"I've been asked by the media over and over again, why Gary?This is the origin.

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Which is sort of the question we'd immediately like to ask. Instead, I asked why did it produce the result it did. So I'm not asking myself what's wrong? Or how could I make it right?

其实这个问题我们马上就要问,我问了为什么它会返回这样的结果,因此我并没有去在意哪儿错了,或者我该怎么改正它，我在意的是它？

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But when you asked them why they didn't try it the answers tended to be "I would look silly."

但当你问他们为什么不尝试时,他们的答案往往是“这样做会很傻”

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So my student called Bernard Sadow up and asked him about his invention and he said, "Yeah, I was thinking, why don't we have wheels on suitcases?

于是我的学生打电话给伯纳德？沙度,然后询问了他关于发明的事情，他说道，是啊，我当时在想，我们为什么不能在行李箱上安轮子呢？

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Why does a trumpet--If I asked a trumpet to play this pitch, a trumpet played, and then I asked an oboe to play it, the sound would be very different.

小号为什么...,如果我用小号演奏这个音高,小号演奏后,我又让双簧管来演奏,声音会很不一样

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Half of you did above average on the Midterm; half of you did below average on the Midterm, but if I went up and asked each of you why the answers would not be symmetrical.

你们当中有一半人期中考得比平均分高;,有一半期中考得比平均分低，但如果我去问你们为什么,答案会各有不同呢。

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So, suppose you fall in love with somebody and you decide you want to marry them and then somebody was asked to ask you why and you'd say something like, " "Well, I'm ready to get married this stage of my life; " I really love the person; " the person is smart and attractive; I want to have kids" whatever.

假设你爱上了某人,想要与对方一同步入婚姻的殿堂,要是有人问你为什么想要与对方共度余生,你大概会说，“现在我已准备好要开始婚姻生活了;,或“我真心的爱着他;,或“他聪明有魅力;,“我想要小孩了“，等等。

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