Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

就像我们的眼睛需要光明才能看得见东西，我们的心灵需要要思想才能有所构想。

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Nevertheless, a Rubicon has been crossed. It is now possible to conceive of a world in which new bacteria (and eventually, new animals and plants) are designed on a computer and then grown to order.

但是这一步已然了迈出去，我们可以预见到将来我们会用电脑设计新的细菌(并且最终会出现新的动物和植物)，并让它按计划生长。

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That's interesting because much later on, when they realised that a woman didn't have to climax in order to conceive, the idea of a woman enjoying sex was considered far less important.

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