Certain medieval theologians — who puzzled over how many angels could dance on the head of a pin — would have had a field day with this picture by retired entomologist Klaus Bolte of Canada.

某些中世纪的神学家——他们为一个大头针顶上能够容纳几个天使跳舞的问题而困惑——看到这张由已退休的加拿大昆虫学家Klaus Bolte拍摄的照片时将会大喜过望。

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Learn to dance, otherwise the angels in heaven won't know what to do with you.

学跳舞吧，否则天堂的天使也不知道该拿你怎么办了。

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Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on whether they are jitter bugging or dancing cheek to cheek.

一个大头针帽上可以有多少个天使舞蹈，这是几个世纪以来哲学家们一直争论不休的话题，但唯物主义者清楚那取决于他们跳的是吉特巴舞还是贴面舞。

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Figuring out how to evaluate pre-exercised options is to engage in the accounting version of medieval debates over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

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You hear the creak of caskets opening, the tap of tiny feet as cherubs dance excitedly, and the clanking of cast-iron doors as angels go about their business on narrow lanes lined with weeping widows.

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Already, there are medieval how-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-pin debates about which method is most appropriate.

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