Many a false step is made by standing still.

停顿就是造成错误的第一步。

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The researchers then took the game a step further and showed the students the actual decisions people had made. But they also supplied false gossip that contradicted that evidence.

研究人员又进行了几轮游戏，并在这几轮中告诉大家每个人的真实决定。但研究人员同时还“散布”了一些与真实依据相矛盾的流言。

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