He argued that monotheism and polytheism are so radically distinct that one could not possibly have evolved from the other.

他认为一神论和多神论是截然不同的,不可能是一个由另一个进化而来。

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So a third way has emerged in the last 20 years, or 15 years or so, and it's one that seeks to avoid this dichotomy between polytheism and monotheism.

因此出现了第三种解释，在过去20年或15年间，它试图避免,将多神论和一神论一分为二。

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All right, next time we're going to talk about a much better scale, which is the ideal gas thermometer and how we get to the Kelvin scale.

好，下次我们,会讲一种好得多的温标，关于理想气体温度计,和开氏温标的导出。

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The number of calories you guys consume as a part of your diet, if you're the average person, is much higher than used to be the case and that has very interesting biological implications that we'll discuss.

从作为饮食一部分的饮料中摄取的热量,就普通人的情况而言,和过去相比要高得多,这包含了一层有趣的生物学含义

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One of the things he claims is that in a polytheistic system, which is morally neutral, where you have some primordial realm that spawns demons, monsters, gods, evil is a permanent necessity.

他所提到的一件事是，在多神体系中，道德是中立的，这里有最原始的国度,生产恶魔，怪兽，神灵和邪恶是一种永久需求。

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