So magic in a pagan system, Kaufman claims, is a way of getting around the gods, circumventing the capricious will of the gods and demons.

考夫曼宣称，异教系统中的法术，可以用来应付众神,能使反复无常的神谕和恶魔的诅咒失灵。

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So I haven't done magic, I've given you a really fast way to solve a knapsack problem, but it's still exponential deep down in its heart, in something.

所以我并没有施魔法，我已经告诉了你,一种快速解决背包问题的方法了,但是某些方面它的核心仍然是指数增长的。

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It works its magic, again, through purely instrumental means, so we can't really call those songs, and this puzzled me.

纯器乐的演奏方式,容我重申,能产生神奇的效果,所以我们其实不能把器乐称为歌曲,这让我很困惑

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