来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第10集 第10集》

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  Paley tells--gives the example of you're walking down the beach
  佩利说 假如你走在沙滩上
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  and your foot hits a rock.
  脚踢到了一块石头
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  And then you wonder, "Where did that rock come from?"
  然后你就想 这块石头是从哪里来的呢
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  And you don't really expect an interesting answer to that question.
  你知道这不会是个多有趣的答案
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  Maybe it was always there.
  也许它一直在那儿
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  Maybe it fell from the sky. Who cares?
  也许它是从天上掉下来的 谁在乎呢
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  But suppose you found a watch on the ground
  但是假如你在地上发现了一块手表
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  and then you asked where the watch had come from.
  然后琢磨这块手表是从哪里来的
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  Paley points out that it would not be satisfying to simply say
  佩利指出 仅仅说它一直在那儿
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  it's always been there
  或碰巧在那儿
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  or it came there as an accident.
  是不会让人信服的
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  And he uses this comparison to make a point,
  他用这个比喻证明