So we're asking the metaphysical question: What kind of a thing is a person?

所以我们在讨论的是一个哲学问题，人是一种什么样的东西？

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Did you uh, ever get this sort of... panicky, "Oh my god I'm gonna be a father" kind of a thing?

你有没有，恩，感到这样的恐慌，恩，“噢我的天哪，我要做爸爸了”之类的事情？

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Vertical scepticism is it sometimes called is when you infer from one kind of a thing to a different kind of thing.

当你从一种类型的事物中推断出另一种时，有时将其称作垂直怀疑主义。

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Something that is one of a kind and like no other thing is called unique.

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So we're asking the metaphysical question: What kind of a thing is a person?

所以我们在讨论的是一个哲学问题,人是一种什么样的东西

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But I think it's just, it's kind of the lifestyle. It might be like a touristy thing as well,

我觉得这只是一种生活方式。它像是游客们喜欢的东西，

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In the future, to just have a pretty straightforward PR kind of a thing.

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"There is a unique social icon kind of a thing that goes along with the Manson family, " Tate said.

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Mr. PLATT: We did subdivide one ranch and that was kind of a hard thing to do.

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