So more life would always be better, no matter how horrible the contents might be.

活得更长久总是会更好，不管生活内容会有多糟糕。

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Against that, you can imagine someone who thinks being alive per se is so incredibly valuable that no matter how horrible the contents are, the grand total will always be positive.

与之相反，你可以想象有些人会认为,活着本身有着巨大的价值,不管生活内容有多糟糕，总和都会是正数。

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Neuropsychologists love when motorcyclists drive without helmets because through their horrible accidents we gain great insights into how the brain works.

他们喜欢不带安全帽就能开摩托车的时代,因为通过他们严重的交通事故,我们能够了解大脑是如何进行活动的

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Whether it gets outweighed easily, or whether it's very, very difficult and the contents have to be horrible to outweigh it, depends on how much value you think being alive per se has.

不管是轻易被超越，还是它很困难被超越,还是生活内容要非常糟糕才能超越它，这取决于你认为生活本身有多少价值。

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