The major problems in biology are not solved by new techniques but by new concepts.

生物学中的主要问题不是通过新技术解决的，而是通过新概念解决的。

The brain is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.

大脑是我们迄今为止在宇宙中发现的最复杂的东西。

We are survival machines—robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

The major problems in biology are not solved by new techniques, but by new ideas.

生物学中的主要问题不是通过新技术解决的，而是通过新思想解决的。

If you want to understand function, study structure.

如果你想理解功能，就研究结构。

The brain is a machine assembled not to understand itself, but to survive. It is a machine for making decisions that lead to survival.

大脑是一台不是为了理解自己，而是为了生存而组装的机器。它是一台做出导致生存的决策的机器。

We are survival machines—robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

我们是生存机器——盲目编程的机器人车辆，以保存被称为基因的自私分子。

The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.

现代生物学运动的最终目标实际上是用物理和化学来解释所有生物学。