He says French people are anxious about the future of their country, so it's not absurd to discuss how to deal with the subject.

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They were talking about the future of psychology, about the research, and how can you research meditation and so on.

他们谈论了心理学的未来，研究，还有如何研究冥想等等。

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So we ask very limited questions, which is why we brag about how accurately we can predict the future.

我们研究的问题是非常有限的,正因如此我们才敢自豪地说,我们能非常精确地预测未来

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So, these two facts taken together, thin slices and the power of first impressions, means that just by a brief exposure to somebody it shapes so much of how you're going to think about them in the future.

综合考虑这两方面，薄片效应和第一印象的影响，意味着只需要短暂地接触对方,就能决定,你以后对他们有什么看法。

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