TED演讲:我们的大脑是如何交流的?(8)

And I think that in a few hours, a few days, a few months, 我认为，过几个小时、几天，或几个月后， you're going to meet someone at a party, and you're going to tell him about this lecture, 你在派对中遇见某人，跟他说起这

TED演讲:我们的大脑是如何交流的?(9)

This one sentence before the story started was enough to make the brain responses 故事开始前的一句话就足以决定大脑的反应， of all the people that believed the wife was having an affair 所有相信妻子不忠的人， to be very

TED演讲:我们的大脑是如何交流的?(10)

And I'm not sure how to fix it because I'm only a scientist. 我只是个科学家，不知如何解决这个问题。 But maybe one way to do it is to go back to the more natural way of communication, which is a dialogue, 但或许有个可行的方法

TED演讲:树木之间如何交流(1)

Imagine you're walking through a forest. 想象你正穿行在森林中。 I'm guessing you're thinking of a collection of trees, 我猜你想的是一大片树， what we foresters call a stand, with their rugged stems and their beautiful crowns. 我们

TED演讲:树木之间如何交流(2)

Our poor dog Jigs had slipped and fallen into the pit. 我们可怜的狗吉格斯，脚一滑跌进了一个坑里。 So grandpa ran up with his shovel to rescue the poor dog. 爷爷匆忙抄起一把铁铲，跑过去救那只可怜的狗。 He was

TED演讲:树木之间如何交流(3)

Trees in real forests might also share information below ground. 在真正的森林中，树木可能还会在地下交流信息。 But this was really controversial, and some people thought I was crazy, 但这个想法其实挺有争议的，一些人

TED演讲:我们的大脑是如何交流的?(6)

And we think that this alignment is necessary for communication. 我们认为有效沟通必须有这样的较准。 For example, as you can tell, I am not a native English speaker. 举个例子，你们都听得出来英语并不是我的母语。 I

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(5)

I should say, before getting to this, 我事先声明，我要说的， something about sexual intercourse, although I may not have time. 是关于做爱的事情，但我的时间可能不太够。 And so, if you would like me to -- yes, you would?

TED演讲:我在战火纷飞的加沙做报道(4)

I was so scared that day, a day I will never forget. 那天我非常害怕，我永远不会忘记的一天。 So, why do I do what I do? 然而，我为什么要这么做呢？ I do it because I believe if I didn't, a huge part of the story about Ga

TED演讲:我在战火纷飞的加沙做报道(5)

When my children were small and we heard the sound of the war, 我的孩子们还很小时，每当我们听到战争的声音 I used to tell them that they were fireworks. 我都会告诉他们，那是烟火。 Now they are older, they understand. 但

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(1)

What an intriguing group of individuals you are ... to a psychologist. 你们是多么有趣的一群人啊当然，是对心理学家而言。 I've had the opportunity over the last couple of days 在过去几天里，我有机会 of listening in on

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(2)

Now, already you may be saying of yourself, I'm not intriguing. 也许你们会评价自己，我不是个有趣的人。 I am the 46th most boring person in the Western Hemisphere. 我在西半球最无趣排行榜上排第46名。 Or you may say of

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(3)

And so we know that, for example, openness and conscientiousness are very good predictors of life success, 众所周知，开放性和责任感往往意味着成功， but the open people achieve that success through being audacious and, occasionally

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(4)

Let me explain. 下面我来解释一下。 One of the things that characterizes extroverts is they need stimulation. 外向性格的人的一大特征，就是他们需要刺激。 And that stimulation can be achieved by finding things that are exci

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(6)

We communicate differently, extroverts and introverts. 外向者和内向者的交流方式有所不同。 Extroverts, when they interact, want to have lots of social encounter punctuated by closeness. 外向者在与人互动时喜欢肢体接触，喜

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(7)

I had a consulting contract I shared with a colleague who's as different from me as two people can possibly be. 我跟一名同事共同，负责一项咨询业务，我跟他是截然不同的两个人。 First, his name is Tom. Mine isn't. 首先，他

TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(10)

Sometimes we may find that we don't take care of ourselves. 有时候我们对自己太狠。 I find, for example, after a period of pseudo-extroverted behavior, 我发现自己在假装外向性格一段时间之后， I need to repair somewhere on

TED演讲:疯狂的科学家用苹果做出了耳朵

I've got a confession. I love looking through people's garbage. 坦白地说，我喜欢翻看别人丢弃的垃圾。 Now, it's not some creepy thing. Okay. 这可不是什么怪癖。 I'm usually just looking for old electronics, stuff I can take t

TED演讲:疯狂的科学家用苹果做出了耳朵(2)

So one day I was hacking something, I was taking it apart, and I had this sudden idea: 有一天我正在拆解东西，我突然产生了这样的想法： You know, could I treat biology like hardware? 我能不能把生物体当作硬件？ Could

TED演讲:疯狂的科学家用苹果做出了耳朵(3)

So I actually brought this up with my wife. 我也跟我的老婆提起过这件事， She's a musical instrument maker, and she does a lot of wood carving for a living. 她是一位乐器制造家，也把制作木雕当成一种职业。 So I asked