經典科幻文學:《生命 宇宙及一切》第5章

Chapter 5
Important facts from Galactic history, number two:
(Reproduced from the Siderial Daily Mentioner’s Book of popular Galactic History.)
Since this Galaxy began, vast civilizations have risen and fallen, risen and fallen, risen and fallen so often that it’s quite tempting to think that life in the Galaxy must be
(a) something akin to seasick space-sick, time sick, history sick or some such thing, and
(b) stupid.

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第五章
銀河系史上一些重要事實之二：
（轉載自恆星每日評論出版社的《通俗銀河史》）
自從這個銀河系誕生以來，曾有數量龐大的文明，興盛又衰落，興盛又衰落，興盛又衰落反覆多次。因而很容易令人猜想，銀河系裏的生命一定都是：
a，跟暈船頗有關聯——暈空間，暈時間，暈歷史，暈其他，以及
b，愚蠢的。