"We won when we wrapped the movie. It was already a victory for us, so all this is it's been a really lovely, slow trajectory, and for me to be standing here now is kind of bananas, but what a wonderful feeling."

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To ask have I survived until 2050 is to ask is that person who is alive in 2050 the very same person as the person who is standing here now lecturing to you.

问我是否能活到2050年,相当于问那个在2050年的人0,跟现在站在你们前面,给你们上课的是不是同一个人。

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Shelly Kagan Here,right now I'm standing in front of you saying I'm Shelly Kagan, the guy who was lecturing to you last week.

现在我站在你们面前说我是，上周给你们上课的那个人。

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What I found when I thought about the Methuselah case was, even though it was me at age 800, the same person as the one who's standing here in front of you now, ?" it didn't really matter. I said, "So what?"

当我思考Methuselah时，我想到的是，虽然八百岁时的我还是我，和现在站在你们面前的人,是同一个人，那已经无关紧张，我说了“那又怎样“

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