First, that everybody knows realities, people believe that because we all immersed in it, and that already defeats models that you might have.

第一条便是，每个人都知道现实，人们相信现实，因为我们都存在于现实中，现实可能摧毁了你曾经有过的世界观。

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Because people do all sorts of behaviors which become very, very hard to interpret if they don't really believe their bodies are going to die.

因为人们有各种行为,如果他们不相信自己的肉体会消亡,这些行为将非常难以诠释。

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We're also going to recognize, however, that insurance got a slow start because-- I believe it is because-- people could not understand the concept of probability.

不管怎么说,我们得承认,保险起步缓慢,因为...,我相信是因为...,人们无法理解概率的概念

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But we do know from living cultures that people do engage in all kinds of ritual and symbolic actions because of genuine beliefs about the importance of those actions, because those rituals and symbols are extraordinarily meaningful to them.

但是我们可以在还活着的文化中知道些什么,它们蕴含在人们做的各种宗教仪式和有象征意义的行为中,因为人们诚恳地相信这些行为的重要性，因为这些仪式和象征对他们来说意义重大。

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But nobody believes the government when they say that because people say, surely the U.S. Government is not going to allow Fannie and Freddie to fail.

但是没人相信政府表态,因为人们觉得美国政府肯定不会,让房利美和房地美倒闭的

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