I confess I enter this in a skeptical frame of mind, believing that we tend to get carried away in our desire to reduce everything to the quantifiable.

我承认我是抱着怀疑的态度来看待这个问题的，我相信我们往往会被自己想要把所有事情都减少到可以量化的欲望冲昏头脑。

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We asked respondents to confess to their own travel sins—which included everything from stealing to public urination—and also to report on the misbehavior of others.

我们要受访者承认他们在旅行所做的一些不好的事情，包括了从偷窃到当众小便的所有事，还包括举报别人的不雅行为。

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