I am even prepared to entertain the notion that the cosmos might be sending us signals in every planetary alignment. But what makes us so credulous as to believe that soothsayers understand the code?
本来应当受过教育的聪明人为什么会被迷信所奴役？我完全赞成人类与生俱来的媚天欲望。我甚至愿意接受宇宙可能会通过星辰排布的方式向我们发出信号。但我们为什么如此轻信占卜者能够读懂上天的密码？