Modest container theories, that is, say there's a value to being alive, but it can in principle be outweighed.

保守的有价值容器理论认为，活着有一定的价值，但是按道理它可以被超越。

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Whatever danger a particular text may pose to the state is outweighed by the greater harm of the official elimination of that text or by the greater harm of the punishment of the author.

这个文章对政府产生的威胁远远比不上,官方对这篇文章的打压的危害,和作者的批判的危害。

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So, those are modest theories-- positive value for life, but it can be outweighed.

所以，这些是保守的理论-,活着是正数，但是它可以被超越。

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And the reason is simply because the energy that Z we gain in terms of moving up in z, 5 so from going to z equals 4 to z equals 5, -- is actually outweighed by the energy it takes to go into this new shell, to go into this new sub shell.

原因很简单,就是因为我们通过提升，所得到的能量--从，Z，等于，4，到，Z，等于，事实上比填充到这个新的壳层,新的亚壳层，所消耗的能量更多。

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We could say-- you could imagine somebody saying, Williams" "Oh yes, you're right, Williams, " the contents get negative, " but that's still outweighed by the mere fact that you're alive.

我们可以说-,可以想象有些人会说，“你说得对，“生活内容的部分总和是负数，“但它还是会被你活着这个事实超越。

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Whether it gets outweighed easily, or whether it's very, very difficult and the contents have to be horrible to outweigh it, depends on how much value you think being alive per se has.

不管是轻易被超越，还是它很困难被超越,还是生活内容要非常糟糕才能超越它，这取决于你认为生活本身有多少价值。

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