They can pretty much pack it up and go home, because everyone's going to think they're ridiculous, no one will believe what they say, and it's a stupid idea anyway, is basically the gist of this conversation.

他们就可以打包回家了，因为每个人都会认为他们很荒谬，没有人会相信他们的说法，这是个很愚蠢的想法，这就是他们当时谈话的大概意思。

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Gary Gilmore The serial killer Gary Gilmore basically said the pain of others gratified him and caused him no unhappiness at all.

连环杀手,基本上就说过别人的痛苦,让他很高兴，他一点都不讨厌。

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Death is basically just the breaking down of the body, on the physicalist point of view, so that it no longer functions properly.

死亡从根本上说就是我们肉体的损坏,在物理主义看来,肉体再也不能正常工作了

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