Now,if the Michigan guy hadn't been there, what I would have done, if I believed in the personality theory or when I believe in the personality theory, is say Oh look,Napoleon--reincarnated in New York.

如果密西根家伙不曾出现在那里，那么我就会，假如我相信人格理论的话，我便会说，看，拿破仑在纽约转生了。

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But it's often seemed to people that if we really believe that death is the end-- and that's the assumption that I'm making here on out-- if we really believe death is the end, how can death be bad for me?

但是通常我们都会认为死亡就是终结-,我现在所设定的条件就是-,如果我们真的相信死亡就是终点，死亡对我来说有什么不好呢？

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