你问道，为什么非得是这样的想法呢？

Why, you ask, can't it be more like the other idea?

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十年前，这样的想法几乎是难以想象的。

Such an idea was scarcely thinkable ten years ago.

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更明智的做法是提出建议，然后让别人来得出结论，这样他们就会因为自己的想法而感到自豪。

It's wiser to make suggestions and let someone else come to the conclusion, then they have a sense of pride that it's their idea.

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Then they'll be like, "That's the stupidest idea ever," or "That's somewhat interesting but maybe this and this and this."

之后他们会喜欢它，“这是最傻的想法，“,或是“这很有趣,但可能这样或是那样更好。“

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Unfortunately, this thought, popular as it may be, that it takes one to know one, just seems false.

不幸的是,这样的想法,即同类者互知,可能很流行,但实际上是错误的

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Okay. His idea was the following.

好的,他的想法是这样的

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