And as each study does more detailed analyses of special groups or a different way of making the measurements, it just makes the scientific basis for this relationship a lot more convincing."

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He's trying to indicate that there are things that we can't really know in a scientific way but we can glimpse.

他想说明有些事,我们并不能通过科学来理解,但我们能知道一点

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Opponents of animal testing are quick to point out that it's not a humane way to learn scientific facts.

动物实验的反对者很快就指出，利用这种方法得到科学事实是不人道的。

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I think it was in French, so it wasn't really hitting all the scientific community of the time in any major way.

我印象中是发表在一个法语杂质上，所以它并没有在当时的科学界的,主流领域中取得反响。

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But in order to do so, you have to use terms like "punishment" and "reward" and "reinforcement" in such a vague way that in the end you're not saying anything scientific.

但如果你要这样去做，你就必须将惩罚，奖励“,强化之类的术语概念模糊化,最终你所作出的解释便毫无科学性。

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It just turns out to be wrong but another way-- And so one way to attack and address a scientific theory is to view it as just to see whether or not it works.

但最终被证明是错误的-,评判一个理论,是否属于科学理论的另一种情况,就是看它是否成功的进行了预测。

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