The change that is taking place on earth and in our minds is one of the greatest changes ever to take place in human affairs.

地球上和我们思想中正在发生的变化是有史以来人类事务中发生的最伟大的变化之一。

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As that great commentator on human affairs, Dr. Samuel Johnson, once remarked, "Men have been wise in very different modes; but they have always laughed in the same way."

正如人类事务的伟大评论家塞缪尔·约翰逊博士曾经说过的那样：“人类智慧的展现方式各不相同,但笑的方式是相同的。”

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Arguably, this is so because the theories and conceptual constructs of the social sciences are especially accessible: human intelligence apprehends truths about human affairs with particular facility.

可以说，这是因为社会科学的理论和概念结构特别容易理解：人类的智力对人类事务的真相具有特殊的理解能力。

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These technologies have also powered an expansion of rationality and objectivity in human affairs.

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Some French philosopher said that the most powerful force in human affairs, as in nature, is inertia.

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Bear markets, for example, force investors to the sidelines because human affairs appear to be in a deplorable state.

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