Well, if I go through that, the wavelength of such a photon is going to be so big that I am back to measuring the dimension of the human hair with the yardstick.

好的，如果我做完了这个，那个一光子的的波长将成为,我将回头测量的,用一个尺度测量出人头发的尺寸。

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And the yardstick that we're at least doing our best to apply is one of measuring up the pleasure and subtracting the pain.

我们尽最大努力去应用的标准,是汇总快乐，再减去痛苦。

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So I would choose something that have a wave lines off You wouldn't measure the dimension of a human hair with a yardstick, so I need something on this order.

所以我会选些东西,你将不会用一个码尺去量,人的头发有多大，所以我需要一些这个级数上的东西。

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And of course, since it's not just black and white, good life or bad life, but various shades of gray, better lives and worse lives, what's the yardstick by virtue of ? which we measure better and worse lives?

因为不是单纯的黑白，好或坏的人生，两者是混杂的，更好的人生和更坏的人生，衡量更好和更坏人生的,道德标准是什么？

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