我一方面认为多半在其他星球上存在生命，另一方面更加乐于嘲笑那些声称碰到过外星生物的人，这是我脑中的矛盾想法之一。

It's one of the paradoxes I enjoy in my brain that I think in all probability there is life on other planets, while at the same time being more than happy to mock anyone who claims to have met it.

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因为没有冲突，或者至少是相互矛盾的想法，就不能产生最好的点子。

Because without the conflict, at least the ideas in conflict, you won 't hear the best ideas.

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一些人发现这个想法从讲故事的角度来讲是矛盾的，因为他们认为一部每一分每一秒都是梦境的电影，是一部观众不会为剧中人心惊肉跳的电影，一部观众只是在浪费时间的电影。

Some find this idea to be narratively repugnant, since they think that a movie where everything is a dream is a movie without stakes, a movie where the audience is wasting their time.

youdao

Because without the conflict, at least the ideas in conflict, you won' t hear the best ideas.

因为没有冲突，或者至少是相互矛盾的想法，就不能产生最好的点子。

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