我是逛 ystrickler.com 这个网站时偶然发现这个的，很高兴看到有人也在思考关于思考的问题，而且居然真的读过《试金者》（Il Saggiatore / The Assayer）。我是带着完全不同的想法去读它的，我会把《试金者》作为关于科学本质的社会讨论的开端之一推荐给大家，不过也想提醒一句……
I found this by poking around on the ystrickler.com site and was happy to find someone else who thinks about thinking and had actually read Il Saggiatore (The Assayer). I read it with something completely different in mind, and would recommend it (The Assayer) as one of the beginnings of a social discussion on the nature of science, but would caution…
…“buffoon”, “evil poltroon”, “ungrateful villain”. He was not a fan. (Grassi was more correct on this topic.) For all of Galileo's intelligence, he was a somewhat of an ass, and alienated a lot of people. His Il Saggiatore (The Assayer) was an attack of Grassi's view; Grassi responded with Assagiatore (Winetaster—insinuating that Galileo was drunk when you wrote his book). Academics (and politics) was a blood sport back…
我是逛 ystrickler.com 这个网站时偶然发现这个的，很高兴看到有人也在思考关于思考的问题，而且居然真的读过《试金者》（Il Saggiatore / The Assayer）。我是带着完全不同的想法去读它的，我会把《试金者》作为关于科学本质的社会讨论的开端之一推荐给大家，不过也想提醒一句……
I found this by poking around on the ystrickler.com site and was happy to find someone else who thinks about thinking and had actually read Il Saggiatore (The Assayer). I read it with something completely different in mind, and would recommend it (The Assayer) as one of the beginnings of a social discussion on the nature of science, but would caution…
……“小丑”、“卑鄙的懦夫”、“忘恩负义的恶棍”。他非常讨厌对方。（在这一话题上 Grassi 其实更准确。）尽管伽利略才智过人，但他有点像个混蛋，得罪了不少人。他的《试金者》（Il Saggiatore）就是对 Grassi 观点的抨击；Grassi 则以《品酒者》（Assagiatore）作为反击——暗讽伽利略在写书时喝醉了。在当年，学术界（和政界）就是一项血腥的运动……
…“buffoon”, “evil poltroon”, “ungrateful villain”. He was not a fan. (Grassi was more correct on this topic.) For all of Galileo's intelligence, he was a somewhat of an ass, and alienated a lot of people. His Il Saggiatore (The Assayer) was an attack of Grassi's view; Grassi responded with Assagiatore (Winetaster—insinuating that Galileo was drunk when you wrote his book). Academics (and politics) was a blood sport back…