Not even the muse Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, was in a position to avert a human tragedy like this.

即使是缪斯之一克莱俄帕，掌管史诗的女神，也不能避免这样一场人间悲剧。

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The United States is not in a very powerful position anymore,

美国没有那么强大了，

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Once we get clear about what the relevant metaphysical glue is, we'll be in a position to start asking: Could this happen or not?

一旦我们知道了,形而上粘质是什么，我们就会问：,这会发生吗？

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language, my language ] -what I say and what I think in language--speaks true.] That's the position taken up, not at all the same thing as saying what's out there doesn't exist -nothing to do with that.

那就是，语言，我的语言，说的是真话,这里的语言是指我所说的，以及我用语言所思考的],就是那个立场，与说那里什么东西不存在是完全不同的,与那个没有任何关系。

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Now, again, I'm not any kind of scientist and so I'm not in any position to say, "Look, here are the details of the explanation."

我不是什么科学家,所以我没有资格说,看,这个解释的细节就是这样

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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？

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