Society has a curious attitude towards inventors. Their brilliance over the centuries touches all of our lives in countless ways, yet we mostly take their efforts for granted. Indeed, more often than not in Britain we caricature them as eccentric boffins, like Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This ambivalence is a mistake; to me, they are perhaps the greatest heroes of all.
社會對待發明家的態度很奇怪。幾個世紀以來,他們的智慧以無數不同的方式觸及我們生活的方方面面,然而,我們卻通常把他們的努力看成是理所當然的事情。實際上,在英國,我們往往把他們描繪爲古怪的科學家,就像《飛天萬能車》(Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)中的卡拉克塔克斯•鮑茨(Caractacus Potts)。這種矛盾的心理是一個錯誤;在我看來,他們可能是最偉大的英雄。
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