庄周梦碟（2）

Zhuang Zhou dreaming a butterfly

Hawking replied in Weibo,

霍金在微博回答道，

“Zhuang Zhou dreaming a butterfly-- Perhaps because he is a free man.

“庄周梦蝶 ——也许是因为他是个热爱自由的人。

If I had, I might have dreamed of the universe and wondered if the universe had dreamt of me.换做我的话，我也许会梦到宇宙，然后困惑是否宇宙也梦到了我。

To answer your question:

来回答你的问题：

“How do we know if we live in a dream or are we real?”

"我们如何知道我们是生活在梦里还是真实存在？"

Well, we don't know, maybe we can't!

我们不知道，也许也无法知道！

The problem is at least waiting until we begin to understand the consciousness and the universe profoundly.这个问题至少要等到我们开始深刻了解意识和宇宙才可知。

we must diligently explore the basic proposition that exists ,

我们必须要孜孜不倦地探索关于存在的基本命题，

Only then may we know that butterflies (or the universe) are real,

只有这样，我们也许才会知道蝴蝶（或宇宙）是真实存在，

Or only in our dreams. "

还是只存在于我们的梦里。”