This week,we tell about how thin monkeys live longer than fat ones, how aspirin can help colon cancer patients and some new information about Tyrannosaurus rex.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

The question that has guided me whether it's in writing the book, whether it's in creating this class, " whether it's first and foremost my personal life is what I call "the question of the question", which is "how can we help ourselves and others, ?" individuals, communities and society become happier?"

那个指引了我的问题，不论是写书，还是开设这门课程，还是被我所称的“问题的问题，就是“我们如何能帮助自己和他人，个人，群体和社会变得更幸福“

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I'm gonna ask you to find resources that help inform your opinions about how we can do a better job of building a better learning community.

你们要搜索资料,以便于阐述关于,如何更好地,构建学习社群的观点。

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It was only when we started to study those that we actually understood how we can best help that population.

只有当我们开始研究这些,才能了解如何帮助到整体。

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And if the best that the soul theorist has is, "Maybe we need this to explain something that I don't see how you guys can explain, maybe this would help, though I can't quite see how either," that's not a very compelling argument.

如果灵魂主义者最为充分的理由是,或许我们需要灵魂来解释些,我认为你们不能解释的东西,或许这样能有些帮助,尽管我也不清楚怎样用灵魂解释,这就不是一个很有说服力的论证

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