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He thought that these strange substances, called "lodestones," had a soul that accounted for the attraction of a lodestone to iron and steel.

他认为现在被称作天然磁石的奇怪物质有一种精神，这就说明了为什么磁吸引铁和钢的原因。

Pierre also observed that magnetic lodestones which were put on little swimming wooden pieces always aligned in north-south direction.

皮埃尔还指出，磁lodestones是放在木制的小件游泳始终排列在南北方向。

Those lodestones can magically attract small pieces of iron and always point to the same direction after swing at random.

这种石头可以魔术般的吸起小块的铁片，而且在随意摆动后总是指向同一方向。

Magnets: As far back as 200 B.C., Chinese healers believed that naturally magnetized rocks called lodestones could correct unhealthy imbalances in the body.

磁：早在公元前200年，中国的术士就相信，天然磁石可以修复不利于健康的身体失衡。

The only real use for lodestones was to make compasses, and many thought the compass needle's movement was in response to its attraction to the earth's "soul."

天然磁石的唯一用处就是制造罗盘，许多人认为罗盘针运动是地球的源泉吸引

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。