Does he lack the courage to challenge popular misconceptions, or is this just intellectual laziness?

是他缺乏挑战流行错误观念的勇气，还是仅是一种思维上的懒惰？

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One of the popular misconceptions about honey bees is that their lives are ruled by a queen - or perhaps by even some more fanciful system.

关于蜜蜂的一个流行的错误观念是它们服从蜂后制定的原则或是服从更神奇的制度生活。

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Nor were Japanese policymakers any slower than American ones to cut interest rates and loosen fiscal policy after the bubble burst, contrary to popular misconceptions.

与长久以来的误解相反的是，在泡沫破灭后，日本的决策者在减低利率，执行放松的财政政策上，并不比美国慢。

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