人类最初开始建造房屋时，决定它们是否如计划一样奏效的方法几乎是去试一下，看看有什么不妥的地方。

When humans first started building houses, determining whether they would work as planned was mostly a matter of trial and error.

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以下有四种我认为奏效的方法。

Here are four ways that have worked for me.

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但是这或多或少地还是奏效的。

But it works, more or less.

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So there are examples in American History of elections that seem to in which the Median Voter Theorem seems to do well.

因此从美国历史上的选举案例里看,中位数选民定理非常奏效

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Now if lowering the housing standards were such a success, he is now going to move onto the condos, and presumably eventually get to the apartments.

因为如果降低普通房贷的门槛,奏效的话，他现在要向高级公寓进军，可能最后将这个政策延伸到公寓。

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But, it doesn't always work because you have to be damn sure you're right.

但此方法也不经常奏效因为你必须得,十分肯定你的做法是正确的。

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