Many of us think that given the valuable and precious thing that life is, suicide makes no sense.

许多人认为生命被赋予了有价值的,珍贵的东西，自杀是毫无意义的。

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The things that are valuable as a means " we can say are instrumentally valuable.

作为手段而显得可贵的东西,可以说它们有“利用价值。

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You see that little thing says dot Cartesian point in there.

当我要使用这些东西的时候,这些信息是很有价值的，对不对？

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So, cognitive dissonance will lead you then to think that what you are giving it up for has some value and then you establish a liking for it.

这样认知失调就会让你想到,你为之付出代价的东西一定是有价值的,然后你就会喜欢上它。

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But if you accept a valuable container theory, you have to add something more.

但是如果你接受有价值容器理论，你就得添加额外的东西。

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Different theories might have different explanations as to-- are these things valuable because we want them, ? or do we want them because we recognize they're valuable?

不同的理论可能会有不同的解释-,这些东西有价值是因为我们想得到它们，还是我们知道这些东西有价值所以才想要？

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.. Because we also have to add in, if we accept a valuable container theory, we also have to add in some extra positive points to take account of the fact that, well, at least you're alive or have the life or a person-- or whatever it is that you think is valuable in and of itself.

因为我们还要添加，如果我们接受有价值容器理论的话，我们还要添加一些额外的正数,你要考虑，你至少活着或者拥有人的生命-,或任何你觉得它本身有价值的东西。

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