2011-03-18

從"盲搶鹽" 想起 "巫師的第一法則"

昨天香港發生"盲搶鹽" 事件, 令我想起Terry Goodkind 的 "The Wizard's First Rule" ("巫師的第一法則"):
"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool..”
我姑且試試翻譯:
"人們是愚蠢的, 給予適當的動機, 幾乎每個人都會相信幾乎所有的東西。因為人是愚蠢的, 他們會相信一個謊言, 因為他們願意相信這是真的, 或者是因為他們害怕它可能是真的。人們的頭腦中充滿了知識, 事實和信念, 而大部份都是假的, 但他們認為這都是事實。人們是愚蠢的, 他們很少能分出謊言和真理, 但他們卻有信心他們可以, 所以都很容易被欺騙...“

悲哀....

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