来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第25集 第25集》

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  that we should regard those as normal,
  将那些最普遍的行为方式
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  which is sort of the most common way of act,
  定义为常态
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  And to define the extremes as abnormal.
  并将极端行为定义为病态
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  And he said the reason for this is that
  他还说 这样做的原因是
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  it would be incomprehensible,
  如果最普遍的行为并非最有利的行为
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  if the most widespread act were not at the same time the most advantageous one.
  是不可思议的
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  But then he takes it back.
  但随后他收回了这个说法
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  He said well we can actually see a number of occasions,
  他说 其实我们在很多场合都能看到
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  when frequently behavior, which is frequently followed,
  被频繁仿效的频繁行为
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  is actually not useful.
  其实并没有效用
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  In this case,
  在这种情况下
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  it may be inherited from the past.
  它可能是承袭自过去的行为