4. Smart Earth

CHAPTER 4 SMART EARTH As any scientist will tell you, we exist in an ever-expanding multiverse with an infinite number of stars and planets. One of those planets, which orbits around the center star in Orion's Belt, is called Smart Earth. Smart Earth is almost identical to our Earth, except that everybody who lives on Smart Earth is a genius.

任何科学家都会告诉你，我们存在于一个不断膨胀的多元宇宙中，拥有无数的恒星和行星。 其中一颗行星围绕猎户座腰带的中心恒星运行，被称为智能地球。 智慧地球和我们的地球几乎一模一样，除了每个生活在智慧地球上的人都是天才。

The reason everybody on Smart Earth is so smart is that the entire planet is made of an element called Zygo-Gogozizzle 24. Zygo-Gogozizzle 24 is a slightly radioactive substance that can bind with organic matter, morph into complex organisms, and be mixed with mayonnaise and dill-pickle relish to create both a tasty salad dressing and a clean- burning fuel source with enough power to light up an entire city. One of the remarkable side effects of being in close proximity to Zygo-Gogozizzle 24 is that it makes people much, much smarter than they normally would be.

智能地球上的每个人都如此聪明的原因是，整个地球是由一种叫做Zygo-Gogozizzle 24的元素组成的。 Zygo-Gogozizzle 24是一种轻微的放射性物质，可以与有机物结合，变成复杂的有机体，并与蛋黄酱和莳萝泡菜调味料混合，既可以制成美味的沙拉酱，又可以作为清洁燃烧的燃料，其能量足以照亮整个城市。 近距离接触Zygo-Gogozizzle 24的一个显著副作用是，它会让人比平时聪明得多。

Even though Smart Earth is inhabited by geniuses, it still has a lot of similarities to our Earth. They've got McDonald's (though it's called "Smart McDonald's"), they have smartphones (which are called "smart smartphones"), and they've got the Huffington Post (which is called "the Huffington Post"). One day, a smart scientist at Smart Harvard University decided to do an experiment.

尽管智慧地球上居住着天才，但它与我们的地球仍然有很多相似之处。 他们有麦当劳（虽然被称为“智能麦当劳”），他们有智能手机（被称为“智能智能手机”），他们有赫芬顿邮报（被称为“赫芬顿邮报”）。 一天，聪明的哈佛大学的一位聪明的科学家决定做一个实验。

It was the smartest, most intelligent experiment that anyone on Smart Earth had ever conducted. It was so incredibly smart, in fact, that it ended up being totally dumb. That afternoon in her laboratory, Smart Earth's smartest scientist mixed Smart Diet Coke with Smart Pop Rocks. Then she added a third ingredient to this highly volatile concoction: Smart Mentos. This is what happened:

这是智能地球上所有人做过的最聪明、最聪明的实验。 事实上，它是如此的聪明，以至于它最终变得完全愚蠢。 那天下午，在她的实验室里，“智能地球”最聪明的科学家将智能健怡可乐和智能流行摇滚混合在一起。 然后，她在这种高度挥发的混合物中加入了第三种成分：智能曼妥思。 事情是这样的：

CHiMBA- LOOSHi!

CHiMBA——LOOSHi !