The goal of cognitive science is to explain how the mind works in terms of information processing.

When ambition fails, people like to blame the devil.

我写作是为了不消失，为了在这个抹去一切的世界留下痕迹。

Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you find yourself.

翻译：过去善于打仗的将领，首先做到自己不被敌人战胜，再等待时机战胜敌人。不被敌人战胜取决于自己做好准备、不犯错，是否能战胜敌人取决于敌人是否犯错。