"Why did you have to marry me when there were so many other girls to choose from?" she asked.

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And the claim is that when you choose this, in order to justify your decision, you denigrate the one you didn't choose.

对这个行为的解释是，当你选这一粒时，为了表明你的选择是正确的，你会贬低第一次没选上的那粒。

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Because in Spain you have to choose your major like when you start university,

因为在西班牙你必须刚上大学就选择专业，

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Is it meaningful to choose to do the good when you have no choice to do otherwise or aren't aware that you have a choice to do otherwise?

这样是否有意义，你选择了善良,在你别无选择的时候,或者是当你没有意识到还有其他选择的时候？

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PROFESSOR: Great question. So the question is, how do you choose an algorithm, why would I choose to use a pseudo-polynomial algorithm when I don't know how big the solution is likely to be, I think that's one way to think about it.

教授：问得好，所以问题是，你怎样选择算法，为什么当我,不知道解决方案会有多大的时候,我要选伪多项式算法呢，我想这是一种思考问题的方式。

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And so this one you didn't choose is then tainted and you turn and then when compared to a third one you favor that third one.

你第一次没选上的那粒就被打上污点了,当拿它和第三粒相比较时,你就会偏向于第三粒。

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When did you choose to go to Princeton?

你什么时候决定来普林斯顿的？

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