Well, that matters to us, but the trouble is, without predictability you don't know where to put the peak.

那对我们很重要，但问题是，没可预见性你就不知道巅峰放在哪点。

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But in fact, logically speaking at least, variability, although it's a requirement for unpredictability, doesn't guarantee unpredictability.

但实际上，至少在逻辑上讲，可变性虽然是不可预见性的必要条件，但是不可预见性却不是必然。

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All of this suggests then that the unpredictability of our death adds an extra negative element.

这一切表明,死亡的不可预见性,添加了额外的负面因素。

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one way in which unpredictability at least has the potential of making things worse is this.

不可预见性,使事情更糟糕的一种情况是。

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Because you don't know how much more time you've got-- You can make a guess based on statistics, but as we saw, there's wild unpredictability.

因为你不知道你剩下多少时间-,你可以根据数据进行猜测，但是我们都知道，不可预见性太难把握。

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Now, that being the case, we have to worry then that because of the unpredictability of death that our lives may not have the ideal shape.

既然是这样，那么我们会变得担心起来,由于存在死亡的不可预见性,我们的生命线可能不会是理想的形状。

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In our world, not only do we have variability, we've got unpredictability.

在我们的世界不仅有可变性，还有不可预见性。

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Right? Because of unpredictability, you can't really know.

对吧？因为有不可预见性，你无法知道这些事。

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You could have variability with complete predictability.

你可以选择完全的可预见性。

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The unpredictability makes it worse.

不可预见性让事情更糟糕了。

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What about unpredictability?

那么不可预见性呢？

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