One theory is that the military could object if the ruling party looks for friendship with South Korea to help save North Korea's economy.

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It's a supposition that whatever the object of theory might be, - theory itself must-- owing to whatever intellectual constraints one can imagine-- be of such and such a form.

不管理论是关于什么事物的，它自己都只能-,由于人们思想的局限性-,以猜想的形式存在。

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Because the theory relies on an object that itself has already found a way to grow to the size of Mars, the bow shock idea creates a bit of a chicken or egg problem.

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