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人腦與電腦的區(qū)別
The difference between a brain and a computer can be expressed in a single word:complexity.
要形容人腦與電腦的區(qū)別只需一個(gè)詞，即：復(fù)雜。
Even the most complicated computer man has yet built can't compare in intricacy with the brain. Computer switches and comportents number in the thousands rather than in the billions.What's more, the computer switch is just an on-off device,whereas the brain cell is itself possessed of a tremendously complex inner structure.
即使是迄今為止人類制造出的最復(fù)雜的電腦如果與人腦的復(fù)雜相比也望塵莫及。電腦轉(zhuǎn)換組合出的數(shù)字只有千百萬(wàn)種而不是千百億。更重要的是，電腦的轉(zhuǎn)換器只是一個(gè)開(kāi)關(guān)裝置，而大腦細(xì)胞本身就具有極其復(fù)雜的內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)。
Can a computer think? That depends on what you mean by "think". If solving a mathematical problem is "thinking", then a computer can "think" and do so much faster than a man. Of course, most mathematical problems can be solved quite mechanically by repeating certain straightforward processes over and over again. Even the simple computers of today can be geared for that.
電腦會(huì)“思考”嗎?這就要看你所說(shuō)的“思考”是指什么了。如果解一道數(shù)學(xué)題是“思考”，那么電腦會(huì)“思考”，而且比人腦快得多。當(dāng)然，絕大多數(shù)數(shù)學(xué)題都可以通過(guò)一遍一遍機(jī)械地重復(fù)簡(jiǎn)單的程序而得到解決。即使是現(xiàn)今簡(jiǎn)單的計(jì)算機(jī)也能做到這點(diǎn)。
Surely, though, if a computer can be made complex enough, it can be as creative as we are. If it could be made as complex as a human brain, it could be the equivalent of a human brain and do whatever a human brain can do.
然而，電腦如果能造得夠復(fù)雜，它也能和我們一樣富于創(chuàng)造力。如果它能造得同人腦一樣復(fù)雜，它便能與人腦相媲美，并能做到人腦能做到的一切。
But how long will it take to build a computer complex enough to duplicate the human brain? Perhaps not as long as some think. Long before we approach a computer as complex as our brain, we will perhaps build a computer that is at least complex enough to design another computer more complex than itself. This more complex computer could design one still more complex and so on and so on and so on.
但是，要造出一個(gè)與人腦一樣復(fù)雜的電腦要花多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間呢?或許不會(huì)像有些人想象的那么長(zhǎng)。在造出與人腦一樣復(fù)雜的電腦之前，我們也許可能要先造出一個(gè)電腦，它復(fù)雜得至少能設(shè)計(jì)出比它本身更復(fù)雜的電腦。那個(gè)更復(fù)雜的電腦又能再設(shè)計(jì)出比自己更復(fù)雜的電腦，如此反復(fù)。
In other words, once we pass a certain critical point, the computers take over and there is a "complexity explosion". In a very short time thereafter, computers may exist that not only duplicate the human brain--but far surpass it.
換言之，我們一旦突破了某個(gè)極點(diǎn)，電腦將盛行起來(lái)，并導(dǎo)致“復(fù)雜性爆炸”。不久，電腦將不僅復(fù)制人腦，而且將遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超越人腦。
世界人口 The World s Population
The first fifty years of the next millennium will be critical for the world's population. By 2050 population growth should have leveled off, but by then we'll have 10 billion people--two-thirds as many again as we have today. The rate of population growth is something we can choose right now, though: it's not something that just happens, but a matter of human choice. The choice is a complicated one,with many variables, but it remains a choice.
新千年的前50年對(duì)世界人口來(lái)說(shuō)是至關(guān)重要的，到2050年，世界人口將趨于平穩(wěn)，但到那時(shí)，世界人口將達(dá)到100億，比現(xiàn)在多2/3。但人D增長(zhǎng)率是我們現(xiàn)在能選擇的事：它不是順應(yīng)天意而產(chǎn)生的，而是人類的選擇。這一選擇相當(dāng)復(fù)雜，有許多因素，但它依然是一種選擇。
If we want to prevent a population explosion, we should take action now -or assist the poorer countries to do so. They need better government, better institutions, better labor and capital markets, better schools. Anything that increases the value of women's time and adds to the cost of caring for a child makes a woman less likely to have that child. Since big families are often seen as safety nets for illness and old age, improving poor people's access to insurance, pensions and welfare institutions also has a major impact. This can be as simple as rural credit, providing a means of saving. Finally, there is education--both for women and, perhaps even more important, for the next generation of children.
要想避免人口爆炸，我們現(xiàn)在就應(yīng)采取行動(dòng)——或者說(shuō)應(yīng)幫助比較窮的國(guó)家來(lái)控制人口，因?yàn)樗麄冃枰玫恼?、機(jī)構(gòu)、勞動(dòng)力及資本市場(chǎng)和學(xué)校。任何使一個(gè)婦女增加撫養(yǎng)孩子的時(shí)間或撫養(yǎng)孩子費(fèi)用的事都使得那個(gè)婦女不太想要這個(gè)孩子。由于大家庭經(jīng)常被認(rèn)為是年老生病時(shí)的安全網(wǎng)，讓窮人進(jìn)一步獲得保險(xiǎn)、退休金和福利機(jī)構(gòu)的幫助也會(huì)在控制人口生育上起重大作用。這可以像農(nóng)村信用制度那樣簡(jiǎn)單，為人們提供一種儲(chǔ)蓄的手段。最后還有教育問(wèn)題——既有對(duì)婦女的教育，也有更重要的對(duì)下一代的教育。
These steps are there to be taken, but there appear to be some countries that are not seriously trying at the moment. If we cannot achieve that we will certainly not control population.
以上這些都是應(yīng)采取的措施，但看來(lái)有些國(guó)家目前并沒(méi)有認(rèn)真去做，如果我們不能做到這一點(diǎn)，我們就不能控制人口。
That said, I don't feel pessimistic that we are going to run out of resources: we are becoming more efficient at producing food faster than the rate at which population is increasing. There is, however, a risk that we will wreck the environment so effectively that the world will no longer be an attractive place to live. That really would be a dismal outcome, to reach world population equilibrium only to find we'd destroyed the natural environment in the process.
及此，我對(duì)我們資源殆盡并不悲觀：我們生產(chǎn)糧食的速度超過(guò)了人口增長(zhǎng)的速度。然而，我們也存在這樣的危險(xiǎn)：我們會(huì)徹底毀壞環(huán)境，以致于地球?qū)⒉辉偈且粋€(gè)吸引人居住的地方。那確實(shí)是一個(gè)可悲的結(jié)果：實(shí)現(xiàn)了人口的平衡卻換來(lái)了自然環(huán)境的破壞。
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