The discussion I skipped was the discussion of why we would have an unconscious at all.

我所跳过的是关于,“我们为何会有无意识“，的讨论。

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So, the question is, from an evolutionary standpoint, " "Why would an unconscious evolve?"

那么，从进化的观点来看，要问的问题便是“无意识为何得以进化“

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So, I was talking about the scientifically respectable ideas of Freud and I want to talk about some new ideas about why there could be an unconscious.

我当时正在讲,在科学上颇有名望的弗洛依德理论,我想给大家讲一些新的,关于“无意识为何会存在“的理论。

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The two main ones involve the existence of an unconscious, unconscious motivation, and the notion of unconscious dynamics or unconscious conflict which lead to mental illnesses, dreams, slips of the tongue and so on.

这两个观点涉及了无意识动机的存在,以及导致心理疾病，梦境，口误等心理过程的,无意识动力或无意识冲突的概念。

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Normally, we do these things to keep an equilibrium among the different systems of the unconscious, but sometimes it doesn't work.

一般来说，我们会运用这些机制,去维持无意识系统的平衡，但有时防御机制也会不起作用。

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