2020.03.25(星期三) 

獨排眾議 有所不同

Your Unique Point of Difference

 有趣的科學實驗

為了研究，科學家做了一個有趣的生物實驗，實驗方法很簡單，就是：

將5隻猴子放在籠子裡，中間放了一個梯子，梯子上面放了一串香蕉。

每當有猴子爬上梯子時，科學家就用冰冷的水猛潑其他沒爬梯子的猴子，猴子冷得吱吱叫。

過了一會兒，又有猴子試圖爬梯子時，其他猴子就會將他毆打。一段時間後，無論梯子上放甚麼誘惑，沒有猴子敢於爬上梯子。

請問，猴子從實驗中學到甚麼？

然後，科學家決定更換其中一隻猴子。

不出所料，這隻新猴子立刻就陷入了誘惑，並被其他人毆打。經過幾次毆打，這個新來的成員學會了不要爬上梯子，雖然他從未知道真正的原因(他學到的是爬上梯子就會被挨打)。

這時，科學家有沒有潑冰冷的水？

答案：沒有

然後，科學家又更換第二隻猴子。

第二隻猴子被帶進來，同樣的事情發生了。第一隻猴子加入了毆打第二隻猴子的行列。

然後，科學家又陸續更換第三隻猴子、第四隻猴子…

替換繼續進行，直到籠子裡只剩下5隻新猴子。即使這組新的猴子從未受過冷水澆灌，他們仍繼續毆打任何試圖爬上梯子的猴子。

如果你問任何新來的猴子，為什麼毆打其他猴子，答案可能是：

“Well, how do I know.”，我怎麼知道。我想這裡就是這樣！

學習是要創新，要思考，為什麼這樣做？不是其他人這樣做，我就跟著做。這個故事給我們的啟示是：

think difference不同思考

Create chaos 創造差異

Leave an echo behind留下迴響

Be Different. :

One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that's trying to make you like everyone else. For research purpose, scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage, with a ladder in the middle and bananas on the top. Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientist soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water. After a while, whenever a monkey attempted to climb the ladder, others would beat him up. After some time, no monkey dared go up the ladder regardless of the temptation. Scientists then decided to replace one of the monkeys.

As expected, the new monkey instantly fell for the temptation and was beaten up by the rest. After several beatings, this new member learnt not to climb up the ladder even though he never learnt the real reason. Then, a second monkey was brought in and the same thing happened. The first monkey participated in the beating of the second monkey.

The replacements continued, until only a group of 5 monkeys were left in the cage. Even though the new group of monkeys never received a cold shower, they continued to beat up any monkey that attempted to climb the ladder. If you asked any of the new monkeys why the beatings took place, the answer would probably be, “Well, how do I know. I guess that's how things are done around here!"

You will never influence the world if you continue doing things the way they have always been done. Be different. Create chaos. Leave an echo behind!