So, it makes a binary decision, either I create an action potential or I don't, but that decision could be based on many inputs, not just on input from one cell.

所以 这里产生一个二选一的决策,就是产生动作电位亦或不产生,不过这个决定可能是,根据很多输入信号做出的,而不是仅凭单个细胞所传来的信号

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Now we're in trouble and I say, don't run away! There are no techniques, there are no maneuvers, there are no -- you can't do anything and so they didn't practice very much, except one stunning exception, the Spartans.

现在形势不妙,我说,"弟兄们,顶住",这些不需要技巧,不需要熟练的动作,也不需要--,你对战场上的一切都无能为力,因此他们也不需要什么操练,唯一让人赞叹的特例,就是斯巴达人

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