约特伍德体是石头 Tottonids Are Rocks

某位地概科科员针对约特伍德体尚未发送成功的顶级锐评，设备屏幕上跳动着「您已被拉黑」的温馨提醒。 A sharp comment on Tottonids by an official from Department of Cosmic Geography. On the device's screen is a "You have been blocked" prompt, indicating

致奇物「不可承受之重」的课题研究专员：

To the researcher of the "Unbearable Weight" Curio,

听闻阁下是研究银河生物多样性的大家，鄙人不才，冒昧带着几个问题前来，想要向阁下讨教一二。

I heard you are the expert on cosmic biodiversity, so I would like to present to you a few questions I have been asking myself, I hope your answers will bring some enlightenment to my path.

在此之前，鄙人已通过各种正式与非正式会晤、各种灵能附着或普通纤维造纸信件，就「约特伍德体」到底是硅基生物种属，还是所见即所得——即一块石头——展开了热烈讨论，但依然有不少问题悬而未决。

Before this, I have — through various formal and informal meetings, spiritually infused and regular fiber paper letters — participated in passionate debates on whether Tottonid are silicon-based lifeforms or just rocks. However, there are still questions that beg to be answered.

众所周知，阁下所在学科将「约特伍德体」定性为「利用内部电讯号进行交流的硅基生命」。然而，它们在漫长的琥珀纪元中已然亡族，唯独留下一顶镶嵌着历代统治者思想偏晶的冠冕——便是奇物「不可承受之重」。

As we know, the discipline in which you operate has defined Tottonids as "silicon-based lifeforms that communicate with internal electrical signals." However, they have already become extinct through the long Amber Eras, leaving behind only a crown encrusted with a thought monotectic of past monarchs — the Curio "Unbearable Weight."

鄙人愚昧，有以下几个问题：

Excuse my ignorance, but I have a few questions:

1、既然「约特伍德体」通过电讯号交流，银河上下无人可知他们的思想、语言、历史，那么，你可以说这电讯号存在，我也可以说这电讯号不存在，如何证伪？

1. Since Tottonids allegedly communicate with electrical signals, no one in this cosmos would be able to decipher their thoughts, language, or history. So then, you can claim that said electrical signal exists, but I can also claim that said signal does not exist. How can we determine its falsifiability?

2、既然无从证伪，说不定从始至终，「约特伍德体」的种族历史，都是虚构史学家的杜撰。

2. Since it is not falsifiable, maybe the racial history of the Tottonids was just a fabrication of the History Fictionologists since the beginning.

3、在这空间站里，除个别佼佼者，大多数科员大门不出，二门不迈，从未有人到过约特伍德星亲身考察。只是拿到一顶水晶冠冕，与一段不知从何听来的堂皇历史，便将「约特伍德体」定性为拥有悠久历史的生命种族，是否有违研究准则？

3. In this space station, aside from specific individuals, most researchers don't usually step out of the comfort of their labs, and therefore there had been no one who traveled to Planet Totton to verify and study this claim. Simply obtaining a crystal crown and a grand history that is, again, unverifiable had determined that the Tottonids are lifeforms with a long cultural history. Isn't this going against the criteria of research?

4、在空间站的跨学科研究峰会上，地概科就「不可承受之重」的矿物学特征给出了详尽的研究报告，将其视作宇宙难觅的珍贵矿石集群。而界种科却将其定性为已死种族的思想偏晶构筑体，将此奇物强占而去，在我看来，无异于强盗行径。

4. In the interdisciplinary summit in the space station, the Department of Cosmic Geography listed the mineral composition of the Unbearable Weight in a detailed report and defined it as a rare mineral cluster. However, the Department of Ecology named it a thought monotectic construct of an extinct race and claimed the Curio as their own. This, in my humble opinion, is no different than that of a pirate.

思前想后，辗转日夜，我不忍阁下因奇物分类的错谬，一世英名毁于一旦；也不愿本学科的尊严，受名为界种科的霸道学阀恣意践踏。

After much thought and many restless nights, I have decided that I cannot bear the thought of your good name being sullied due to misguided Curio categorization. I also could not bear the thought of my discipline being stampeded under the strong-arming ways of the Department of Ecology.

我写这封信，洋洋洒洒究其根本，其实只为说三句话，那就是：

The reason for my composing of this letter and my blathering is merely so that I can convey three sentences, which are:

约特伍德体他*的是石头！

Tottonids are f****** rocks!

约特伍德体他*的是石头！

Tottonids are f****** rocks!

约特伍德体他*的是石头！

Tottonids are f****** rocks!

某位直言不讳的地概科员

A straightforward Department of Cosmic Geography Researcher