Who has the authority to say to anyone aside from "This is a good idea."

谁能有指挥他人的权威呢？,人们只能说说这些，像“这是个好主意“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

You've probably already noticed that there's some material that's set aside from the text in boxes, and I encourage you to particularly look at those boxes for this chapter.

你们可能已经注意到,在正文旁边的方框里有一些材料,我希望你们仔细看看方框中的内容

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

For example, nowhere in the world would people consider eating a rock, because a rock is non-food across all cultures; but aside from that, there's great variability and so social construction part of this is very important.

举例来说,世界上没有哪里的人会想吃石头,因为不管在哪种文化中,石头都不能当做食物,但是除此之外,各地的食物丰富而多样,所以社会意识是非常重要的一部分

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