Writes Brand of his riddle: "I asked the question of Gregory Bateson at a point in our interview when we were lost in contemplation of the function, if any, of consciousness — self-consciousness."

布兰德这样写道：“一次，我与格雷戈里·贝特森进行讨论，当两人都沉湎于思考意识的功能是什么，或者意识到底有没有功能(指自我意识)时，我向他提出了这个问题。”

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The device looked like a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile launcher. Unfortunately we lost both the terrorist and the device when the group self-destructed to avoid capture.

那个设备似乎是一种肩扛式防空导弹发射器，遗憾的是那些家伙为了不被抓住选择了自毁，我们既没抓住人，也没拿到设备。

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The purpose of hit or miss, we quickly lost self.

在漫无目的中，我们很快就失去了自我。

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