Facebook has hit back at a controversial Princeton study that claimed it would 'die like a virus' and lose 80% of its users by 2015.
Facebook對(duì)近期普林斯頓大學(xué)發(fā)布的一項(xiàng)有爭(zhēng)議的研究進(jìn)行了反擊，該研究稱到2015年，“Facebook就會(huì)像病毒傳播一樣”流失80%的用戶。

Researchers at the social network say the study is fatally flawed - and turned it on Princeton to prove their point.
Facebook的研究員表示，這項(xiàng)研究完全是扯淡，還以其人之道還治其人之身了一把。

Using the University's own method, it found Princeton would have no students by 2021.
根據(jù)普林斯頓大學(xué)的研究方法，F(xiàn)acebook的研究人員得出結(jié)論，到2021年，普林斯頓大學(xué)將會(huì)門下無人。

Mike Develin, Lada Adamic, and Sean Taylor, of Facebook's data team, used the same methods as the original paper to show that Princeton was facing a decline in undergraduates of 50 per cent in the next four years and would have none at all by 2021.
Facebook找來了Mike Develin、Lada Adamic 和 Sean Taylor 這三位研究者，用普林斯頓大學(xué)的研究方法，證明在未來4年里，普林斯頓大學(xué)將流失50%的學(xué)生，到2021年，普林斯頓大學(xué)將要關(guān)門。

'Like many of you, we were intrigued by a recent article by Princeton researchers predicting the imminent demise of Facebook,' they wrote.
Facebook的研究員們寫道，“和你們大多數(shù)人一樣，我們也對(duì)普林斯頓大學(xué)最近的一項(xiàng)研究感到好奇。這項(xiàng)研究竟然預(yù)測(cè)出了Facebook即將銷聲匿跡的結(jié)局”。

'Using the same?robust?methodology?featured in the paper, we attempted to find out more about this 'Princeton University' - and you won't believe what we found!
“我們用了和普林大神們一樣穩(wěn)健的科學(xué)方法來對(duì)普林斯頓大學(xué)進(jìn)行研究，你絕對(duì)不會(huì)相信我們得出了什么樣的結(jié)論！”

'our research unequivocally demonstrated that Princeton may be in danger of disappearing entirely.'
“我們的研究明確地指出，普林斯頓大學(xué)大學(xué)將命不久矣?！?

They also used the same logic to show the world will run out of air by 2060.
Facebook的研究者們還用同樣的邏輯研究起了地球上空氣的消耗情況，得出“到2060年地球上將不會(huì)剩下空氣”的結(jié)論。

'We don’t really think Princeton or the world’s air supply is going anywhere soon,' they said.?'We love Princeton (and air).
“我們真的不希望普林斯頓大學(xué)或者是地球上的空氣消失，因?yàn)槲覀儛燮樟炙诡D，也愛空氣?！?/div>

'As data scientists, we wanted to give a fun reminder that not all research is created equal – and some methods of analysis lead to pretty crazy conclusions,they said in a blog post.
研究員們?cè)诓┛妥詈髮懙溃白鳛閿?shù)據(jù)專家，我們只是想風(fēng)趣地提醒大家，不是所有研究都可以用相同的方法來驗(yàn)證的，用某些方法得出的結(jié)論只會(huì)貽笑大方?！?