这些新技术对人脑的改变也不会有任何坏处,就像猴子的大脑因猴子学会如何使用钉耙而发生了改变一样,有什么不好呢?
Nor is there anything bad about our brains’ being altered by these new technologies, any more than there is something bad about a monkey’s brain changing as it learns how to play with a rake.
毕竟不存在的全部意义就是,你不存在,怎么可能有什么东西对你来说有坏处?
After all, the whole point of nonexistence is you don't exist? How could anything be bad for you when you don't exist?
我们可能会说,反正现在不是真的,死亡现在对我来说没有坏处,我现在又没死,也许当我死的时候死亡对我有坏处?
We might say, well, it's not true now Death isn't bad for me now I'm not dead now ? Maybe death is bad for me when I'm dead?
这些新技术对人脑的改变也不会有任何坏处,就像猴子的大脑因猴子学会如何使用钉耙而发生了改变一样,有什么不好呢?
Nor is there anything bad about our brains' being altered by these new technologies, any more than there is something bad about a monkey's brain changing as it learns how to play with a rake.
但是为了重点讨论,死亡的坏处,我要撇开道德问题不谈,转而考虑这种情况对我是好是坏,如果死亡有可变性的话?
But in keeping with the focus of our discussion about the badness of death, I want to put aside the moral question? And think about how good or bad for me? Is it that there's variability in death?
至少不是现在,死亡现在对我来说没有坏处,我又没死,但另一种情况我们也不能百分百,确定是不可接受的,为什么不能说,“死亡在我死的时候对我来说是有坏处的?
Well, not now My death can't be bad for me now I'm not dead But it's not 100% clear that the other alternative isn't acceptable "? Why not say,"My death is bad for me when I'm dead"?
这也不是因为鱼对你有坏处,虽说很多地区的鱼都暴露在水里的有毒物质中。
It's not because they're bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances3 in the water.
然而,人工流产对女性有很大的坏处。
电脑对我们有好处还是有坏处,很难说,但我希望电脑将被以正确的方式使用。
If computers are good for us or bad for us it's hard to say so I hope computers will be used in the right way.
如果死亡对我来说是有坏处的,那这就是一个事实,如果我的死亡对我来说有坏处,那就是一个事实,而我们就会问,这个事实什么时候是真的?
If death was bad for me, that would be a fact If my death is bad for me, that would be a fact and we'd ask? Well, when is that fact true?
难道没有这样一种逻辑要求吗,如果有什么事物对你来说有坏处,你不是应该去接受那个有害的事物吗?
Isn't there a kind of logical requirement that for something to be bad for you? You've got to be around to receive that bad thing?
研究不能告诉我们,使用互联网对我们的大脑有好处还是坏处。
The study cannot tell us whether using the internet is good or bad for our brains.
这真是非常不幸,因为当时我是儿子所在少年队的教练,经常教育他们炸土豆条和软饮料对一个成长中的运动员来说有多么大的坏处。
That was rather unfortunate, because back then I was coaching my son's youth team and would regularly lecture the kids on the evil effects of French fries and soft drinks on a budding athlete.
有人说,看电视对孩子的各方面是有坏处的,但也有人说,它对孩子有积极的影响。
Some people say that watching TV is bad for children in all ways, but some say that it has positive effects on kids. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.
这也不是因为鱼对你有坏处,虽说很多地区的鱼都暴露在水里的有毒物质中。
It's not because they're wrong for you, although fish in numerous areas are exposed to poisonous substances3 in the water.
这也鱼对你有坏处,虽说地鱼都暴露在水里的有毒物质中。
It's not because they're bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances3 in the water.
这也鱼对你有坏处,虽说地鱼都暴露在水里的有毒物质中。
It's not because they're bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances3 in the water.
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