词语控制你思维的5种疯狂方式Word格式.docx
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Itbroke."
Stanfordscientistsdidexperimentsonthis,byhavingspeakersofvariouslanguageswatchvideosfeaturing,invarioussituations,peoplebreakingeggsorpoppingballoons,sometimesonpurpose,sometimesonaccident.Thesubjectsdidn'
tknowwhytheywerewatching.
"
Maybeit'
sakid-friendlyversionofJackass?
Later,thescientistsquizzedthesubjectsonthepeopleinthevideos.Invideoswheretheguyintentionallybroketheegg,allofthesubjects,regardlessoflanguage,wereequallygoodatrememberingdetailsoftheguy.Afterall,he'
stheonewhobroketheegg.Thevideowasabouthim,theeggbreaker.
Willnothingstophismadness?
Butwhenaskedaboutthepeoplewhoaccidentallybrokesomething,theSpanishandJapanesesubjects--thegroupsmorelikelytouse"
thebedbroke"
earlier--couldn'
trememberthem.Sinceitwasanaccident,theguywasn'
timportant.Theeggbroke.
ButusEnglishspeakers?
Wecouldrememberhimjustfine.Tous,thedistinctionbetweenintentionalandaccidentalwasmuchlessimportant.Somebodyhadtobeblamed.
You'
dthinkthatthishaslesstodowiththelanguageandmoretodowiththeculture--thatmaybethey'
rejustlesspronetothrowaroundblameinJapan.Sotheydidanotherexperiment,thistimewithjusttheEnglishspeakers.TheyhadthemwatchtheinfamousJanetJacksonboobflashduringtheSuperBowlafewyearsago.
Seriously?
Thispissedoffmillionsofpeople?
Thegroupwasthenhandedareportontheincidentandtoldtocomeupwithapunishment.Halfofthegroupgotareportwithaverysubtledifferenceinwording:
attheendinsteadofreading"
thecostumeripped,"
itreadJustinTimberlake"
rippedthecostume."
Thepeoplewhogotthesecondreportleviedfines50percenthigherthantheothers.Eventhoughtheyhadallwatchedthesamevideoaboutthesameincident.Justchangingthephrasingtoimplyblamechangedthewaytheythoughtaboutit.
Scienceisjustbeginningtograsphowthischangesaculture,butyoucanhavefunthinkingaboutit.Forinstance,duringthiselectionseason,thinkabouthowmuchofthedebatecenteredaroundfiguringoutwhoistoblameforeachproblem.Whosefaultisitthatthehealthcaresystemisscrewedup?
Washington?
Theinsurancecompanies?
Thelawyers?
Wemustknow!
Ithastobesomebody,dammit.Itcan'
tjustbe,youknow,somekindofcomplex,chaoticsystemsubjecttoabillionvariablesnooneunderstands.Tophrasesomethingthatway,evenifit'
sanaccidentoranaturaldisaster,feelsweirdtous.Thestoryneedsavillain.
Saywewanttocometoyourhouse,tocrashonyoursofaforacoupleofmonthsbecause,youknow,Stevebrokeourbed.Whenyougiveusdirectionsyou'
llsaysomethinglike,"
Turnleftattheadultbookstoreandgodowntwoblocks..."
That'
sthewayyouthinkthroughthedirectionsinyourhead,afterall--turnlefthere,turnrightthere.
U-turnatthehobo.
Butlet'
ssaythatsomehowyouneverhadtheword"
left"
inyourlanguage.Well,you'
dstillhavetheideaofturningleft,right?
You'
djusthaveadifferenttermforit.It'
snotlikeyou'
dactuallyhaveatoughertimefindingyourhousejustbecauseyoulackedacertainword.
Actually...yesyouwould.
Figuringthisoutrequiredauniquesetoftestsubjects,butresearchersfoundtheminabunchofdeafkidsinNicaraguawhoinventedtheirownsignlanguage.Thislanguage,initsearlystages,hadnotermsfor"
or"
right."
Butthepeoplewhousedthelanguagewereotherwisenormal--theirothersensesworkedexactlythesameasyours.You'
dthinkthatwhiletheyhadatoughertimeexplainingwherethingswereinaroom,they'
dbethesameasyouormeatfindingthings.They'
renot.
Theytookthesignlanguagespeakers,blindfoldedthem,spunthemaroundandhadthemtrytorelocateanobjecttheyhadjustwatchedbeinghiddenintheroom.Foryouandmostpeopleyouknow,it'
sasupereasytest--theobjectisonthefloortotheleftofthewindow.Forothersignlanguagespeakers,it'
snotmuchharder.Buttheseguyssuckedatit.
Hard.
Lackingthetermsfordirectionslike,"
totheleftofthewindow"
didn'
tjustmakeitharderforthemtotellyouwheretheobjectwas--itmadeitharderforthemtotellthemselveswhereitwas,whentryingtoremindthemselvesinsidetheirhead.Theirabilitytofigureoutwherethingswerewasdictatedbytheirlanguage.They'
deventuallyfindit,butitwasamuchslowerandmoredifficultprocessforthem.Theylackedtheinternallanguagetoorientthemselvesproperly.
What'
sthesignfor,"
can'
t-read-a-damn-map"
?
Itgetsweirder.Ifweweretoaskyoutocomepickusupsowecouldcrashatyourplace,becauseourElCaminowasintheshop,andwegaveyouthedirectionsas,"
turnnorthattheCitgostation,gosixblocks,thenturnwestattheHooters,thensouthdownthealley..."
wouldyoutellustogofuckourselves?
Hell,withoutacompasssomeofyoucan'
tevenpointwhichwayisnorthfromyourownlivingroom,letaloneinastrangecity.
Whatthefuckdidthatairportsecurityguardmeanby'
east'
ButyoucouldgokidnapanAboriginaltribesmanfromAustraliaandhe'
dimmediatelyknowwhichwayiswhich.He'
dknowatanygivensecondwhichdirectionhe'
sfacing.Hehastoknow,becauseintheAboriginalGuuguYimithirrtheyalsodon'
thavewordsthatmean"
right"
infrontof"
behind."
Theygivealldirectionsintermsofnorth/south/east/west.Seriously.Ifyou'
retryingtohangaflat-screenTVontheirwalltheywon'
tsay,"
Moveittwoinchestotheleft."
They'
llsay,"
Moveittwoincheseast."
Nowyou'
dthinkthat,inpracticalterms,thiswouldbeprettyfreakingannoying.Butitturnsoutstickingtothecompassgivesthemanalmostsupernaturalsenseofdirection,andit'
sbecausetheyhaveto--theirlanguagedoesn'
tworkotherwise.Becausetheyspeakintermsofgeocentricdirections,theyalsothinkinthoseterms.Theycouldprobablygetaroundmostcitiesbetterthanyou,evenifthey'
veneverbeeninsideofacar.
Everyone'
sperceptionofcolorsshouldbethesame.Wehavethesameretinalstructureduetoevolutionandthesamewavelengthsoflightshootingatus.
Illustratedhere,probably.
Andwhat'
sallthis'
taupe'
bullshit?
She'
snot.Experimentshavefoundthatwhetherornotyoucanregisteracolordependsonwhetherornotyouhaveanameforitinyourlanguage.Youcanseethecolor,itjustdoesn'
tregisterinyourmind.
OnestudycomparedsomeyoungchildrenfromEnglandwithkidsfromatribeinNambia.IntheEnglishlanguage,youngkidsusuallylearn11basiccolors(black,white,gray,red,green,blue,yellow,pink,orange,purpleandbrown)butinHimbait'
sonlyfive.Forinstance,theylumpred,orangeandpinktogetherandcallit"
serandu."
Wedon'
tknowwhattheycallthathairstyle,butwecallit"
awesome."
IfyoushowedtheHimbatoddlerapinkcardandthenlatershowedhimaredoneandaskifthey'
rethesamecard,thekidwouldoftenmistakenlysayyes--becausethey'
reboth"
Sameasifyoushowedyou"
Eggshell"
andanhourlatershowedyou"
Bone"
andaskedifitwasthesamecardfrombefore.Now,again,theycanseethecolors;
ifyouholdupapinkcardandaredcardnexttoeachother,theEnglishkidandHimbakidbothwouldsaythey'
redifferent.Butnotwhentheyseethemoneatatime.
Butifyouteachhimthenewnamesforthecolors,thatoneis"
pink"
andtheotheris"
red,"
fromthenonhecanidentifythemwhenseenbythemselves,withouttheotheroneforcomparison.Sameasthegirlorinteriordecoratorwhocanimmediatelyidentify"
eggshell"
asdistinctfrom"
ivory"
themomentsheseesitonawall,whileherboyfriendcouldn'
tdoitwithaguntohishead.Theabilitytorecognizethecolorcomeswithhavinganameforit.
Also,withgivingashit.
Likewise,TurkishandRussianbothsplitwhatwecall"
blue"
intotwodifferentcolors,forthedarkerandlightershades.ThereforetheyconsistentlydoabetterjobthanEnglishspeakerswhengiventhesame"
isthisbluecardthesameasthelastbluecard"
test.Evenweirder,whentestingtheRussianstheyfoundthatbygivingthemaverbaldistraction(makingthemtrytomemorizeastringofnumberswhiledoingthecolortest)theadvantagedisappeared.Itwasthelanguagepartoftheirbrainthatwashelpingthem"
see"
thecolor.
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