ideas想法 that might可能 do this.
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等陣,我會列舉兩個
可能做到顛覆世界嘅嘢
我只係話「可能」
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I say "might可能"
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因為,異想天開嘅諗法
好多時都係完全錯嘅
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because, with revolutionary革命 ideas想法,
most are flat wrong,
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就算係啱嘅
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and even those that are right
seldom好少 have the impact影響
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好少有我哋期望中嘅影響力
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that we want them to have.
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為咗解釋點解我特登揀呢兩樣嘢
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To explain解釋 why I picked
two ideas想法 in particular特定,
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我首先同大家講一件奇聞異事
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I'm going to start初時 with a mystery神秘.
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1847 年,喺奥地利維也納
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1847, Vienna維也納, Austria奧地利.
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Ignaz Semmelweis 係一個嚴肅
工作認真嘅醫生
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IgnazIgnaz SemmelweisSemmelweis was a somber憂鬱,
compulsively強制 thorough徹底 doctor醫生
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who ran two maternity孕婦 clinics診所.
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佢開咗兩間婦產科診所
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They were identical相同 except除咗 for one thing.
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兩間診所基本上係一样嘅,除咗一樣
喺其中一間診所
產婦產後死於高燒嘅概率
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Women婦女 were dying of high fevers發燒
soon好快 after giving birth出生
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three times more often經常
at one of the clinics診所 than at the other.
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比另一間高出三倍
為咗搞清楚係乜嘢造成呢個分別
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Trying試圖 to figure out
what the difference差異 was that caused造成 this,
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Ignaz Semmelweis 研究咗
所有手頭上嘅嘢
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SemmelweisSemmelweis looked at everything he could.
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Sanitation衛生? No.
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衛生?唔係
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Medical醫療 procedures程序? No.
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醫療過程?唔係
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Air空氣 flow? No.
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診所空氣流通?唔係
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The puzzle難題 went unsolved解決
until直到 he happened發生 to autopsy屍檢 a doctor醫生
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謎題一直都冇解開,直到有一次
佢對一個被手術刀割傷
而感染致死嘅醫生解剖
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who died of an infected感染 scalpel cutcut.
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The doctor's醫生的 symptoms症狀 were identical相同
to those of the mothers母親 who were dying.
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呢個醫生嘅症狀
同喺診所死嘅產婦一模一樣
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How was that possible可能?
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點可能?
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How could a male男性 doctor醫生
get the same相同 thing as new新增功能 mothers母親?
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一個男醫生點會得到同產婦一樣嘅病?
Ignaz Semmelweis
將呢個醫生有病之前做過嘅嘢
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SemmelweisSemmelweis reconstructed重建
everything the doctor醫生 had done
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全部再做一次
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right before he got sick生病,
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然後,佢發現呢個醫生曾經驗過屍
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and he discovered發現
that he'd佢會 been autopsyingautopsying a corpse屍體.
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Had something gotten得到
in his wound傷口 that killed him?
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所以會唔會係有嘢入咗佢個傷口
令佢感染至死?
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With growing增長 excitement興奮,
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Ignaz Semmelweis 越諗越興奮
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SemmelweisSemmelweis looked
for any connection連接 he could
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佢睇下
停屍間嘅屍
同喺產房死嘅產婦之間有冇連繫
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between之間 dead bodies機構 in the morgue停尸房
and dead mothers母親 in his delivery交貨 room間房,
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and he found發現 it.
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跟住,佢發現咗原因
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It turned打開 out that at the hospital醫院
with the high death死亡 rate,
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佢發現喺嗰間死亡率高啲嘅診所
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but not the others,
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doctors醫生 delivered交付 babies寶寶 immediately即刻
after autopsyingautopsying corpses屍體 in the morgue停尸房.
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醫生喺停屍間做完驗屍之後
即刻就幫產婦接生
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Aha哈哈! Corpses屍體 were contaminating污染
the doctors'醫生 ' hands
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屍體污染咗醫生隻手
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and killing his mothers母親.
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接而攞走咗產婦嘅性命
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So he ordered命令 the doctors醫生
to sterilize消毒 their佢哋 hands,
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所以佢要求醫生消毒佢哋嘅雙手
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and the deaths死亡 stopped停止.
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產婦冇再因為同樣嘅原因死亡
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Dr博士. IgnazIgnaz SemmelweisSemmelweis
had discovered發現 infectious傳染性 disease疾病.
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Ignaz Semmelweis 醫生
發現咗傳染性疾病
但係當時嘅醫生都覺得佢係傻嘅
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But the doctors醫生 of the day
thought he was crazy,
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因為幾百年來,醫學界都認為
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because they knew,
and had for hundreds數以百計 of years,
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係一種叫瘴氣嘅
有氣味嘅水汽引起疾病嘅
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that odorous有味 vapors蒸氣
called miasmas禁慾 caused造成 disease疾病,
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not these hypothetical假設 particles粒子
that you couldn't唔可以 see.
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而唔係呢啲假設嘅肉眼睇唔見嘅顆粒
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It took 20 years
for Frenchman法國人 Louis路易 Pasteur巴斯德
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法國人 Louis Pasteur 花咗 20 年時間
去證明 Ignaz Semmelweis 係啱嘅
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to prove證明 that SemmelweisSemmelweis was right.
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Louis Pasteur 係一位農業化學家
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Pasteur巴斯德 was an agricultural農業 chemist化學家
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who tried試過 to figure out
why milk牛奶 and beer啤酒 spoiled被寵壞 so often經常.
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佢曾經試過研究
點解牛奶同啤酒容易變質
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He found發現 that bacteria細菌 were the culprits罪魁禍首.
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佢發現細菌係罪魁禍首
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He also found發現 that bacteria細菌
could kill people in exactly完全 the same相同 way
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佢仲發現細菌可以令人
以 Ignaz Semmelweis 患者
死亡嘅方式死亡
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that Semmelweis'sSemmelweis 嘅 patients患者 were dying.
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03:09
We now look at what I want
to talk about tonight今晚, in two ideas想法.
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宜家,我哋嚟睇下今晚我想講嘅兩樣嘢
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We saw it with SemmelweisSemmelweis,
that he was a revolutionary革命.
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我哋認為 Ignaz Semmelweis
係一個革命者
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He did it for two reasons原因.
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原因有兩個
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One, he opened打開 our eyes眼睛
to a completely完全 new新增功能 world世界.
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一,佢帶領我哋到一個全新嘅世界
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We'd我哋會 known since因為 the 1680s about bacteria細菌.
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1680 年以來,人類就已經知道細菌
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We just didn't know
that bacteria細菌 killed people.
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淨係唔知細菌可以致命
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And he also demolished拆除 fond中意 ideas想法
that people kept保持 close關閉 to their佢哋 heart.
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佢仲推翻
大家心中根深蒂固嘅愚念
03:34
Miasmas禁慾 didn't kill people.
Bacteria細菌 killed people.
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唔係瘴氣,而係細菌令人死亡
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So this brings帶嚟 me to the two ideas想法
I want to talk about tonight今晚.
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呢個就帶出咗我今晚想講嘅兩樣嘢
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One has opened打開 our eyes眼睛
to a completely完全 new新增功能 universe宇宙,
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一就係世人已經見到全新嘅世界
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and the other attacks攻擊 long-held長期持有 beliefs信仰.
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另一個就係衝擊舊觀念
我哋首先講下 Eric Betzig 博士
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Let's get started初時 with Dr博士. Eric埃里克 BetzigBetzig.
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He's a physicist物理學家 who has opened打開 our eyes眼睛
to an entirely完全 new新增功能 world世界
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佢係一個能夠
打開全新世界嘅物理學家
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by violating違反 the laws法律 of physics物理.
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佢打破咗物理定律
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BetzigBetzig is a true真係 rebel叛軍.
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Eric Betzig 係一個真正嘅革命者
佢辭去咗喺著名貝爾實驗室嘅工作
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He quit退出 a job工作 at prestigious著名
Bell Laboratory實驗室
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佢唔再發明新嘅生物學用嘅顯微鏡
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inventing發明 new新增功能 microscopes顯微鏡 for biology生物學
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because he thought scientists科學家
were taking採取 his brilliant輝煌 inventions發明
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因為佢覺得科學家
喺度用佢嘅發明做二流嘅工作
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and doing lousy糟糕 work with them.
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04:10
So he became成為 a househusband家庭主夫,
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所以,佢變成一個全職家庭主夫
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but he never lost失去 his passion激情
for figuring盤算 out
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但係,佢嘅熱情不減
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how to get microscopes顯微鏡
to see finer仲好 and finer仲好 details細節
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佢熱衷於研究點樣可以令顯微鏡
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than had ever been seen看到 before
or ever could be seen看到.
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睇到比以前更加清晰嘅細節
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This is crucial關鍵 if we're ever
going to understand理解 how cells細胞 work,
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呢個非常重要,尤其當我哋要研究
細胞、癌細胞係點樣運作
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and how cancer癌症 works工程,
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and how something
150th the size大小 of a head of a pin
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研究比大頭針直俓
仲要細 150 倍嘅細胞
點樣做到不可思議嘅事
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can do all these amazing驚人 things,
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like make proteins蛋白質
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例如,製造蛋白質
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and move移動 charges收費 around
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傳遞電荷
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and all of those things.
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以及其他一切嘅事
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There's just one problem個問題.
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不過,有一個問題
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There's this thing
called the law法律 of physics物理,
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有一樣嘢叫物理定律
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and part部分 of the law法律 of physics物理
is the thing called the diffraction衍射 limit限制.
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物理定律當中有一條定律叫繞射極限
繞射極限就係,當你行入醫生嘅辦公室
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The diffraction衍射 limit限制 is kind一種 of like
when you go to a doctor's醫生的 office辦公室,
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戴住再好嘅眼鏡
你最多可以睇到最下邊呢行
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you can only see so far down,
no matter個問題 how good glasses眼鏡 you have.
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呢個就係所謂嘅極限
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This was a so-called所謂 impossible冇可能 problem個問題.
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但係 Eric Betzig 嘅一個朋友搵到
05:02
But one of Betzig'sBetzig 嘅 friends朋友
figured out how to take a tiny molecule分子
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點樣令一種
用最先進嘅顯微鏡都睇唔見嘅
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that was smaller than
the best最好 microscope顯微鏡 could see
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and get it to light up and fluoresce熒光.
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微小分子發出熒光
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"Aha哈哈!" BetzigBetzig said.
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Eric Betzig 話︰
「啊哈!我覺得物理定律
都唔係咁無懈可擊啫。」
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"I think maybe the laws法律 of physics物理
are not so unbreakable牢不可破 after all."
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So he lashed抨擊 together一起 a microscope顯微鏡
in his friend's朋友 living生活 room間房.
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佢喺朋友嘅客廳度安裝咗一台顯微鏡
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He had no laboratory實驗室.
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佢冇實驗室
05:24
This revolutionary革命 instrument儀器
got different不同 protein蛋白 molecules分子
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呢個突破性嘅儀器令唔同嘅蛋白質分子
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to light up in different不同 colors顏色,
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發出唔同顏色嘅光
佢能夠利用電腦將極其模糊嘅嘢
變成一啲清晰嘅點
05:30
and with a computer計數機, he was able
to turn very, very fuzzy模糊 blurs模糊
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into very sharp尖銳 dotsD and produce生產 images圖像
of unprecedented前所未有 and startling驚人 clarity清晰.
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史無前例做出驚人清晰度嘅影像
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For this work, last year,
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因為呢次嘅努力
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Eric埃里克 BetzigBetzig won贏得 the Nobel諾貝爾 Prize.
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Eric Betzig 舊年獲得咗諾貝爾獎
05:47
Why?
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點解?
因為宜家,我哋可以睇到
以前睇唔到嘅高清細節
05:48
Because now we can see
with unprecedented前所未有 detail詳細
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05:52
things that we never had seen看到 before,
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05:54
and now doctors醫生 can get
a better handle處理 on things like cancer癌症.
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宜家,醫生可以更好咁
醫治癌細胞之類嘅嘢
05:59
But do you think
BetzigBetzig was satisfied滿意 there?
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但係,你以為 Eric Betzig 就咁就滿足?
06:01
No.
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絕對唔係
佢想喺顯微鏡裏面睇到會郁嘅影像
06:02
He wanted movies電影.
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06:04
The problem個問題 was
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問題係
06:06
that even the genius天才 microscopes顯微鏡
that he invented發明 were just too slow.
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就算係佢發明嘅先進顯微鏡都太慢
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So what did he do?
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咁佢做咗點咩?
06:11
He came up with a 200-year-old idea想法
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佢諗到一個有二百年歷史嘅方法
06:14
called moir莫伊尔é patterns模式.
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叫做莫列波紋
06:16
So the way that works工程 is
if you take two very, very fine patterns模式
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原理就係如果你有兩個非常精細嘅圖案
06:20
and you move移動 them across each每個 other,
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將佢哋重疊喺埋一齊
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you will see a gross pattern模式
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你就會睇到一個
只能夠喺顯微鏡下先睇到嘅
重疊之後嘅圖案
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that a microscope顯微鏡 can see
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that otherwise否則 you would not
be able to see.
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06:29
So he applied應用 this technique技術
to taking採取 a really blurry模糊 image圖像 of a cell細胞
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佢用咁樣嘅方法
從唔同角度用燈光
照射一個模糊嘅細胞影像
06:32
and moving移動 lots of structured結構
light patterns模式 across it
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再調較燈光角度,直到細胞清晰為止
06:35
until直到 this cell細胞 became成為 crystal晶體 clear清楚.
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And here is the result結果:
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最終結果就係噉樣︰
一個神秘嘅新世界
06:40
a mysterious神秘 new新增功能 world世界,
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充滿住快速游動嘅陌生生物
06:43
full of strange奇怪 things zipping壓縮 around
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06:45
doing things that
we don't know what they're doing.
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做緊一啲我哋唔知嘅神秘嘅嘢
但係當我哋明白嘅時候
我哋對生命就有更加深刻嘅瞭解
06:49
But when we figure it out,
we'll我哋就 have a better handle處理 on life itself本身.
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06:53
For example例子, those
green綠色 globsglobs that you see?
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例如,你睇到嘅一小團綠色物質
06:55
Those things are called clathrinsclathrins.
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叫做網格蛋白
06:57
They're molecules分子
that protect保護 other molecules分子
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佢哋喺穿過細胞嘅時候
為其他分子提供保護
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as they move移動 through透過 a cell細胞.
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07:01
Unfortunately不幸, viruses病毒 sometimes有時
hijack劫持 those to infect感染 cells細胞.
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但係病毒有時候會
控制佢哋從而攻擊細胞
07:06
Also, you see those little squiggly波浪
wormlike蠕蟲 things moving移動 around?
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你睇到嗰啲四圍游動
彎彎曲曲好似蠕蟲噉嘅嘢
07:09
Those are actin肌動蛋白 molecules分子.
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係肌動蛋白分子
07:11
Unfortunately不幸, viruses病毒
also climb down those things
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但係好唔好彩
病毒都可以順住佢哋爬落去
07:14
to get into the cell細胞 nucleus
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進入細胞核
07:15
to replicate複製 themselves自己 and make you sick生病.
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然後自我複製,令你病
07:18
Now that we can look at movies電影
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宜家我哋能夠睇到
07:20
of what's actually講真 going on
deep inside a cell細胞,
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細胞深處活動嘅動態畫面
07:23
we have a much better chance機會
of curing固化 viral病毒 diseases疾病 like AIDS爱滋病.
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令我哋有更大機會
醫好愛滋病等嘅病毒型疾病
07:27
So when you look at a movie電影 like this,
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所以當你睇到噉樣嘅動畫
07:29
it's very clear清楚 that BetzigBetzig has opened打開
our eyes眼睛 to a completely完全 new新增功能 world世界.
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Eric Betzig 已經
將我哋帶到一個全新嘅世界
07:34
But he hasn't shattered粉碎
any cherished珍惜 beliefs信仰.
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但係佢未改變大家深信不疑嘅觀點
07:39
That leads導致 us to Dr博士. Aubrey奥布里 de Grey灰色
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所以我哋嚟講下 Aubrey de Grey 博士
07:42
at Cambridge劍橋.
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佢嚟自劍橋
07:44
De Grey灰色 definitely絕對 has scientists科學家
squirming with an interesting有趣 idea想法:
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佢絕對有令科學家坐立不安嘅奇思妙想
07:48
we can be immortal不朽.
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我哋可以長生
07:50
We can beat aging老化.
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我哋可以戰勝衰老
07:51
Now, most scientists科學家
think he's a crackpot癫佬.
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多數科學家覺得佢係一個怪胎
07:55
Any Biology生物學 101 student學生 knows
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讀生物嘅學生都知道
07:58
that aging老化 is an inevitable必然
consequence後果 of living生活.
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衰老係無可避免嘅,係生命嘅必然結果
08:02
For example例子, when we eat,
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例如,我哋食嘢嘅時候
08:04
we take in food食品 and we metabolize代謝 it,
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我哋攝取食物跟住用咗佢
08:06
and that throws拋出 off
what we call free自由 radicals.
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呢個過程會產生所謂嘅自由基
08:09
You might可能 have heard聽到 of those.
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你可能聽講過
08:10
Also known as oxygen ions離子,
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佢哋又叫做氧離子
08:12
those bind绑定 to our DNADna, cause原因 it to mutate變異,
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佢哋黐住我哋嘅 DNA
令 DNA 突變
08:14
and cause原因 us to get old and lose失去 our hair頭髮.
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使到我哋變老同甩哂頭髮
08:17
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
08:18
It's just like, no, it's exactly完全 like
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直情等同
氧氣分子黐住鐵令鐵生銹
08:21
oxygen binding绑定 to iron and making決策 it rust.
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08:23
So you age年齡 because you rust out.
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你之所以變老係因為你生銹
08:26
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
08:28
Oh, and scientists科學家 also know
there is something called immortality不朽:
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科學家知道長生不老
08:33
in cancer癌症 cells細胞.
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可以喺癌細胞度搵到
08:35
So if you stop aging老化,
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如果你唔衰老
08:37
all of you are going to turn
into giant巨大 walking malignant惡性 tumors腫瘤.
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你哋就變成活生生、超大嘅惡性腫瘤
呢啲係普遍認同嘅觀點
08:42
These are cherished珍惜 beliefs信仰,
but could de Grey灰色 be on to something?
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但 Aubrey de Grey
會唔會有咩突破性嘅發現?
我覺得佢值得我哋進一步了解
08:47
I think he deserves值得 a closer look.
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08:48
First of all, I have a really hard努力 time
seeing看到 him as a crackpot癫佬.
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首先,我好難將佢當成一個怪胎
確實,佢係計算機科學出身嘅
08:52
Yeah, he started初時 off life
as a computer計數機 scientist科學家,
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08:54
not a biologist生物學家,
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而唔係生物學
08:55
but he earned贏得 a PhD博士
in biology生物學 from Cambridge劍橋,
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不過佢有一個劍橋大學嘅
生物學博士學位
佢仲出版咗一啲關於線粒體 DNA
08:59
and he has published發表
some very significant重要 work
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09:02
on mitochondrial綫粒躰 DNADna
and a bunch of other stuff啲嘢.
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同其他領域嘅重要著作
09:04
Secondly其次, he started初時
an antiaging衰老 foundation基礎
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第二,佢成立咗一個抗衰老基金會
呢個基金會明確提出咗
七種導致衰老嘅原因
09:07
that has identified確定
seven different不同 causes原因 of aging老化,
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09:10
to me, that seem好似 very plausible合理,
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我覺得呢啲原因都好啱
09:12
and he is hot in pursuit追求
of fixes修復 for every single one of them.
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佢仲熱衷於糾正每一個原因
09:16
For example例子, one of the reasons原因 we age年齡
is that our mitochondrial綫粒躰 DNADna mutates變異,
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例如,人衰老嘅其中一個原因
係我哋嘅線粒體 DNA 突變
09:21
and we get kind一種 of old
and our cells細胞 lose失去 energy能源.
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跟住我哋變老,我哋嘅細胞流失能量
佢相信而且佢有有力嘅證據證明
09:25
He believes相信, and he's made作出
a convincing說服 case情況下,
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我哋可以利用病毒進行基因治療
09:27
that using使用 viruses病毒 we can do gene基因 therapy治療,
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09:30
fix修復 that DNADna
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修復突變基因
09:31
and rejuvenate振興 our cells細胞.
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令細胞恢復活力
09:35
One more thing.
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而且
09:36
We have an existent存在 proof證明
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我哋有現成嘅證據證明
09:38
that extreme極端 longevity長壽 is possible可能.
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長生係有可能嘅
09:42
Bristlecone狐尾松 pine trees live 5,000 years,
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狐尾松樹壽命有五千年
09:47
and some lobsters龍蝦 don't age年齡 at all.
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有啲龍蝦根本唔會哀老
09:52
Now, this doesn't mean that de Grey灰色
is going to revolutionize革命 our lifespans壽命.
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唔係話 Aubrey de Grey
會為我哋嘅壽命帶嚟革命性嘅變化
畢竟,我哋都唔係樹
而且大多數人都唔係龍蝦
09:57
I mean, after all, we're not trees,
and most of us are not lobsters龍蝦.
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10:00
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
10:02
But I've got to believe that there are
DarwinsDarwins and Einsteins愛因斯坦 out there,
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但係我相信仲有
達爾文同愛因斯坦噉嘅人喺度
10:07
and I'll tell you why.
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我話你知點解
10:09
Consider諗緊 this:
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睇下幅圖︰
10:11
there are seven times more people
alive活著 today今日 than during Darwin's達爾文嘅 time.
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宜家嘅人口數目係達爾文當時嘅七倍
10:16
There are four times as many好多 people
alive活著 today今日 as Einstein愛因斯坦.
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係愛因斯坦當時嘅四倍
10:19
When you consider諗緊
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你諗下
10:21
that the proportion比例 of scientists科學家
in the population人口 has skyrocketed飆升,
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人口中嘅科學家比例暴漲
10:24
there are now seven million scientists科學家.
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宜家有七百萬個科學家
10:26
I've got to believe, and I do believe,
that there's one of them out there
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我深信佢哋其中肯定有一個人
10:31
who is working工作 right now in obscurity默默無聞
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喺度默默無聞咁努力
10:34
to rock岩石 our lives生活,
and I don't know about you,
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去顛覆我哋嘅生活,我唔知你哋點諗
10:36
but I can't wait to be rocked震撼.
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不過我等唔切被顛覆
10:38
Thank you.
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多謝
10:39
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by yuqing leung
Reviewed by Chak Lam Wan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Haseltine - Author, futurist, innovator
Eric Haseltine applies discoveries about the brain to innovation and forecasting game-changing advances in science and technology.

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Dr. Eric Haseltine is a neuroscientist and futurist who has applied a brain-centered approach to help organizations in aerospace, entertainment, healthcare, consumer products and national security transform and innovate. He is the author of Long Fuse, Big Bang: Achieving Long-Term Success Through Daily Victories. For five years, he wrote a monthly column on the brain for Discover magazine and is a frequent contributor to Psychology Today's web site, where his popular blog on the brain has garnered over 800,000 views. Haseltine received the Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award from the Society of Psychologists in Management and has published 41 patents and patent applications in optics, media and entertainment technology.

In 1992 he joined Walt Disney Imagineering to help found the Virtual Reality Studio, which he ultimately ran until his departure from Disney in 2002. When he left Disney, Haseltine was executive vice president of Imagineering and head of R&D for the entire Disney Corporation, including film, television, theme parks, Internet and consumer products.

In the aftermath of 9/11, Eric joined the National Security Agency to run its Research Directorate. Three years later, he was promoted to associate of director of National Intelligence, where he oversaw all science and technology efforts within the United States Intelligence Community as well as fostering development innovative new technologies for countering cyber threats and terrorism. For his work on counter-terrorism technologies, he received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal in 2007.

Haseltine serves on numerous boards, and is an active consultant, speaker and writer. Over the past three years, he has focused heavily on developing innovation strategies and consumer applications for the Internet of Things, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Haseltine continues to do basic research in neuroscience, with his most recent publications focusing on the mind-body health connection and exploitation of big-data to uncover subtle, but important trends in mental and physical health.

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