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In 467 BC, a meteorite that crashed to earth in Greece convinced the philosopher Anaxagoras that the heavenly bodies were not divine beings, as was widely believed, but mere lumps of glowing rock.

公元前四六七年，一块陨石落在希腊土地上，哲学家阿那克萨哥拉因此认为，一般人视为神圣的天上星体，其实只是一块块发光的石头。

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。