[第6集] 进步真的好吗？应该有所坚持。

进步真的好吗？应该有所坚持。

【剧情简介】

此集是由脑起搏器展开的，一位帕金森症的病人佩戴了脑起搏器却突发状况，被Dr. 皮尔斯救了。本觉得是医疗器械有缺陷引起的，谁知一位主治医生却死了，他的妻子也是佩戴脑起搏器的特发性震颤患者，并陷入了最小意识状态。Dr皮尔斯与一位科学家成功将起搏器转移了位置，唤醒了她。原来是她失手推到了医生（她丈夫）导致他磕到头而死亡了。而她的过失之举又是另有所因，与另外那十多起脑起搏器意外事件一样。由此牵涉出医生与医药代表之间的私情，女人因想独自拥有男人而想用此方式杀死他妻子，谁知……失去的却是她最在乎的人。

【专业词汇】 脑起搏器(DBS/deep brain stimulator) 帕金森（Parkinson）特发性震颤（essential tremor）微创手术(minimally invasive procedure) 肌张力障碍(dystoma) 抽动秽语综合症(Tourette’s) 老年痴呆症(Alzheimer’s) 肥胖症(obesity) 精神分裂症(schizophrenia)

这位医生刚刚演示了大脑半球切除术，切除了患病的半个大脑。

The good doctor has just performed a hemispherectomy to remove the diseased half of the brain.

这就是强尼的脑左半球，他的语言中枢便包含其中，然而我们必须移除这个半球。出乎意料的是：曾由左半球控制的语言和其他功能，最终会在右半球中开发出来。

This is Johnny’s left hemisphere, the side that contains his language center, it’s also the half of his brain we had to take out, amazingly, speech and other functions once controlled by the left hemisphere will eventually develop in the right.

脑半球切除手术不仅能救人性命，亦展示了半个大脑足以让我们成为一个健全的人，你们当中有些人每天都是这样。

Hemispherectomies not only save lives, they also show us that to be fully human only takes half a brain, which some of you demonstrate on a daily basis.

对其他人而言，这是否意味着你们的脑力远远超过所需要的呢？还是意味着你们有大量未发掘的潜力。

As for the rest of you, does that mean you have a lot more brain power than you need? Or does it mean that you have vast amounts of unrealized potential?

他的大脑里植入了电极来帮助缓解帕金森的症状，由他的胸腔里的电池组供电。

He has electrodes implanted in his brain to help relieve his Parkinson’s symptoms. It’s powered by a battery pack in his chest.

10%的帕金森病人都不到40岁。

10% of the cases are under 40.

为什么人类不断渴望进步？我们的大部分野心由前额皮质驱使，这也是为什么我们在这间教室里，而不是在丛林里吃着香蕉。

Why are humans constantly striving for improvement? Much of our ambition is driven by our large prefrontal cortex, which is why we’re in the classroom, and not in the jungle eating bananas.

每天我们都看到新的科技进步，升级的手机，更快的电脑看，新的医疗技术。科学似乎有无限的能力，大多数进步确实让我们的生活变得更好。

Everyday, we hear about new technological advancements, upgraded cell phones, faster computers, new medical techniques. Science seems to have unlimited potential. And many of these advances really do make our life better.

但有时我想，在努力进步的同时，我们也丢掉了一些原本重要的东西。

But sometimes I think, in our striving for improvement, we lose aside of something just important.

也许我们应该试着接受，自身已经足够好的部分，不是所有的事都需要修正。莫扎特的音乐已经一百多年了，它不需要任何更新，就是这样才完美。

Maybe we should try to accept what’s already pretty good about ourselves. Not everything needs fixing. Mozart’s music was still 100 years old, it doesn’t acquire any upgrade, it’s perfect just the way it is.