"They are saying they would rather not know it that way, and that keeps them back.

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They would rather be in a line than dance two-by-two.

他们宁可在一列中而不是一对一对地运动。

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They would rather lose - because they're sort of screwing around than- they could put out their best game and they would do better, but they might lose anyone given its, sort of, randomness.

他们宁愿因为,自己有点胡来而输掉-,因此他们可以玩出他们最好的技术,而且他们可以做得更好，但是他们也可以因为一定的随机性输给任何人。

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I think the conclusion is that Mill's theory that when a majority of people are asked what they would rather do, they will answer that they would rather engage in a higher pleasure.

我认为结论是，就穆勒的理论而言,当大多数人被问及他们的偏好时，他们都会说自己更愿意选择高级快乐。

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They decided to set up individual competitions like the Olympics where they--where people wouldn't compete as Eagles or Rattlers but rather they would compete as individuals.

然后他们决定进行个人比赛,就像奥运会一样,不是以老鹰队或响尾蛇队的身份比赛,而是以个人的身份比赛。

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But over a lifetime, I think I would think almost a complete majority here would agree that they would rather be a human with higher pleasure than be that rat with intense pleasure for a momentary period of time.

但是就一生而言,我觉得，在场绝大部分人都会同意,他们更愿意做拥有更高级快乐的人,而不是只图一时快乐，做那只享受一时快感的鼠。

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