Could it be that having all this free energy lying around in fossil fuels offered us a dangerous dose of cultural steroids, the evolutionary equivalent of human growth hormone?

难道化石燃料里的自由能对于我们的文化进化过程，就相当于危险剂量的类固醇类激素对于人类的生长一样吗？

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CCTV is like NBC on steroids... and growth hormone, and EPO, and albuterol.

CCTV就像是注射了类固醇、生长激素、EPO以及沙丁胺醇的NBC。

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While some reports show that some illegal steroids may help athletes bulk up and train harder, human growth hormone is not one of them, the report in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests.

在一些报告中称，某些违禁类固醇可以帮运动员快速增强运动能力且能更加刻苦的训练，报道在内科年鉴中称生长激素就是其中之一。

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Wadler says it's wrong to draw a line between steroids and growth hormone.

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The authors conducted more than 200 interviews and used grand jury testimony from the Balco (Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative) case. (Balco allegedly sold steroids and human growth hormone to Bonds.) Bonds has never tested positive for steroids or HGH and says he never knowingly took steroids.

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McNamee says he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone on Clemens' orders.

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