What can we possibly conclude from these discrepant points of view?Our popular attitudes could be summed up as a combination of wishful thinking and stark terror.

• 从这些互相矛盾的看法中我们能够得出什么样的结论呢?可以把流行在我们之中的态度归纳为是一种痴心妄想和赤裸裸的恐惧的结合。