We normally think of teaching as a synchronic process, you and I are in the same place and in the same time while we are learning, when in fact at least right now we are not.

我们通常设想教学是限于一时的过程，你我在同一地点,同一时间学习，但事实上至少现在就不是这样。

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For me, the choice boils down to the choice between the body theory of personal identity and personality theory of personal identity.

在我看来，选择范围就缩小到了,人格同一性的肉体论,和人格同一性的人格论上。

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Well, it's going to be an experiment, very much like the Joule experiment.

同一些实物联系起来？,这就需要一个实验。

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