<p>Once there was a scientist. He wanted to study how monkeys learn.He put two peanuts into a tall glass bottle.</p>
<p>曾经有一位科学家，他想研究猴子的学习能力。他把两颗花生米放进了一个高高的玻璃瓶里。</p>
<p>The bottle was completely transparent, one could see the two peanuts clearly from outside.</p>
<p>玻璃瓶是完全透明的，从外面可以很清楚地看到两颗花生。</p>
<figure class="image"><img src="http://www.hxen.com/d/file/p/2017/10/670c8e5ff12f702f92d2da3e0203632c.jpg" alt=""></figure> <p>Then he gave the bottle to a monkey.</p>
<p>然后，他把这个瓶子递给了一只猴子。</p>
<p>The monkey grabed the bottle and shook it methodlessly for a while. Finally, the peanuts fell out and the monkey got to eat them.</p>
<p>猴子拿到瓶子之后，乱摇了好久，终于摇出了花生米，这才吃到。</p>
<p>The scientist put another two peanuts into the bottle. This time, he showed the monkey that if you put the bottle upside-down the peanuts will fall out easily.</p>
<p>科学家又往瓶子里装了两颗花生米，这一次，他向猴子示范，只要把瓶子倒过来，花生就掉出来了。</p>
<p>But the monkey still shook the bottle methodlessly after it grabed it. It didn't learn anything the scientist taught it.</p>
<p>不过，猴子在接过瓶子之后，依旧像之前那样乱摇，完全没有学会科学家教它的方法。</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>这是为什么呢？</p>
<p>The reason is that all the monkey saw were just the peanuts. Its brain could not handle anything else such as the scientist's example.</p>
<p>这是因为，猴子的眼里一直只有那两颗华生，它的大脑根本没有余地关心科学家的示范。</p>
<p>Sometimes, and quite often, when we encounter complex situations, we are just like this monkey. We don't calm ourselves down and try to find a solution for the problem. We merely fight a pointless fight methodlessly with the problem.</p>
<p>很多时候，我们在遇到复杂问题的时候，就像这只猴子一样，不去冷静地思考解决问题的办法，而只是单纯与问题做无意义的抗争。</p>