They have not just lost the paycheck they need to live; they are losing the sense of dignity and identity that comes from having a job,".

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It eradicates identity, eradicates sense of self. It's gone forever, and you can see the change in pronouns.

它超越了身份，超越了自我意识，它永远持续，我们能从代词中找到变化。

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As he writes, The Astonishing Hypothesis is that: You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules.

正如他在其著作《惊人的假说》中写到,你,你的喜悦,悲伤,回忆,抱负,你对人格同一性的感知,你的自由意志,事实上,这一切都不过,是大量神经细胞集,与其缔合分子的生理反应而已

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