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Duì fùzá xiànxiàng zuòchū jiěshì shí, dānyī yīnguǒ liàntiáo tōngcháng bùzú yǐ hángài quánbù jīzhì.

When explaining complex phenomena, a single causal chain is usually insufficient to cover all the mechanisms.

Duì gàiniàn biānjiè de hánhún chǔlǐ, wǎngwǎng shǐ lùnzhèng zài bùtóng céngcì zhījiān qiāorán zhuǎnhuàn, què ràng dúzhě wù yǐwéi tuīlǐ liàntiáo shǐzhōng yízhì.

Ambiguous treatment of conceptual boundaries often causes an argument to shift quietly between levels, while leading readers to believe that its chain of reasoning remains consistent.

Zài yīnguǒ liàntiáo kuàyuè duō ge céngjí qiě fǎnkuì búduàn fāshēng de xìtǒng zhōng, dānyī biànliàng de xiàoguǒ hěn nán tuōlí qítā tiáojiàn ér bèi zhǔnquè shíbié.

In systems where causal chains cross multiple levels and feedback is continuous, the effect of a single variable is difficult to identify accurately in isolation from other conditions.