So, the neural structures change radically as babies kind of get rid of excess neurons through development.

由于婴儿在发展过程中,会清除掉许多多余神经元,因此神经结构会发生急速的变化

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But in the course of history, we settled beginning in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, down into just two patterns: what we call the major pattern and the minor pattern.

但在历史的发展过程中,在十六到十七世纪期间,人们最终确定了下列两种模式,我们称之为大调模式和小调模式

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They're sort of locked in this cosmic struggle.

这点在宇宙的发展过程中基本上没有变。

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