来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第25集 第25集》

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  or just some sort of medical miracle--
  抑或仅仅是医学上的奇迹
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  but of course, if you kill yourself
  但是当然 如果你自杀了
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  there's no chance of recovery--
  就没有机会了
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  given that, it doesn't make any sense.
  所以说 自杀是不合理的
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  It can't make sense rationally to kill yourself.
  自杀不可能是合理的
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  That sort of position gets articulated now and again.
  我们不时听到这类貌似严谨的观点
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  But I think it's got to be mistaken.
  但是我认为它肯定是错的
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  It's true that we don't have a crystal ball,
  我们的确没有水晶球
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  and so in deciding whether to kill yourself,
  所以在决定是否自杀的时候
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  what you're doing is playing the odds.
  你做的其实是在碰运气
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  You're gambling.
  你在赌博
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  But still, gambling is something we do all the time.
  但是 赌博是我们常做的事