He said "were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."

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We should be able to try all things, to prove all things, and then decide whether or not we actually like it, whether it brings us some sort of pleasure or wisdom.

我们应该尝试所有东西，证实所有事情，然后决定我们是否真正喜欢它，它是否能带给我们快乐和智慧。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Realize that there's this wonderful mechanism in place that allows you to put your toe in the water for several weeks no less and then get a sense, and then decide whether or not this is something for you.

要知道这种好的评分体制哈佛也有,在这种机制下你可以先试听几周,熟悉这一机制，然后再决定这是否适合你。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

It's the safer answer if you can't decide whether or not your opponent's going to choose Left or Right, so you don't have to worry about having a payoff of 0.

当你无法判断你的对手会选左还是右时,选下是较安全的答案,因此你不必担心收益变成0

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But I hope to doing the next couple of lectures is giving you an idea what this class is about so that you can decide whether or not it is for you.

但希望几堂课后，你能有个大概印象,让你决定这门课是否适合你。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

As we do these little clicker poll things you can tell me if you find it helpful or not, then we can decide how to continue --whether to continue them in the future.

我们用表决器做这个小测试的同时,大家可以告诉我你们觉得这有没有帮助,然后我们再决定以后是否继续用

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Maybe there is a difference there, I don't have a good theory as to what the difference is, since I don't have a good theory to what the difference is, I'm not in a good position to decide whether a reassembled body would be ? the same body or different body?

也许这两个案例是有不同，我没有充分的理论来,解释这两者之间的不同,由于我无法解释两者的不同，我也就无法去下结论,究竟重组的肉体,是原来的肉体还是不一样的肉体？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选