The theory goes, that even in the absence of acknowledgement, let alone agreement, a certain degree of the message still seeps through in the long run.

他们的理论是，即使不被认可，更不消说被赞同，但长此以往，这些信息在某种程度上还是可以形成潜移默化的影响。

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It is quite puzzling, therefore, why the field of animal cognition has such a long history of claims about the absence of capacities based on just a few strolls through the forest.

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