And it's sort of half empirics and half sort of storytelling.

这一半是经验主义， 一半是讲故事。

In reality, we still live in an age of empiric, trial-and-error imprecision medicine.

事实上，我们仍然生活在一个经验主义、反复试验的不精确医学时代。

He once more endeavored to pass the supposed empiric, scorning even the parade of threatening to use the knife, or tomahawk, that was pendent from his belt.

他再次努力通过所谓的经验，甚至蔑视威胁使用挂在他腰带上的刀或战斧的游行。