The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens.

首先，我们迫切地需要相信世界有意义，相信每个结果都有原因，每件事发生都有理由。

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When a failure occurs, the first step in diagnosing it is to collect diagnostic data — once you collect it, you can analyze that data for the cause of the failure.

当崩溃发生时，诊断的第一步是搜集诊断数据——收集完诊断数据之后，您就可以分析数据来找出崩溃的原因了。

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These values are a cause for concern and determining the biology behind this is the first step to remedy the trend.

这些可怕的数值是我们要研究其背后的生物学原理的原因，这是纠正这一趋势的第一步。

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"Now that we have discovered the endogenous capsaicin molecules, for the first time, we can block their synthesis and therefore we can treat pain at its cause."

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