来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第5集 第5集》

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  and developmental data and developmental science
  数据以及科学
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  can inform questions about adults.
  有时可以解释成人的问题
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  And Stephen Jay Gould
  斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德
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  has a very nice example of this.
  为此举了一个很好的例子
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  He asked the question
  他问到
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  "Is a zebra a black animal with white stripes
  "斑马是带有白色条纹的黑色动物
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  or a white animal with black stripes?"
  还是带有黑色条纹的白色动物呢"
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  Now, you could look at adult zebras all day long
  就算你整天盯着成年斑马看
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  and you're never going to figure this out.
  也永远都找不出答案来
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  But if you want to know the answer,
  如果你想知道答案
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  and I knew it, but I forget what it is--
  我曾经是知道答案的 不过我忘掉了
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  it doesn't matter.
  这不重要