经典科幻文学:《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
银河系史上一些重要事实之二：
（转载自恒星每日评论出版社的《通俗银河史》）
自从这个银河系诞生以来，曾有数量庞大的文明，兴盛又衰落，兴盛又衰落，兴盛又衰落反复多次。因而很容易令人猜想，银河系里的生命一定都是：
a，跟晕船颇有关联——晕空间，晕时间，晕历史，晕其他，以及
b，愚蠢的。