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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）。
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，我想同大家分享我對科學嘅熱愛
00:16
I'm not talking about science
that takes baby steps.
that takes baby steps.
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不過唔係講細步細步發展嘅科學
00:19
I'm talking about science
that takes enormous leaps.
that takes enormous leaps.
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而係快速發展嘅科學
00:23
I'm talking Darwin, I'm talking Einstein,
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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
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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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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等陣，我會列舉兩個
可能做到顛覆世界嘅嘢
可能做到顛覆世界嘅嘢
我只係話「可能」
00:35
I say "might"
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因為，異想天開嘅諗法
好多時都係完全錯嘅
好多時都係完全錯嘅
00:37
because, with revolutionary ideas,
most are flat wrong,
most are flat wrong,
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就算係啱嘅
00:39
and even those that are right
seldom have the impact
seldom have the impact
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好少有我哋期望中嘅影響力
00:42
that we want them to have.
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為咗解釋點解我特登揀呢兩樣嘢
00:44
To explain why I picked
two ideas in particular,
two ideas in particular,
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我首先同大家講一件奇聞異事
00:46
I'm going to start with a mystery.
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1847 年，喺奥地利維也納
00:48
1847, Vienna, Austria.
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Ignaz Semmelweis 係一個嚴肅
工作認真嘅醫生
工作認真嘅醫生
00:53
Ignaz Semmelweis was a somber,
compulsively thorough doctor
compulsively thorough doctor
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00:56
who ran two maternity clinics.
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佢開咗兩間婦產科診所
00:58
They were identical except 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
產婦產後死於高燒嘅概率
01:01
Women were dying of high fevers
soon after giving birth
soon after giving birth
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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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比另一間高出三倍
為咗搞清楚係乜嘢造成呢個分別
01:08
Trying to figure out
what the difference was that caused this,
what the difference was that caused this,
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Ignaz Semmelweis 研究咗
所有手頭上嘅嘢
所有手頭上嘅嘢
01:11
Semmelweis looked at everything he could.
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01:13
Sanitation? No.
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衛生？唔係
01:15
Medical procedures? No.
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醫療過程？唔係
01:18
Air flow? No.
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診所空氣流通？唔係
01:20
The puzzle went unsolved
until he happened to autopsy a doctor
until he happened to autopsy a doctor
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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
而感染致死嘅醫生解剖
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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呢個醫生嘅症狀
同喺診所死嘅產婦一模一樣
同喺診所死嘅產婦一模一樣
01:30
How was that possible?
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點可能？
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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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
將呢個醫生有病之前做過嘅嘢
01:35
Semmelweis reconstructed
everything the doctor had done
everything the doctor had done
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全部再做一次
01:38
right before he got sick,
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然後，佢發現呢個醫生曾經驗過屍
01:40
and he discovered
that he'd been autopsying a corpse.
that he'd been autopsying a corpse.
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01:44
Had something gotten
in his wound that killed him?
in his wound 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？
令佢感染至死？
01:48
With growing excitement,
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Ignaz Semmelweis 越諗越興奮
01:50
Semmelweis looked
for any connection he could
for any connection 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
同喺產房死嘅產婦之間有冇連繫
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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01:58
and he found it.
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跟住，佢發現咗原因
02:01
It turned out that at the hospital
with the high death rate,
with the high death rate,
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佢發現喺嗰間死亡率高啲嘅診所
02:04
but not the others,
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02:06
doctors delivered babies immediately
after autopsying corpses in the morgue.
after autopsying corpses in the morgue.
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醫生喺停屍間做完驗屍之後
即刻就幫產婦接生
即刻就幫產婦接生
02:11
Aha! Corpses were contaminating
the doctors' hands
the doctors' hands
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屍體污染咗醫生隻手
02:15
and killing his mothers.
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接而攞走咗產婦嘅性命
02:17
So he ordered the doctors
to sterilize their hands,
to sterilize their hands,
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所以佢要求醫生消毒佢哋嘅雙手
02:20
and the deaths stopped.
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產婦冇再因為同樣嘅原因死亡
02:23
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
had discovered infectious disease.
had discovered infectious disease.
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Ignaz Semmelweis 醫生
發現咗傳染性疾病
發現咗傳染性疾病
但係當時嘅醫生都覺得佢係傻嘅
02:28
But the doctors of the day
thought he was crazy,
thought he was crazy,
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因為幾百年來，醫學界都認為
02:31
because they knew,
and had for hundreds of years,
and had for hundreds of years,
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係一種叫瘴氣嘅
有氣味嘅水汽引起疾病嘅
有氣味嘅水汽引起疾病嘅
02:35
that odorous vapors
called miasmas caused disease,
called miasmas caused disease,
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02:40
not these hypothetical particles
that you couldn't see.
that you couldn't see.
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而唔係呢啲假設嘅肉眼睇唔見嘅顆粒
02:44
It took 20 years
for Frenchman Louis Pasteur
for Frenchman Louis Pasteur
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法國人 Louis Pasteur 花咗 20 年時間
去證明 Ignaz Semmelweis 係啱嘅
02:49
to prove that Semmelweis was right.
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Louis Pasteur 係一位農業化學家
02:51
Pasteur was an agricultural chemist
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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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佢曾經試過研究
點解牛奶同啤酒容易變質
點解牛奶同啤酒容易變質
02:58
He found that bacteria were the culprits.
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佢發現細菌係罪魁禍首
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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佢仲發現細菌可以令人
以 Ignaz Semmelweis 患者
死亡嘅方式死亡
死亡嘅方式死亡
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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宜家，我哋嚟睇下今晚我想講嘅兩樣嘢
03:14
We saw it with Semmelweis,
that he was a revolutionary.
that he was a revolutionary.
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我哋認為 Ignaz Semmelweis
係一個革命者
係一個革命者
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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一，佢帶領我哋到一個全新嘅世界
03:23
We'd known since the 1680s about bacteria.
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1680 年以來，人類就已經知道細菌
03:26
We just didn't know
that bacteria killed people.
that bacteria killed people.
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淨係唔知細菌可以致命
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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佢仲推翻
大家心中根深蒂固嘅愚念
大家心中根深蒂固嘅愚念
03:34
Miasmas didn't kill people.
Bacteria killed people.
Bacteria killed people.
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唔係瘴氣，而係細菌令人死亡
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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呢個就帶出咗我今晚想講嘅兩樣嘢
03:41
One has opened our eyes
to a completely new universe,
to a completely new universe,
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一就係世人已經見到全新嘅世界
03:44
and the other attacks long-held beliefs.
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另一個就係衝擊舊觀念
我哋首先講下 Eric Betzig 博士
03:48
Let's get started with Dr. Eric Betzig.
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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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佢係一個能夠
打開全新世界嘅物理學家
打開全新世界嘅物理學家
03:54
by violating the laws of physics.
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佢打破咗物理定律
03:56
Betzig is a true rebel.
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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
03:58
He quit a job at prestigious
Bell Laboratory
Bell Laboratory
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佢唔再發明新嘅生物學用嘅顯微鏡
04:01
inventing new microscopes for biology
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04:03
because he thought scientists
were taking his brilliant inventions
were taking his brilliant inventions
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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
喺度用佢嘅發明做二流嘅工作
04:08
and doing lousy work with them.
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04:10
So he became a househusband,
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所以，佢變成一個全職家庭主夫
04:15
but he never lost his passion
for figuring out
for figuring out
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但係，佢嘅熱情不減
04:17
how to get microscopes
to see finer and finer details
to see finer and finer details
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佢熱衷於研究點樣可以令顯微鏡
04:20
than had ever been seen before
or ever could be seen.
or ever could be seen.
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睇到比以前更加清晰嘅細節
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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呢個非常重要，尤其當我哋要研究
細胞、癌細胞係點樣運作
04:28
and how cancer works,
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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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研究比大頭針直俓
仲要細 150 倍嘅細胞
仲要細 150 倍嘅細胞
點樣做到不可思議嘅事
04:35
can do all these amazing things,
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04:37
like make proteins
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例如，製造蛋白質
04:39
and move charges around
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傳遞電荷
04:41
and all of those things.
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以及其他一切嘅事
04:43
There's just one problem.
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不過，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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有一樣嘢叫物理定律
04:49
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
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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戴住再好嘅眼鏡
你最多可以睇到最下邊呢行
你最多可以睇到最下邊呢行
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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呢個就係所謂嘅極限
04:59
This was a so-called impossible problem.
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但係 Eric Betzig 嘅一個朋友搵到
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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點樣令一種
用最先進嘅顯微鏡都睇唔見嘅
用最先進嘅顯微鏡都睇唔見嘅
05:05
that was smaller than
the best microscope could see
the best microscope could see
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05:08
and get it to light up and fluoresce.
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微小分子發出熒光
05:10
"Aha!" Betzig 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。」
都唔係咁無懈可擊啫。」
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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05:17
So he lashed together a microscope
in his friend's living room.
in his friend's living room.
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佢喺朋友嘅客廳度安裝咗一台顯微鏡
05:22
He had no laboratory.
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佢冇實驗室
05:24
This revolutionary instrument
got different protein molecules
got different protein molecules
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呢個突破性嘅儀器令唔同嘅蛋白質分子
05:27
to light up in different colors,
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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
變成一啲清晰嘅點
05:30
and with a computer, he was able
to turn very, very fuzzy blurs
to turn very, very fuzzy blurs
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05:34
into very sharp dots and produce images
of unprecedented and startling clarity.
of unprecedented and startling clarity.
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史無前例做出驚人清晰度嘅影像
05:41
For this work, last year,
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因為呢次嘅努力
05:43
Eric Betzig won the Nobel 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
以前睇唔到嘅高清細節
05:48
Because now we can see
with unprecedented detail
with unprecedented detail
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05:52
things that we never had seen before,
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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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宜家，醫生可以更好咁
醫治癌細胞之類嘅嘢
醫治癌細胞之類嘅嘢
05:59
But do you think
Betzig was satisfied there?
Betzig was satisfied 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.
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06:04
The problem was
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問題係
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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就算係佢發明嘅先進顯微鏡都太慢
06:10
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
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佢諗到一個有二百年歷史嘅方法
06:14
called moiré patterns.
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叫做莫列波紋
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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原理就係如果你有兩個非常精細嘅圖案
06:20
and you move them across each other,
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將佢哋重疊喺埋一齊
06:21
you will see a gross pattern
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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
重疊之後嘅圖案
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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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
照射一個模糊嘅細胞影像
06:32
and moving lots of structured
light patterns across it
light patterns across it
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再調較燈光角度，直到細胞清晰為止
06:35
until this cell became crystal clear.
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And here is the result:
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最終結果就係噉樣︰
一個神秘嘅新世界
06:40
a mysterious new world,
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充滿住快速游動嘅陌生生物
06:43
full of strange things zipping around
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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
我哋對生命就有更加深刻嘅瞭解
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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06:53
For example, those
green globs that you see?
green globs 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 clathrins.
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叫做網格蛋白
06:57
They're molecules
that protect other molecules
that protect other molecules
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佢哋喺穿過細胞嘅時候
為其他分子提供保護
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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但係病毒有時候會
控制佢哋從而攻擊細胞
控制佢哋從而攻擊細胞
07:06
Also, you see those little squiggly
wormlike things moving around?
wormlike things moving 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
彎彎曲曲好似蠕蟲噉嘅嘢
07:09
Those are actin molecules.
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係肌動蛋白分子
07:11
Unfortunately, viruses
also climb down those things
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
病毒都可以順住佢哋爬落去
07:14
to get into the cell nucleus
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進入細胞核
07:15
to replicate themselves and make you sick.
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然後自我複製，令你病
07:18
Now that we can look at movies
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宜家我哋能夠睇到
07:20
of what's actually going on
deep inside a cell,
deep inside a cell,
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細胞深處活動嘅動態畫面
07:23
we have a much better chance
of curing viral diseases like AIDS.
of curing viral diseases like AIDS.
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令我哋有更大機會
醫好愛滋病等嘅病毒型疾病
醫好愛滋病等嘅病毒型疾病
07:27
So when you look at a movie like this,
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所以當你睇到噉樣嘅動畫
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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Eric Betzig 已經
將我哋帶到一個全新嘅世界
將我哋帶到一個全新嘅世界
07:34
But he hasn't shattered
any cherished beliefs.
any cherished beliefs.
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但係佢未改變大家深信不疑嘅觀點
07:39
That leads us to Dr. Aubrey de Grey
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所以我哋嚟講下 Aubrey de Grey 博士
07:42
at Cambridge.
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佢嚟自劍橋
07:44
De Grey definitely has scientists
squirming with an interesting idea:
squirming with an interesting idea:
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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.
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我哋可以長生
07:50
We can beat aging.
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我哋可以戰勝衰老
07:51
Now, most scientists
think he's a crackpot.
think he's a crackpot.
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多數科學家覺得佢係一個怪胎
07:55
Any Biology 101 student knows
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讀生物嘅學生都知道
07:58
that aging is an inevitable
consequence of living.
consequence of living.
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衰老係無可避免嘅，係生命嘅必然結果
08:02
For example, when we eat,
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例如，我哋食嘢嘅時候
08:04
we take in food and we metabolize it,
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我哋攝取食物跟住用咗佢
08:06
and that throws off
what we call free radicals.
what we call free radicals.
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呢個過程會產生所謂嘅自由基
08:09
You might have heard of those.
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你可能聽講過
08:10
Also known as oxygen ions,
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佢哋又叫做氧離子
08:12
those bind to our DNA, cause it to mutate,
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佢哋黐住我哋嘅 DNA
令 DNA 突變
令 DNA 突變
08:14
and cause us to get old and lose our hair.
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使到我哋變老同甩哂頭髮
08:17
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
08:18
It's just like, no, it's exactly like
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直情等同
氧氣分子黐住鐵令鐵生銹
08:21
oxygen binding to iron and making it rust.
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08:23
So you age because you rust out.
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你之所以變老係因為你生銹
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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科學家知道長生不老
08:33
in cancer cells.
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可以喺癌細胞度搵到
08:35
So if you stop aging,
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如果你唔衰老
08:37
all of you are going to turn
into giant walking malignant tumors.
into giant walking malignant tumors.
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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 beliefs,
but could de Grey be on to something?
but could de Grey be on to something?
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但 Aubrey de Grey
會唔會有咩突破性嘅發現？
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 a closer look.
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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 off life
as a computer scientist,
as a computer scientist,
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08:54
not a biologist,
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而唔係生物學
08:55
but he earned a PhD
in biology from Cambridge,
in biology from Cambridge,
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不過佢有一個劍橋大學嘅
生物學博士學位
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
some very significant work
some very significant work
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09:02
on mitochondrial DNA
and a bunch of other stuff.
and a bunch of other stuff.
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同其他領域嘅重要著作
09:04
Secondly, he started
an antiaging foundation
an antiaging foundation
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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
七種導致衰老嘅原因
09:07
that has identified
seven different causes of aging,
seven different causes of aging,
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09:10
to me, that seem very plausible,
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我覺得呢啲原因都好啱
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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佢仲熱衷於糾正每一個原因
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，人衰老嘅其中一個原因
係我哋嘅線粒體 DNA 突變
係我哋嘅線粒體 DNA 突變
09:21
and we get kind of old
and our cells lose energy.
and our cells lose energy.
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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, and he's made
a convincing case,
a convincing case,
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我哋可以利用病毒進行基因治療
09:27
that using viruses we can do gene therapy,
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09:30
fix that DNA
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修復突變基因
09:31
and rejuvenate our cells.
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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 proof
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我哋有現成嘅證據證明
09:38
that extreme longevity is possible.
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長生係有可能嘅
09:42
Bristlecone 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 don't age 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
is going to revolutionize our lifespans.
is going to revolutionize our lifespans.
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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
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
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.
and most of us are not lobsters.
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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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但係我相信仲有
達爾文同愛因斯坦噉嘅人喺度
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 this:
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睇下幅圖︰
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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宜家嘅人口數目係達爾文當時嘅七倍
10:16
There are four times as many people
alive today as Einstein.
alive today as Einstein.
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係愛因斯坦當時嘅四倍
10:19
When you consider
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你諗下
10:21
that the proportion of scientists
in the population has skyrocketed,
in the population has skyrocketed,
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人口中嘅科學家比例暴漲
10:24
there are now seven million scientists.
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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
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 right now in obscurity
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喺度默默無聞咁努力
10:34
to rock our lives,
and I don't know about you,
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.
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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)
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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.
Why you should listen
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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