Well, the genes that survive are going to be the ones that make the most copies of themselves.

能存活的基因是,能进行最多自我复制的基因。

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So should we conclude,therefore, that what really matters is not just survival but having the same personality?

那么我们是否就能得出以下的结论，真正关键的不是存活本身而是拥有相同的人格？

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If a cell has a gene that makes it resistant to Ampicillin, that means that that micro-organism can survive being exposed to this normally deadly chemical without dying.

如果细胞带有一种基因,能够让它对氨苄青霉素产生抗性,即使把它放在,有致死剂量化学物质的环境中,它也能存活下来

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Second question, though, is: Does the soul, even if it exists, survive the destruction of the body?

第二个问题,即使灵魂存在,在肉体被摧毁后,灵魂是否能存活

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It's easy to see how you might think, how you might worry about the badness of death, if you thought you would survive your death.

如果你认为经历过死亡依然能存活，你会怎么想象和担心死亡的坏处，就很容易看出来了。

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Do we have any good reason to believe the soul survives the death of the body?

我们有什么理由去相信,灵魂在肉体死亡后仍能存活

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It's no comfort to me to be told I will survive,because after all, the soul is the key to personal identity,if there's no similar personality, no memories,no beliefs,no retrievable memories of past lives.

能这样存活下去对我来说毫无安慰，因为说到底，灵魂是个人认同感的关键，而如果没有与前世相似的人格，记忆和信仰。

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