In a strange twist, though, people are less able to detect insincerity when apologies are directed at them.

一个很奇怪的转变，尽管，当面道歉，人们更加不容易发现不诚恳。

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We consider things we fear as risky, and similarly we are less concerned (i.e. associate less risk) with things we don't fear. In other words, with apologies to.

我们考虑我们忧虑的事情，同样的我们很少担忧我们不忧虑的事情。

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With apologies to the less wonkish, China is using physical capital as a loss leader in order to grow cities that will produce network effects will in turn foster the human capital that really makes a country rich.

FORBES: China, Destroyer-of-Worlds