Our bodies have mechanisms like that, that mainly use the principle of negative feedback in order to control the parameters that are important for life within a certain range.

我们的身体有着与之类似的机制,主要依靠负反馈原理来,将与生命息息相关的指标控制在一定范围

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If the mind is like the harmony of the body, then maybe you could destroy the mind, the soul by destroying the body on which the mind depends.

如果精神像是身体的和声，那也许你可以通过毁灭,精神依靠的肉体来毁灭,精神和灵魂。

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He can see that you could be a physicalist and say that the mind is dependent on the body, the mind is just a way of talking about what the body can do when it's working properly.

他能了解你能作为物理学家,说精神依靠肉体，说精神也就是说当身体运转,身体可以做些什么。

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