Hardy's thoughts are rather fragmented and even self-contradictory.

哈代的思想显得支离破碎，甚至自相矛盾。

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Was the story hard to follow? Was it self-contradictory, and in what ways? Anything? Just don't even be polite, just throw it right out there. Yes?

有没有什么地方不连贯？或者自相矛盾？,有何矛盾？有吗？说出来，现在，在这里，好吗？

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These self-contradictory concepts try to capture the fact that even business may be stranger than we can imagine, and that the old models are no longer adequate.

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