that we would live life rather differently,

更加自如地生活
how could it be reasonable for us to disregard those facts?

完全忽略真相又怎能说是合乎合理呢
Well, that's the puzzle.

这的确是个难题
Or maybe we shouldn't call it a puzzle at all.

也许我们本不该称之为难题
Maybe the answer is,

也许答案正表明
that just shows the disregard option is not really all that reputable.

回避并不见得有多高明
What we either have to do is deny the claims I'm made

我们要么全盘否定
about the nature of death, or else go on to ask--

关于死亡本质的主张要么问自己
supposing they are true--how should we live in light of them?

假设那些主张成立我们又该如何生存
Maybe the disregard option just is one that

也许回避
we can't actually take on as an intellectually

仅仅只是我们
acceptable alternative.

预备方案中不够成熟的一项