I know it's possible to induce chemical reactions, but these are exceptions. This is not the norm.

我知道催化化学反应是可能的，但是那些是特例，不是常规情况。

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That is true of all of human societies that we know anything about down to the earliest possible exception, I suppose; well, it depends what you think is earliest.

确实,在所有我们了解到的,人类社会中,我想"最早的"可能除外,当然,这取决于你是怎么理解"最早的"

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