很多意識形態信念「在心理上」就跟正常的信念沒兩樣。人們不想拋棄這些信念，是因為不想捨棄他們的朋友。 Read more

副交感神經系統（副交感的英文「parasympathetic」，意指「抵抗情緒」）是另一組自律神經系統，會觸發自我保護功能，例如消化和傷口癒合。 Read more

看开头差点弃坑，像是哲学书看了不少以后再看苏菲的世界，其实不是，更像是心理咨询一样敲晕入门者偏见，故意这么由浅入深安排的内容。 Read more

小红，小象，小红象。小象，红红，小象红。小象，小红，小红象。小红，小象，小红红。互联网时代伪造鲁迅语录的人很多，但是这首可爱又不乏幼稚的摇篮曲，鲁迅可以自信地说：这，确实是我写的。 Read more

消防员纵火犯确实存在，这在消防界是个顽固且令人倍感苦恼的问题。根据全国志愿者消防联合会在 20世纪 90年代出版的《消防员纵火案》一书中的说法，每年约有一百名消防员因为纵火被逮捕。虽然哈利不是消防队员，但他已经对这一职业有了兴趣。他没能通过考试，所以他可能更倾向去做出报复性行为。除此之外，他也符合消防员纵火犯的典型特征：通常是十七至二十五岁之间的白人男性。 Read more

“我明白了，安布罗修，我就是在此时此地倒霉的。” Read more

姜姬认为把凤凰台的政治生态评价为“眼高手低”很合适。你不能说他们不敏感，他们对于触碰到阶级利益和意识形态的问题总是非常敏感的。 Read more

也是第二遍，我看的是Claude 3.7版，看评论说花城版翻译比较用心，不记得上一次哪个版本了。 我没有发疯。最后一丝希望熄灭了。我关闭了发射器，喝完了保温瓶里剩余的肉汤，然后去睡觉了。 Read more

Various elites also opposed political centralization, for example, preferring oral to written interaction with citizens, because this allowed them maximum discretion. Written laws or orders could not be taken back or denied and were harder to change; they set benchmarks that governing elites might want to reverse. Read more

第二遍了，第一遍听完的，意犹未尽。 Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work. Presently the clergyman appeared and the men ranged themselves in a queue in the order in which they had arrived. The clergyman was a nice, chubby, youngish man, and, curiously enough, very like Charlie, my friend in Paris. He was shy and embarrassed, and did not speak except for a brief good evening; he simply hurried down the line of men, thrusting a ticket upon each, and not waiting to be thanked. The consequence was that, for once, there was genuine gratitude, and everyone said that the clergyman was a—— good feller. Someone (in his hearing, I believe) called out: ‘Well, he’ll never be a f—— bishop!’– this, of course, intended as a warm compliment. Read more