The parts of the enterprise which are scientifically the most exciting are unlikely to be militarily useful. I am thinking here of the development of new kinds of lasers.
这份计划中，从科学角度看最让人兴奋的部分在军事上却可能无用。我指的是新型激光开发。
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In the development of Western technology, it has been non-verbal thinking, by and large, that has fixed the outlines and filled in the details of our material surroundings.
在西方科技的发展中，非语言思维大体上固定了我们物质环境的轮廓，并填充了细节。
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Again, we can apply this thinking to a development environment — i.e., we must define the various aspects of each of the elements that comprise it.