禁止持有武器的法律。只会解除那些本来就不打算或没有决心要犯罪的人的武装……这样的法律只会让受害者变得更糟,让行凶者更强;它们相当于鼓励而不是阻止凶杀,因为一个没有武装的人更可能被一个武装的人袭击。
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
数据库中最重要的东西是模式。
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character.
最大的炫耀就是对自己感到快乐。
The intelligence of drones is not the end, but the beginning.
现实总是比我们对它的任何想法都更加丰富。
过去是一个跟随我们的影子,但它不必定义我们。