It could take a visit to the International Space Station.
它可能跑去国际空间站
Perhaps even fly to the moon.
也许甚至飞到月球
All this before returning to the exact same spot an instance before you reenter the room.
结束之后 桌子又回到原本位置 就在你再度进入房间前的瞬间
This,of course is a pretty unlikely scenario.
这个状况当然是不太可能发生的
But one we can't rule out.
但我们却不能完全排除
It is much simpler to assume that the table stays put when we are not there.
还是简单假定为 当我们不在时 桌子就在原地不动
It is our best fit model of reality.
那是我们对现实的最适模型
This is essentially what we do in science.
基本上 科学家也是如此
To create best fit models of how we believe
我们所建构的最适模型
the universe actually works.
来源于我们自己所认定的宇宙运作方式
The ancient Greeks were the first
古希腊人最早
to built such scientific models.
建构此类科学模型
They suggested that the earth was a large sphere,motionless
他们主张地球是一个大型球体 静止不动
And fixed at the center of the universe.
且固定在宇宙中心
But later pioneering scientists like Copernicus and Galileo
但之后 开创性的科学家 如哥白尼与伽利略
found a much simpler and completely revolutionary model to describe this same observations.
找到更简单又更完整的革命性模型 来解释同样的现象
They proposed that the earth itself was spinning and orbiting the sun at the same time...
他们主张地球会自转 并同时绕着太阳运行
Along with all the other planets.
就与所有其它行星一样