That's...these are trends that are unfolding rather than definite...that can be analyzed with any certainty at this point.

这些都是表面看来的趋势,并不是绝对的,从现在来看也难以下定论。

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On the face of it the answer to that seems yes.

表面上看来，答案好像是“有。

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May look the same but from the inside,they feel very different.

表面看来他们一样，但他们的内心感觉很不同。

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So even if determinism were true of us, that wouldn't rule out our having free will, because you can-- appearances to the contrary notwithstanding-- have both determinism and free will.

所以即使我们真的服从于决定论,那也不能排除我们有自由意志的可能,因为你能,尽管表面看来并非如此,同时遵从决定论和拥有自由意志

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There's no ladder, no differences between CEO and an average engineer on the surface.

没有阶级划分,表面上看来，普通员工和CEO也没有差别。

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