Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share—that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts—and reveal its erroneous nature.

艾伦的贡献在于提出了一个我们都认同的假设——因为我们不是机器人，所以我们控制自己的思想——并揭示了这个假设的错误本质。

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Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share-that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts-and reveal its erroneous nature.

艾伦的贡献在于，他探讨了一个公认的假设“因为我们不是机器人，所以我们能控制自己的想法”，并揭示了其错误的本质。

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You have made an erroneous assumption that everyone is just like you.

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Since the total mass of the ocean and ice remains unchanged during the melting process, this has often led to the erroneous assumption that sea level will be unaffected by the melting of floating ice, say geologists David Holland and Adrian Jenkins.

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