Clark argues that Ballard's subjects made the pattern of blocks part of their extended mind. It became a store of knowledge they could dip into, an external repository of information.

克拉克的观点是，接受巴拉德试验的人实际上已把那些积木的组合方式变成他们的外脑，这个外脑就成为接受试验者可以不断挖掘的知识储备库，是信息的外部呼吸系统。

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They note that the patchy growth often seen in the early quarters of an economic expansion for instance, the jobless recovery of the early 90s or the double-dip in 2002 is not usually reflected in the pattern of earnings recovery.

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