Let's suppose someone were dastardly enough to harbor such thoughts.

让我们设想有这么个人可以自欺欺人地怀着这种想法。

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People to this day are looking for a theory of everything. And there is something very appealing about the notion that the rules that govern the motion of heavenly bodies might be applicable down at atomic dimensions.

现在人们总想寻求一些,可以阐明一切的理论,而这里正好有一些,可以吸引这种想法的东西,即支配天体运动的规则,可能对原子的尺寸也是适用的。

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Here the objection says, this two-room notion's got to be mistaken.

这一反驳说道,这种有两个房间的想法肯定是错的

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