Well, you could just try it and see if it works, right? That's what testing is all about.

你可以仅仅的去试试运行程序，然后看看结果对不对？这就是测试的内容。

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And what's amazing about the argument is that it works on the basis of a pure thought experiment.

这个论证令人吃惊的就是,它完全只靠思想实验

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Even if the research doesn't always communicate good news, it's about communicating what works, what is real, as opposed to our dreams , our desires, our hopes, our wishes-- that's not enough.

即使研究并非总是传达好消息，它传达的是行之有效的方法，可为的方式而不是空洞的梦想，渴望，希望，愿望-,那远远不够。

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So this is an example of a technology that's just emerging now, it's certainly going to impact you in your lifetime and we'll talk about how it works and what the current state-of-the-art is there.

这个例子中提到的技术,才刚出现,但在你的有生之年,它肯定会影响人们的生活,我们会讨论到这门技术的原理和,当前的技术水平

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We'll talk about how they work and we'll go over that quickly because I know most of you know something about how DNA what DNA is and how it works.

我们将讨论它们如何工作,我们讲的时侯会一带而过,因为我知道你们大多数人,知道一些关于DNA的知识,DNA是什么,它是如何工作的

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