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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Though this might look silly and it is, in fact, Play-doh it is a professor at Stanford University so it's legit.

虽然这看起来很2，实际上它是play-doh彩泥，它是一个斯坦福大学的教授,所以这是合法的。

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You have a little more pressure in grad school, but sometimes that means when you're an undergrad your advisor will decide to put you on projects that maybe when you look at them seem a little bit silly.

那就是你们没有，要做出重大发现,或取得重大成就的压力,你们在研究生时候会有些压力,当然有时候这意味着。

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