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Eric Haseltine: What will be the next big scientific breakthrough?
艾瑞克·黑柔廷: 下個科學大突破將會是甚麼？
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縱觀歷史，推論曾觸發了絢麗、革命性的科學：開了我們的眼，使我們看到嶄新的宇宙。 艾瑞克·黑柔廷（Eric Haseltine）說：「我要談的不是緩步漸進的科學，而是大步躍進的科學。」在講座中，黑柔廷用兩個想法，熱情地帶領我們進入追求智慧的渴望：一個已經創造了歷史，另一個則正在挖掘人類可敬的大野心：長壽、不朽。
Eric Haseltine - Author, futurist, innovator
Eric Haseltine applies discoveries about the brain to innovation and forecasting game-changing advances in science and technology. Full bio
Eric Haseltine applies discoveries about the brain to innovation and forecasting game-changing advances in science and technology. Full bio
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00:12
Tonight, I'm going to share with you
my passion for science.
my passion for science.
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今晚，我將與你們分享
我對科學的熱愛。
我對科學的熱愛。
00:16
I'm not talking about science
that takes baby steps.
that takes baby steps.
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我要談的不是緩步漸進的科學，
00:19
I'm talking about science
that takes enormous leaps.
that takes enormous leaps.
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而是大步躍進的科學。
00:23
I'm talking Darwin, I'm talking Einstein,
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我說的是達爾文、愛因斯坦，
00:27
I'm talking revolutionary science
that turns the world on its head.
that turns the world on its head.
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我說的是可以顛覆世界的
革命性科學。
革命性科學。
00:31
In a moment, I'm going to talk
about two ideas that might do this.
about two ideas that might do this.
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稍後我將談兩個
可能改變世界的想法。
可能改變世界的想法。
00:35
I say "might"
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我說「可能」，
00:37
because, with revolutionary ideas,
most are flat wrong,
most are flat wrong,
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因為大多數的革命性想法大錯特錯，
00:39
and even those that are right
seldom have the impact
seldom have the impact
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而即使那些對的想法，
也不容易有我們所冀望的大影響。
也不容易有我們所冀望的大影響。
00:42
that we want them to have.
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00:44
To explain why I picked
two ideas in particular,
two ideas in particular,
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我挑了兩個例子來解釋為什麼，
00:46
I'm going to start with a mystery.
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先從一個謎團開始講起。
00:48
1847, Vienna, Austria.
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1847年在奧地利的維也納。
00:53
Ignaz Semmelweis was a somber,
compulsively thorough doctor
compulsively thorough doctor
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伊格納茲·塞麥爾維斯是個
嚴肅、極度龜毛的醫生，
嚴肅、極度龜毛的醫生，
00:56
who ran two maternity clinics.
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他經營兩間婦產科診所。
00:58
They were identical except for one thing.
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除了一件事以外，兩間診所完全相同：
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Women were dying of high fevers
soon after giving birth
soon after giving birth
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其中一間的產婦，產後發高燒死亡
的比率是另一間的三倍。
的比率是另一間的三倍。
01:04
three times more often
at one of the clinics than at the other.
at one of the clinics than at the other.
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01:08
Trying to figure out
what the difference was that caused this,
what the difference was that caused this,
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為了要找出肇事的原因，
塞梅爾魏斯竭盡所能地
檢視每一樣可能性。
檢視每一樣可能性。
01:11
Semmelweis looked at everything he could.
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01:13
Sanitation? No.
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衛生問題？不是。
01:15
Medical procedures? No.
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醫療程序問題？不是。
01:18
Air flow? No.
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空氣流通問題？不是。
01:20
The puzzle went unsolved
until he happened to autopsy a doctor
until he happened to autopsy a doctor
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該謎題一直未解，直到他解剖了一個
死於被手術刀割傷而感染的醫生。
死於被手術刀割傷而感染的醫生。
01:24
who died of an infected scalpel cut.
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01:26
The doctor's symptoms were identical
to those of the mothers who were dying.
to those of the mothers who were dying.
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醫生的症狀和那些
在死亡線上掙扎的產婦相同。
在死亡線上掙扎的產婦相同。
01:30
How was that possible?
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這怎麼可能？
01:31
How could a male doctor
get the same thing as new mothers?
get the same thing as new mothers?
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男醫生怎麼可能
和新媽媽們得到同樣的病？
和新媽媽們得到同樣的病？
01:35
Semmelweis reconstructed
everything the doctor had done
everything the doctor had done
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塞梅爾魏斯重建了
那醫生罹病前做過的每一件事，
那醫生罹病前做過的每一件事，
01:38
right before he got sick,
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01:40
and he discovered
that he'd been autopsying a corpse.
that he'd been autopsying a corpse.
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他發現那醫師解剖過屍體。
01:44
Had something gotten
in his wound that killed him?
in his wound that killed him?
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是不是某種東西進了傷口
而導致他的死亡？
而導致他的死亡？
01:48
With growing excitement,
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他越來越振奮地尋找
太平間裡的屍體和
太平間裡的屍體和
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Semmelweis looked
for any connection he could
for any connection he could
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01:53
between dead bodies in the morgue
and dead mothers in his delivery room,
and dead mothers in his delivery room,
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產房裡死亡產婦間的任何關聯，
01:58
and he found it.
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他找到了。
02:01
It turned out that at the hospital
with the high death rate,
with the high death rate,
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原來，在高死亡率的那間診所
02:04
but not the others,
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跟另一間不同，
02:06
doctors delivered babies immediately
after autopsying corpses in the morgue.
after autopsying corpses in the morgue.
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那間診所的醫生在太平間裡解剖屍體後
會立即接生嬰兒。
會立即接生嬰兒。
02:11
Aha! Corpses were contaminating
the doctors' hands
the doctors' hands
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啊哈！屍體污染了醫生的手，
02:15
and killing his mothers.
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並且導致產婦死亡。
02:17
So he ordered the doctors
to sterilize their hands,
to sterilize their hands,
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於是，他下令醫生消毒雙手，
02:20
and the deaths stopped.
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產婦就不再死亡了。
02:23
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
had discovered infectious disease.
had discovered infectious disease.
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塞梅爾魏斯醫生發現了傳染病。
02:28
But the doctors of the day
thought he was crazy,
thought he was crazy,
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但當時的醫生認為他瘋了，
02:31
because they knew,
and had for hundreds of years,
and had for hundreds of years,
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因為他們數百年來的認知
02:35
that odorous vapors
called miasmas caused disease,
called miasmas caused disease,
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是惡臭瘴氣引起了疾病，
02:40
not these hypothetical particles
that you couldn't see.
that you couldn't see.
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而不是這些看不見的假想小粒子。
02:44
It took 20 years
for Frenchman Louis Pasteur
for Frenchman Louis Pasteur
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法國人路易·巴斯德花了20年
02:49
to prove that Semmelweis was right.
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證明塞梅爾魏斯是正確的。
02:51
Pasteur was an agricultural chemist
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巴斯德是個農業化學家，
02:54
who tried to figure out
why milk and beer spoiled so often.
why milk and beer spoiled so often.
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他試圖找出為什麼
牛奶和啤酒常會腐壞。
牛奶和啤酒常會腐壞。
02:58
He found that bacteria were the culprits.
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他發現細菌是罪魁禍首。
03:02
He also found that bacteria
could kill people in exactly the same way
could kill people in exactly the same way
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他還發現，細菌可致人於死，
方式相同於某些塞梅爾魏斯的患者。
03:06
that Semmelweis's patients were dying.
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03:09
We now look at what I want
to talk about tonight, in two ideas.
to talk about tonight, in two ideas.
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接下來看今晚我要說的兩個想法。
03:14
We saw it with Semmelweis,
that he was a revolutionary.
that he was a revolutionary.
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我們看見塞梅爾魏斯是個革新者，
03:18
He did it for two reasons.
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原因有兩個：
03:19
One, he opened our eyes
to a completely new world.
to a completely new world.
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第一，他開啟了我們
全新世界的眼界。
全新世界的眼界。
03:23
We'd known since the 1680s about bacteria.
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1680年代，我們就已經知道
有細菌這個東西。
有細菌這個東西。
03:26
We just didn't know
that bacteria killed people.
that bacteria killed people.
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我們只是不知道細菌可致人於死。
03:29
And he also demolished fond ideas
that people kept close to their heart.
that people kept close to their heart.
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他也推翻了人們心裡
固有的老舊想法。
固有的老舊想法。
03:34
Miasmas didn't kill people.
Bacteria killed people.
Bacteria killed people.
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瘴氣沒殺人，而是細菌使人死亡。
03:38
So this brings me to the two ideas
I want to talk about tonight.
I want to talk about tonight.
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因此，這引到我今晚想談的兩個主題。
03:41
One has opened our eyes
to a completely new universe,
to a completely new universe,
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一個開了我們的眼界，
使我們看到嶄新的宇宙；
使我們看到嶄新的宇宙；
03:44
and the other attacks long-held beliefs.
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另一個抨擊了古老的信仰。
03:48
Let's get started with Dr. Eric Betzig.
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我們從艾力克·貝齊格博士開始。
03:50
He's a physicist who has opened our eyes
to an entirely new world
to an entirely new world
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他是個物理學家，藉由違反物理定律，
開啟了我們一個全新的世界。
開啟了我們一個全新的世界。
03:54
by violating the laws of physics.
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Betzig is a true rebel.
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貝齊格是個真正的叛逆者。
03:58
He quit a job at prestigious
Bell Laboratory
Bell Laboratory
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他辭去在著名的貝爾實驗室的工作，
04:01
inventing new microscopes for biology
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發明了觀察生物的螢光顯微鏡，
04:03
because he thought scientists
were taking his brilliant inventions
were taking his brilliant inventions
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因為他認為科學家
差勁地使用他傑出的發明。
差勁地使用他傑出的發明。
04:08
and doing lousy work with them.
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04:10
So he became a househusband,
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他成了家庭主夫，
04:15
but he never lost his passion
for figuring out
for figuring out
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但他從未失去解決問題的熱情，
04:17
how to get microscopes
to see finer and finer details
to see finer and finer details
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他找尋如何使顯微鏡顯現出
更精細的細節的方法，
更精細的細節的方法，
04:20
than had ever been seen before
or ever could be seen.
or ever could be seen.
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勝於以往任何的顯微鏡。
04:23
This is crucial if we're ever
going to understand how cells work,
going to understand how cells work,
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這至關重要，
如果你要瞭解細胞如何運作、
如果你要瞭解細胞如何運作、
04:28
and how cancer works,
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癌症如何活動，
04:29
and how something
150th the size of a head of a pin
150th the size of a head of a pin
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以及僅針頭150分之一大小的東西
如何做出這些了不起的事情，像是：
04:35
can do all these amazing things,
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04:37
like make proteins
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製造蛋白質，
04:39
and move charges around
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和移動電荷等等，這些事。
04:41
and all of those things.
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04:43
There's just one problem.
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這裡有一個問題。
04:46
There's this thing
called the law of physics,
called the law of physics,
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有所謂的「物理學定律」，
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and part of the law of physics
is the thing called the diffraction limit.
is the thing called the diffraction limit.
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物理學定律中有「繞射極限」。
04:52
The diffraction limit is kind of like
when you go to a doctor's office,
when you go to a doctor's office,
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繞射極限就像是眼科醫生的視力表，
04:55
you can only see so far down,
no matter how good glasses you have.
no matter how good glasses you have.
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不管你戴上多好的眼鏡，
能看清楚的小字仍有極限。
能看清楚的小字仍有極限。
04:59
This was a so-called impossible problem.
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這是個所謂「不可能解決的問題」。
05:02
But one of Betzig's friends
figured out how to take a tiny molecule
figured out how to take a tiny molecule
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但貝齊格有個朋友想出了方法，
他讓一個比最好的顯微鏡
可顯示的程度更小的小分子
可顯示的程度更小的小分子
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that was smaller than
the best microscope could see
the best microscope could see
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and get it to light up and fluoresce.
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亮了起來，發出螢光。
05:10
"Aha!" Betzig said.
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「啊哈！」 貝齊格說：
05:12
"I think maybe the laws of physics
are not so unbreakable after all."
are not so unbreakable after all."
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「我認為或許物理學定律並非牢不可破。」
05:17
So he lashed together a microscope
in his friend's living room.
in his friend's living room.
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於是，他在朋友的客廳裡
組建了一台顯微鏡。
組建了一台顯微鏡。
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He had no laboratory.
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他沒有實驗室。
05:24
This revolutionary instrument
got different protein molecules
got different protein molecules
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這個創新的儀器讓不同的蛋白質分子
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to light up in different colors,
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以不同的顏色顯示，
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and with a computer, he was able
to turn very, very fuzzy blurs
to turn very, very fuzzy blurs
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加上一台電腦，他把非常模糊的圖像
05:34
into very sharp dots and produce images
of unprecedented and startling clarity.
of unprecedented and startling clarity.
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轉成有著銳利對比的點，
前所未有、意想不到地清晰的影像。
前所未有、意想不到地清晰的影像。
05:41
For this work, last year,
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因這成就，艾力克·貝齊格
獲得去年的化學諾貝爾獎。
獲得去年的化學諾貝爾獎。
05:43
Eric Betzig won the Nobel Prize.
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05:47
Why?
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為什麼？
05:48
Because now we can see
with unprecedented detail
with unprecedented detail
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因為如今我們能以前所未見的細節
05:52
things that we never had seen before,
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看到前所未見的東西，
05:54
and now doctors can get
a better handle on things like cancer.
a better handle on things like cancer.
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醫生能更好地處理癌症之類的病。
05:59
But do you think
Betzig was satisfied there?
Betzig was satisfied there?
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你以為貝齊格
這樣就心滿意足了嗎？
這樣就心滿意足了嗎？
06:01
No.
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沒有。
06:02
He wanted movies.
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他想要有動畫。
06:04
The problem was
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問題是
06:06
that even the genius microscopes
that he invented were just too slow.
that he invented were just too slow.
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他發明的超凡顯微鏡太慢了。
06:10
So what did he do?
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於是他做了什麼？
06:11
He came up with a 200-year-old idea
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他翻出了200年前的老主意，
06:14
called moiré patterns.
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所謂的「莫列波紋」。
06:16
So the way that works is
if you take two very, very fine patterns
if you take two very, very fine patterns
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做法是：拿兩個非常精細的圖案
06:20
and you move them across each other,
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交疊著相互移動，
06:21
you will see a gross pattern
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就會看到
不交疊移動就看不到的全貌。
06:24
that a microscope can see
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06:27
that otherwise you would not
be able to see.
be able to see.
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06:29
So he applied this technique
to taking a really blurry image of a cell
to taking a really blurry image of a cell
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他把這技術用在
非常模糊的細胞影像上，
非常模糊的細胞影像上，
06:32
and moving lots of structured
light patterns across it
light patterns across it
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讓許多結構化的光線穿過它，
06:35
until this cell became crystal clear.
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直到細胞影像變得非常清楚。
06:38
And here is the result:
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結果是：
06:40
a mysterious new world,
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一個神秘的新世界，
06:43
full of strange things zipping around
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充滿陌生之物，飛繞著，
06:45
doing things that
we don't know what they're doing.
we don't know what they're doing.
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做些我們尚不明白的事。
（笑聲）
06:49
But when we figure it out,
we'll have a better handle on life itself.
we'll have a better handle on life itself.
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但是，一旦我們弄明白了，
我們就能掌握生命的奧秘。
我們就能掌握生命的奧秘。
06:53
For example, those
green globs that you see?
green globs that you see?
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例如，有看到了那些綠色的水珠嗎？
06:55
Those things are called clathrins.
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那些是「格形蛋白」。
06:57
They're molecules
that protect other molecules
that protect other molecules
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他們是分子，通過細胞，
保護其他分子。
保護其他分子。
07:00
as they move through a cell.
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07:01
Unfortunately, viruses sometimes
hijack those to infect cells.
hijack those to infect cells.
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不幸的是，有時候病毒劫持它們
來感染細胞。
來感染細胞。
07:06
Also, you see those little squiggly
wormlike things moving around?
wormlike things moving around?
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另外，看到那些彎彎曲曲，
像蠕蟲般扭動的東西嗎？
像蠕蟲般扭動的東西嗎？
07:09
Those are actin molecules.
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那些是「肌動蛋白」分子。
07:11
Unfortunately, viruses
also climb down those things
also climb down those things
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很不幸，病毒也爬下來，
07:14
to get into the cell nucleus
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進入它們的細胞核，
07:15
to replicate themselves and make you sick.
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複製自己，使你生病。
07:18
Now that we can look at movies
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因此，我們可以從影片中看到
07:20
of what's actually going on
deep inside a cell,
deep inside a cell,
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細胞深層實際發生的狀況，
07:23
we have a much better chance
of curing viral diseases like AIDS.
of curing viral diseases like AIDS.
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我們更有機會治愈病毒引起的疾病，
例如愛滋病。
例如愛滋病。
07:27
So when you look at a movie like this,
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所以，當你看像這樣的影片，
07:29
it's very clear that Betzig has opened
our eyes to a completely new world.
our eyes to a completely new world.
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非常清楚，貝齊格已打開我們的眼界
帶領我們來到一個全新的世界。
帶領我們來到一個全新的世界。
07:34
But he hasn't shattered
any cherished beliefs.
any cherished beliefs.
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但他尚未打破其他人的舊思維。
07:39
That leads us to Dr. Aubrey de Grey
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接下來是在劍橋的
奧布里·德·格雷博士。
奧布里·德·格雷博士。
07:42
at Cambridge.
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07:44
De Grey definitely has scientists
squirming with an interesting idea:
squirming with an interesting idea:
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德·格雷的有趣想法
肯定使得科學家輾轉不安：
肯定使得科學家輾轉不安：
07:48
we can be immortal.
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人類可以長生不老；
07:50
We can beat aging.
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我們可以擊敗老化。
07:51
Now, most scientists
think he's a crackpot.
think he's a crackpot.
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大多數科學家認為他是個瘋子。
（笑聲）
07:55
Any Biology 101 student knows
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任何學過「生物學入門」
的學生都知道
的學生都知道
07:58
that aging is an inevitable
consequence of living.
consequence of living.
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衰老是一種生命必然的後果。
08:02
For example, when we eat,
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例如，當我們在進食時、
08:04
we take in food and we metabolize it,
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吃下食物、代謝食物，
08:06
and that throws off
what we call free radicals.
what we call free radicals.
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會產生所謂的「自由基」，
08:09
You might have heard of those.
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您們可能曾聽說過，
08:10
Also known as oxygen ions,
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又稱「氧離子」，
08:12
those bind to our DNA, cause it to mutate,
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它們會結合我們的DNA，導致變異，
08:14
and cause us to get old and lose our hair.
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使我們變老和掉頭髮。
08:17
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
08:18
It's just like, no, it's exactly like
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這就像，不，
08:21
oxygen binding to iron and making it rust.
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這就跟氧氣結合鐵一樣，會使其生鏽。
08:23
So you age because you rust out.
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所以你會變老，是因為你生鏽了。
08:26
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
08:28
Oh, and scientists also know
there is something called immortality:
there is something called immortality:
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哦，科學家們也知道
癌症細胞能夠「不朽」。
08:33
in cancer cells.
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08:35
So if you stop aging,
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所以，如果你停止老化，
08:37
all of you are going to turn
into giant walking malignant tumors.
into giant walking malignant tumors.
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你將變成會走動的巨大惡性腫瘤。
08:42
These are cherished beliefs,
but could de Grey be on to something?
but could de Grey be on to something?
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這些都是舊觀念，但德·格雷
會不會握有某種重大發現的關鍵呢？
會不會握有某種重大發現的關鍵呢？
08:47
I think he deserves a closer look.
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我覺得他值得被一探究竟。
08:48
First of all, I have a really hard time
seeing him as a crackpot.
seeing him as a crackpot.
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首先，我很難把他當作個瘋子。
08:52
Yeah, he started off life
as a computer scientist,
as a computer scientist,
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是的，他原先是個計算機科學家，
08:54
not a biologist,
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不是生物學家，
08:55
but he earned a PhD
in biology from Cambridge,
in biology from Cambridge,
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但他獲得了劍橋大學的
生物學博士學位，
生物學博士學位，
08:59
and he has published
some very significant work
some very significant work
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也已出版了一些非常顯著的研究，
09:02
on mitochondrial DNA
and a bunch of other stuff.
and a bunch of other stuff.
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關於線粒體DNA和其他的東西。
09:04
Secondly, he started
an antiaging foundation
an antiaging foundation
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其次，他創立了抗衰老基金會，
09:07
that has identified
seven different causes of aging,
seven different causes of aging,
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已確定了七種不同的老化原因，
09:10
to me, that seem very plausible,
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在我看來，似乎非常合理，
09:12
and he is hot in pursuit
of fixes for every single one of them.
of fixes for every single one of them.
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他正在熱烈追求其中的每一項。
［螢幕：老化的七種修正方式］
［螢幕：老化的七種修正方式］
09:16
For example, one of the reasons we age
is that our mitochondrial DNA mutates,
is that our mitochondrial DNA mutates,
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例如，其中一個老化原因是
線粒體DNA變異，
線粒體DNA變異，
09:21
and we get kind of old
and our cells lose energy.
and our cells lose energy.
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我們老了，細胞會失去活力。
09:25
He believes, and he's made
a convincing case,
a convincing case,
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他認為，也提出了有說服力的案例，
09:27
that using viruses we can do gene therapy,
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可以用病毒做基因治療，
09:30
fix that DNA
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修復DNA
09:31
and rejuvenate our cells.
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使細胞回春。
09:35
One more thing.
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還有一件事。
09:36
We have an existent proof
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我們有證據
09:38
that extreme longevity is possible.
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極端長壽是可能的。
09:42
Bristlecone pine trees live 5,000 years,
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芒松的生命可長達五千年；
09:47
and some lobsters don't age at all.
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有的龍蝦根本不會老。
09:52
Now, this doesn't mean that de Grey
is going to revolutionize our lifespans.
is going to revolutionize our lifespans.
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這並不意味著德·格雷
會大大地改變我們的壽命。
會大大地改變我們的壽命。
09:57
I mean, after all, we're not trees,
and most of us are not lobsters.
and most of us are not lobsters.
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畢竟，我們不是樹，
而且大多數人不是龍蝦。
而且大多數人不是龍蝦。
10:00
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
10:02
But I've got to believe that there are
Darwins and Einsteins out there,
Darwins and Einsteins out there,
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但我相信，外頭有著
達爾文和愛因斯坦，
達爾文和愛因斯坦，
10:07
and I'll tell you why.
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我會告訴你為什麼。
10:09
Consider this:
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各位思考一下：
10:11
there are seven times more people
alive today than during Darwin's time.
alive today than during Darwin's time.
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當今的人口比達爾文時代多七倍，
10:16
There are four times as many people
alive today as Einstein.
alive today as Einstein.
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是愛因斯坦時代的四倍。
10:19
When you consider
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各位想想，
10:21
that the proportion of scientists
in the population has skyrocketed,
in the population has skyrocketed,
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科學家的人口正在急劇地增長，
10:24
there are now seven million scientists.
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現在有七百萬名科學家。
10:26
I've got to believe, and I do believe,
that there's one of them out there
that there's one of them out there
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我不得不相信，我絕對相信，
這裡面一定有一個人...
正在未知領域工作著，
並即將為人類帶來震撼，
並即將為人類帶來震撼，
10:31
who is working right now in obscurity
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10:34
to rock our lives,
and I don't know about you,
and I don't know about you,
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我不知道你怎麼想，
但我迫不及待要被震撼。
但我迫不及待要被震撼。
10:36
but I can't wait to be rocked.
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10:38
Thank you.
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謝謝。
10:39
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Haseltine - Author, futurist, innovatorEric 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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