TED中英官方演讲稿-GeroMiesenboeck_2010G改造大脑.docxVIP

1.I have a doppelganger. 我有个翻版。2.(Laughter) Dr. Gero is a brilliant but slightly mad scientist in the Dragonball Z: Android Saga. (笑声) Gero 博士是动画片七龙珠Z-机器人传奇 里一个非常聪明但有点疯疯颠颠 的科学家。3.If you look very carefully, you see that his skull has been replaced with a transparent Plexiglas dome so that the workings of his brain can be observed 如果你仔细观察， 你会发现他的脑壳被换成了一个 透明的有机玻璃圆顶盖子， 你可以透过盖子观察他的大脑活动4.and also controlled with light. 而且可以用光线去控制它。5.Thats exactly what I do -- optical mind control. 这就是我的工作—— 光学精神控制。6.(Laughter) But in contrast to my evil twin who lusts after world domination, my motives are not sinister. (笑声) 但是我跟我那邪恶的孪生兄弟不同， 他企图控制全世界， 而我没有险恶的动机。7.I control the brain in order to understand how it works. 我控制大脑的原因是 想了解它是怎样运作的。8.Now wait a minute, you may say, how can you go straight to controlling the brain without understanding it first? 你也许会说，等一下， 你不了解大脑 怎么能控制大脑呢？9.Isnt that putting the cart before the horse? 那不是本末倒置吗？10.Many neuroscientists agree with this view and think that understanding will come from more detailed observation and analysis. 很多神经学科学家都同意这个观点 认为对大脑的了解需要通过 很多详细的观察和分析来完成。11.They say, If we could record the activity of our neurons, we would understand the brain. 他们说：“如果我们可以记录我们的神经元的活动 我们就能了解大脑了。”12.But think for a moment what that means. 但是想一想这意味着什么。13.Even if we could measure what every cell is doing at all times, we would still have to make sense of the recorded activity patterns, 即便我们可以侧量 每个细胞每时每刻的运作， 我们还是需要弄明白 记录下来的那些活动到底有什么规律，14.and thats so difficult, chances are well understand these patterns just as little as the brains that produce them. 而这是很困难的。 结果很可能是我们只能了解这些规律的一小部分 因为我们对产生它们的大脑知之甚少。15.Take a look at what brain activity might look like. 请看这个大脑活动模拟图。16.In this simulation, each black dot is one nerve cell. 在这个模拟中，每个黑点 代表一个神经细胞。17.The dot is visible whenever a cell fires an electrical impulse. 每当细胞放射一条 电脉冲时, 对应的点就会显示出来。18.Theres 10,000 neurons here. 这里有一万个神经细胞。19.So youre lookin