Most people think that it's not a smart thing to do-- to try to time the market.

大多数人认为把握市场时机,是不是明智的选择

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We tend to think of doing things in a certain way-- everyone else is doing it-- and we assume that that's the smart way to do things.

我们总是习惯按某种方式去做事-,别人也是这么做的-,而我们还自以为这是明智之举。

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I can't rely on Professor Guttag if I give this- if this code to him, I can't rely on him to type in a float. Actually I can, because he's a smart guy, but in general, I can't rely on the user-- I wouldn't do it right to see if you did.

当Guttag使用这段代码的时候-,我不能相信他一定会输入一个浮点数,实际上我能因为他很聪明，但是总体上来讲，别相信用户一定会按照规则来-,我会故意做错来试试你的程序的。

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It's a difficult problem that not everyone is smart -they vary in their ability -so we try to make a world in which it's pretty safe for the small investor who's not paying attention.

不是所有人都是聪明人,这是个难题,大家能力不同,所以我们试图营造一个环境,一个让小投资者感到安全的环境,而无需忧心忡忡

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