This is the claim--not that nobody believes they're going to die; that's the one we've been talking about for the last lecture or so--but instead, the claim that everybody dies alone.

这论点是这样的，不同于我们以前所讲的;,没有人相信自己会死亡，而是说每个人都是孤独而死的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

If you imagined a choice between this one gene that makes the animal choose to die and the other gene that makes an animal choose for its brothers to die, the gene that sacrifices the body it belongs to will make more copies in the future.

如果你想象做一个选择,一个基因让动物选择死亡,另一个基因让动物,选择为它的兄弟死亡，自我牺牲的基因,将来会复制更多自己。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选