Despite its diminutive size, this black hole — called XTE J1650-500 — is still an engine of destruction.

尽管这个名为xte J 1650 - 500的黑洞体型娇小，但依然是破坏力极强。

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Ignorance and fear, on the other hand, can transform a live electric wire into an engine of destruction and death.

从另一方面来说，无知和恐惧能为毁灭和死亡机器接上电流。

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And none of this was perfectly predictable, being at the mercy of dozens variables going through the destruction engine.

而所有的这些情况不可能都得到完整的预测，因为这类破坏引擎中有几十个变量在相互影响。

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And of course even if in many cases, the engine continues to exist for a while, after the destruction of the car, certainly it doesn't follow the engine is immortal that continues to exist forever.

当然，即使在许多情况下，发动机在汽车毁坏后，能继续存在一段时间，但当然不能得出结论说,发动机是不朽的会永远存在下去。

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Can we conclude from the argument from recycling and the fact that the engine is a prior existing part from which the car was built, that the engine will continue to exist forever after the destruction of the car.

能否根据源于轮回的论证以及,发动机是汽车成形之前就,已经存在的部分这一事实，得出结论说发动机能够在,汽车毁掉后还继续永远存在。

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"The Creative Destruction of Medicine" an allusion to economist Joseph Schumpeter's description of "creative destruction" as an engine of business innovation is a venture capitalist's delight, describing dozens of medical technologies that show great promise.

WSJ: Book Review: The Creative Destruction of Medicine