Perhaps we are brains in a VAT, or living in the Matrix. The philosopher Robert Nozick turns this worry into a pleasure technology, imagining a virtual-reality machine t.

或许，我们是在瓮中的大脑，或是生活在矩阵里。

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Don' t mix business with pleasure.

不要把工作和娱乐搀和在一起。

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No. I haven t had the pleasure.

我还没有荣幸见到他。

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It's a pleasure to meet you. It's okay, Jasper. You won't hurt her.

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Why, in other words, return to what isn't fun, to where it isn't pleasure, and what can this possibly have to do with the pleasure principle?

那么换句话说，为什么结局会变得不欢乐，变得不愉悦呢？,它与快乐原则有什么关系呢？

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Mind you, it's not that I think we couldn't be stimulated to get pleasure forever.

提醒你们，我并非否定,永远依靠刺激获得快感。

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And no matter what your feeling are about Microsoft, it's hard to argue that the Vista Media Center isn't a pleasure to use.

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Unless you share some of Railroad Earth's devotion to roots music, Elko probably won't push your pleasure buttons.

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Slowly, though, you realize that unmixed pleasure isn't part of the movie's plan, while aesthetic daring is.

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