If the observation period is counted by millimicrosecond, a difference in a second would turn out to be a ridiculous joke.

例如《心灵学》这本书当中列举的，一秒和一毫微秒之间的差别倍值是九亿四千六百零八万倍。

"This news seemed like such a ridiculous joke to me that people could actually stoop so low in a time when we should be focusing our energies on positive accomplishments," he says.

这个消息对我来说都是一个荒唐的笑话，我希望人们把精力集中在积极的成果上的同时可以稍微关注一下这样的事。

It's ridiculous, it's pathetic, it's a joke.

这真是荒唐、可悲、可笑。