And what this is going to be is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the human mind.

本课程旨在让大家,在宏观上对人类心智研究形成基本的认识

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So it applies to macroscopic systems that are in equilibrium, and how to go from one equilibrium state to another equilibrium state, and it's entirely empirical in its foundation.

因此，热力学研究的是平衡态的宏观系统,以及如何从,一个平衡态过渡到另一个平衡态，它完全是建立在经验的基础上的。

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