He had a point because philosophy distances us from conventions, from established assumptions, and from settled beliefs.

因为哲学的确将我们与习俗，既定假设以及原有信条相疏离。

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And I could take that information, type it up into a program, make some assumptions about speed and direction and what routes they're going to take and actually watch the ambulance go to St. John's Mercy.

我得到这条信息之后，将它输入程序里，假设它们的速度和方向,以及它们应走哪条线路,就能看到救护车进入圣约翰医院。

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From then on,if you accept the analysis and the assumptions or the estimates that underlie it, then we pretty much know how to construct portfolios.

如果你们理解了整个分析过程,假设前提以及各项资产的有关估算,就能知道该怎样建立一个投资组合

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But before telling you about this let me sort of Go through some of the hypothesis that we have and That we are now testing about why the subject is Difficult and why these materials assembled what We have assembled them might be useful.

但是谈那之前我要说说,我们之前的一些假设,我们现在正在测试为什么这个学科很难,以及为什么我们整合这些资料是有用的,我们认为把它们整合起来或许有用。

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