And then there is also trying to communicate some kind of information about history, it is maybe not facts, but some kind of feeling about the places that the music is coming from."

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You don't face any facts. This same damned attitude of not facing facts is what got you into this messy state of mind in the first place, and it can't possibly get you out of it."

你没有面对现实，这个不面对现实的态度,在最开始就使你的心变乱了,也无法让你抽身出来“

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But as theorists, we could be interested in the theoretical possibility that the right response is to not think about the facts of death at all.

但作为理论家，我们可能对“正确的回应是,根本不考虑所有关于死亡的事实”,在理论上的可能性感兴趣。

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And your roommate says, "Inside the envelope are facts about this milkshake that if--I promise you it is indeed the case-- if you knew these facts, " you would not drink the milkshake anymore."

而你的室友说，“在信封里面是关于奶昔的事实,如果，我保证里面是事实-,你知道了这些事实，你就不会再喝奶昔了“

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We feel as though whether somebody is me or not should depend upon internal facts about me in the earlier stages or this stage and that stage, not about what's happening elsewhere,outside,extrinsic to these things.

我们感觉定义某人是不是自己,应该取决于自身内在的各阶段的事实，而不是除此之外在外界发生的事情。

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