The appropriate way to live gets shaped, at least in part, by the fact that we're going to die, that we won't be around forever.

合适的生活方式至少在部分上，被我们会死去，我们将永远不存在，这个事实改变了。

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Although we need to offer a story about what makes the parts work when they're connected with each other and interacting in the right way, there's no need to appeal to anything beyond the physical.

尽管我们还需要探讨,是什么因素,使得各部分在正确的连接方式下,可以正常工作,但无需诉诸于物质之外的事物

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