So we ask very limited questions, which is why we brag about how accurately we can predict the future.

我们研究的问题是非常有限的,正因如此我们才敢自豪地说,我们能非常精确地预测未来

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But there's clearly a side of our mental life, the emotional side, where we might really worry, could a robot feel love?

显然我们的某个精神方面,情绪方面,才我们最为担心的,机器人能感觉到爱吗

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I want to share some of that with you so you can fast forward and get the understanding that took me much longer to get.

我想和你们分享一下心得,这样你们就能更快地进步,并理解我当初花了很久才理解的东西

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We have to invent a process, a chemical extraction process that will make the production of magnesium cheaper so that we will have the opportunity to avail ourselves of energy-efficient materials.

我们必须发明出一种方法，一种化学提炼方法,能够使生产镁变得更便宜,那样我们才有机会,让我们自己用上高效能的材料。

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Well if you can continuously measure and then give the amount of insulin you need to compensate for that amount of blood, those things could work together to be a totally artificial pancreas, make it totally out of synthetic parts.

如果能持续监测并且补充,血液中不足的胰岛素,能同时具有以上功能的东西,才可以称之为人工胰腺,它不同于将部件简单的进行组合

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The fact that I have one, you know, five hundred thousandth of the vote for one representative in congress is not the same thing as my having the ability to decide for myself how to use my property rights.

事实是，我只有一张选票，50万选民才票选出,一位国会议员,这与我能自己决定如何行使我的财产权,是两回事。

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