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纽约是闻名于世的多彩的现代城市。诚如作者所见,近年来形形色色的“治病”、算命、看相的营生迅速充塞街头,并有逼近社会主流生活之势。虽然人类一直对知识的本质有不同的理解,也对科学进行着反思,但如此的“治病”、算命、看相似乎只是一部分人谋生的手段,有悖科学昌明和社会进步。它们倒符合纽约“兼收并蓄,见怪不惊”的特点。
New York is a world-famous, colorful modern city. As the author sees, in recent years, a wide variety of “treatments”, fortune-telling, and viewing activities have quickly filled the streets, and they have approached the mainstream of society. Although human beings have always had different understandings of the nature of knowledge, and also reflect on science, such “curing diseases”, fortune-telling, and seeing each other seem to be only means for some people to make a living. They have a great deal of scientific prosperity and social progress. They are in line with New York’s “convenience, not surprising” feature.