If mathematics is the perception of this realm of pure ideas, then doing mathematics requires our brains to somehow reach beyond the physical world.

如果数学是对纯理念王国的感知的话，那么研究数学就需要让自己的大脑以某种方式抵达现实世界之外的某地。

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But is it so unusual that it requires the brains of those that possess it to be unusual in others ways, too?

但是是否非凡到他们的大脑在其他方面也与众不同呢？

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"Getting up in the morning requires a tremendous effort," she says. "a lot of people with ADHD have trouble shutting down at night-their brains are so overactive they can't sleep."

很多人早晨起床可能要花费大力气，那些患有多动症的人在晚上很难快速平定下来，他们的大脑过度兴奋，无法进入睡眠。

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This is the sort of thorny problem that requires brains as well as money and the second reason why Mr Gates's donation is so interesting.

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Yet defeating the insurgents requires more than brains and muscle.

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In the middle market, doing well requires a bigger dose of brains and talent.

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