They are simply analytical tools. They're not inherently biased. They can be applied fairly to the text, and they're extraordinarily useful. It's just that some of the earlier practitioners of these methods did have ideological axes to grind, and we need to be aware of that.

所以它们只是分析工具，本身并不带有偏见,它们是十分有用的，完全可以运用于文本,但一些早期实施者并没有将其,融会贯通，我们必须意识到这一点。

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And I think frankly that is irresponsible to completely throw away this useful tool

所以，我认为，完全放弃这样一种有用的工具也是十分不负责任的。

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Taking the problem, recognizing that you know what, 8 even though this is a pretty big problem size 8 in this case and last time it was size 8 or in the case of the papers in size of a thousand roughly with the phonebook, I assume these are in a perfectly straight line they won't quite fit.

以这个问题为例，你们要认识到，在这种情况下，这是个比较大的问题，其大小是,上次它的大小也是8，但在纸片那个问题中,电话簿的规模大概是上千的，现在假设这些,杯子完全在同一条直线上，虽然并不十分符合这个条件。

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