But as theorists, we could be interested in the theoretical possibility that the right response is to not think about the facts of death at all.

但作为理论家，我们可能对“正确的回应是,根本不考虑所有关于死亡的事实”,在理论上的可能性感兴趣。

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Suppose the soul theorist answers that last objection by saying,Ain't ever going to happen.

假设灵魂理论者对上个异议的答案是,这事情根本不可能发生。

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when I was explaining it to Professor Shiller, he said he didn't quite follow it, so I probably shouldn't try it, and he knows more than I do.

当我向席勒教授解释它的时候，他说他不能完全理解这一理论，所以我很可能不应该尝试它，他知道的比我多。

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The problem with--what drove the personality theory into the no branching rule, implausible as it may be,was the fact that your personality is like software,and it can be copied.

看似不可能，但将人格理论，拖入无分支规则的问题就是,人格可被拷贝这个事实。

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Still, I take it--I gather--here's what I'm told-- that the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics says that, despite what many of us might've otherwise believed, the fundamental laws of physics are not, in fact, deterministic.

别人告诉了我这么一个例子,量子力学的正统理论认为,尽管有很多人可能不相信,物理学的基本定律事实上也不是确定性的

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