English Original
The word "discovery" literally means uncovering something that's hidden from view. But what really happens is a change in the viewer. The familiar offers comfort few can resist, and fewer still want to disturb. However, as relatively recent inventions like the telescope and microscope have taught us, the unknown has many layers. Every truth has geological strata, and you can't have an orthodoxy without a heresy.
The moment a newborn opens its eyes, discovery begins.
I learned this with a laugh one morning after delivering a calf. When it lifted its fluffy head and looked at me, its eyes held the absolute bewilderment of the newly born. A moment before, it had known only the even black nowhere of the womb, and suddenly its world was full of colour, movement, and noise. I've never seen anything so shocked to be alive.
中文翻译
“发现”这个词的字面意思是，揭开隐藏于视野之外的事物。但真正发生的，是观察者自身的改变。熟悉的事物带来难以抗拒的舒适感，更少有人愿意去打破它。然而，正如望远镜和显微镜这类相对近期的发明所教导我们的，未知世界是多层次的。每个真理都有其地质层次，没有异端，也就无所谓正统。
当新生儿睁开双眼的那一刻，发现便开始了。
一个清晨，我在接生了一头小牛后，笑着领悟了这个道理。当它抬起毛茸茸的脑袋看着我时，它的眼中充满了新生儿的全然困惑。片刻之前，它还只知道子宫里那均匀、黑暗、无所在的空间，突然间，它的世界充满了色彩、运动和声响。我从未见过任何事物如此震惊于自己活着。