Richard Feynman 《What Do You Care What Other People Think》

“See that bird? It's a Spencer's warbler. (I knew he didn't know the real name.) "Well, in Italian, it's a Chutto Lapittida. In Portuguese, it's a Bom da Peida. In Chinese it's a Chung-Iong-tah, and in Japanese it's a Katano Takeda. You can know the name of the bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird. You'll only know about humans in different places, and what they call the bird. So let's look at the birds and see what it's doing - that's what counts!”

"Did you see that bird? It's a Spencer's warbler. (He doesn't actually know the bird's name) Well, it's called Chutto Lapittida in Italian. In Portuguese it's called Bom da Peida. In Chinese It’s called Chung-long-tah. It’s called Katano Takeda in Japanese. You can know the name of this bird in all languages ​​around the world, but in the end, you don’t know anything about it. You only know about different places. People, and how they call this bird. So let’s see what it does. That’s important!"

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