And many people rightfully so questioned the veracity, the value of these questionnaires, because it is subjective-- ? are we measuring something real?

很多人置疑问卷的，真实性和价值，因为它是主观的-,我们是在测量真实的东西吗？

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Okay, first of all, because everything relies on self-report there's no machine, for the most part, that can do objective measures of this, you don't really know when people are telling you what they're eating.

好,首先,因为任何事都是建立在自觉上,大多数环节没有机器参与,这样的方式比较主观,你并不需要,人们告诉你他们所吃的是否真实

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And also, discuss the debate over whether such cases are true or not; whether they could be taken as a real phenomena or a made-up phenomena, which is--there is a matter of a lot of controversy.

同时也讨论一下,这种现象是否真实存在,我们应该将它看作是真实的心理现象,还是人们主观想象出来的,这个问题存在着许多的争论

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