So it turns out that he could have picked anything to explain this, and hopefully done out the calculation, and we'll do this ourselves.

结果是他可能用任何事情,来解释这个说法，有希望完成这个计算，而且我们将自己做这件事。

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So let's ask ourselves, "Are there things that we need to appeal to the soul in order to explain these things about us?"

所以让我们扪心自问,有没有这样的现象,需要我们诉诸于灵魂,才能对其作出合理的解释

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I'm going to be trying to explain fundamental aspects of ourselves including questions like how do we make decisions, why do we love our children, what happens when we fall in love, and so on.

我将试着去解释一些我们遇到的基本问题,包括我们如何决策,我们为何喜爱我们的孩子,堕入爱河时会发生些什么,等等

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Are there things that the existence of a soul could explain and explain better than the explanation that we would have if we had to limit ourselves to bodies?

是否有某种现象,使得用灵魂存在的假设,能比局限于肉体本身的分析,解释得更好呢

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And before we say that the soul view's got the better explanation, we have to ask ourselves, just how much of an explanation is it to say, "Oh I can explain consciousness.

在我们承认,灵魂观点更合理之前,我们必须问问自己,这个观点解释得到底如何,我可以解释意识

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