If so, then from an evolutionary standpoint any kindness towards an animal that an animal shows towards another animal--is a mystery.

如果这样，从进化论观点看,任何对动物善意行为,一个动物对另一个动物，是个谜团。

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Even more dangerously, from the standpoint of anybody who likes poetry, he talks instead of "statement," meaning science, and "pseudo-statement," meaning poetry.

更危险的是，在任何一个热爱诗歌的人看来，他转用“陈述“指代科学，用“伪陈述“指代诗歌。

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You're going to take this meta-level or higher level standpoint, look down at the pleasure and wonder, " "Is this all that there is to life?"

我们会更上一层楼,站在更高的立场上，审视这种快感并想，“难道生命仅此而已？

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