生命的意义

For all we know,every one of our perceived reality is simply fed to us

说不定我们每个人认知中的现实情况

By some all-powerful supercomputer.

只是某个万能的超级电脑灌输给我们的

And the simulation is so perfect that we never even notice.

这种模拟太完美了 完美到我们从未注意过

But here's the cracks: It doesn't actually matter.

但关键来了 这其实并不重要

It's as Descartes said: We think,therefore we are.

正如笛卡尔所说的 我思故我在

The hamburger could be nothing more than a piece of computer code.

汉堡可能不过就是一个电脑编码

But our desire to eat it,is still our own desire.

但我们想吃汉堡的欲望 仍然是我们本身的欲望

We still feel hunger...

我们仍会感到饥饿

Our minds still exist,even if we are in a simulation.

我们的心灵依然存在 即使我们真的活在模拟状态中

So doubting the true nature of reality serves no purpose.

所以怀疑现实的真正本质并没有任何意义

It's simpler to just accept

直接接受这个想法简单多了

that there are fundamental limits to what we can known.

毕竟人所能理解的事在本质上是有限的

Take this table,for example.

以这张桌子为例

How do you know if a table still exists if you go out of the room

若你走出房间 你怎知这张桌子是否仍在？

And can no longer see it?

你已经看不到它了

For all you know,the table could pack up and disappear out the window.

说不定 桌子可能自行折叠起来 从窗户跑出去

重点讲解

1、perceive

注意到，察觉，意识到（尤指不明显之物）

A key task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between success and effort.

关键任务是让学生们自己认识到成功和努力之间的关系。

'Precisely what other problems do you perceive?' she asked.

“你究竟还发现了什么问题？”她问道。

看作；视为；认为

Stress is widely perceived as contributing to coronary heart disease.

压力被广泛认为是导致冠心病的一个因素。

They strangely perceive television as entertainment.

奇怪的是，他们居然将电视看作娱乐。

2、fundamental

基本的;根本的;主要的;基础的

Our constitution embodies all the fundamental principles of democracy.

我们的宪法体现了民主的所有基本原则。

A fundamental human right is being withheld from these people.

这些人被剥夺了一项最基本的人权。

根本性的;固有的;根深蒂固的

But on this question, the two leaders have very fundamental differences.

但在这个问题上，两位领导人有着根本性的分歧。

Amnesty says there are fundamental flaws in their military justice system.

国际特赦组织称他们的军事司法体系存在着根本性的缺陷。

最根本的;最重要的

The fundamental problem lies in their inability to distinguish between reality and invention.

最根本的问题在于他们无法分清现实和虚构。

It was not simply a practical matter, but a fundamental question of principle.

那不仅仅是个实际问题，更是一个根本性的原则问题。