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科學杰出之處就在于它能創造人為的可控之物，科學和工程學使我們能夠建造我們今天得以生活在其中的部分人工化了的環境，在這個環境里充滿了無數大橋、卡車、飛機、抗生素和基因變異物種。我們很有可能建造一個日益更加人為化，也因而漸漸更加可知的未來世界。
有兩種局限性制約著預測能力的發展。首先，隨著科學和工程學所創造的東西越來越大，越來越復雜，這些東西本身很可能變得不可預測。例如, 大型軟件，隨著其自身的擴展和完善，能發展成一個程度的自然物所具有的復雜性，且獲得一定能力，來干擾或以不可預測的方式進行活動。
It is in creating the artificial and controllable that science excels. Science and engineering have made it possible to construct the partially artificial surroundings we live in today, replete with huge bridges, trucks, airplanes, antibiotics and genetically altered species. We are likely to build an increasingly artificial, and hence increasingly knowable world.
Two limitations may constrain the march of predictability. First, as the artifacts of science and engineering grow ever larger and more complex, they may themselves become unpredictable. For example, large pieces of software, as they are expanded and amended, can develop a degree of complexity reminiscent of natural objects, and they can and do believe in disturbing and unpredictable ways.
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