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I think I'll start out and just talk a little bit about what exactly autism is.
我想，我就從解釋自閉癥是什么來開始我的演講吧
Autism is a very big continuum
自閉癥的癥狀范圍很廣
that goes from very severe -- the child remains non-verbal --
有的自閉癥非常嚴重，他們從小孩開始就一直不會說話
all the way up to brilliant scientists and engineers.
但也有的自閉癥患者最終成為了偉大的科學家和工程師
And I actually feel at home here,
今天來到這里，我感到了家的溫暖
because there's a lot of autism genetics here.
因為這里有很多自閉癥的基因
You wouldn't have any...
你該不會……
It's a continuum of traits.
就是說，自閉癥一系列的癥狀
When does a nerd turn into
比如，一個怪人變成了埃斯博格綜合癥
Asperger, which is just mild autism?
但你們知不知道那只是很輕微的自閉癥？
I mean, Einstein and Mozart
可以想象，包括愛因斯坦、莫扎特
and Tesla would all be probably diagnosed as autistic spectrum today.
以及Tesla在內這些人今天都會被診斷為自閉癥患者
And one of the things that is really going to concern me is
有一件事情讓我感到很有必要去做的
getting these kids to be the ones that are going to invent the next energy things,
就是如何教育這些孩子，使得他們成為發明下一代能源的人
you know, that Bill Gates talked about this morning.
正如蓋茨先生今天早上所講到的
OK. Now, if you want to understand autism, animals.
假如你希望了解自閉癥或者是動物
And I want to talk to you now about different ways of thinking.
我希望先跟你們介紹一下人不同的思維方式
You have to get away from verbal language.
你需要擺脫單純的用言語思考的習慣
I think in pictures, I don't think in language.
我是用圖像來思考的，我不是用語言來思考的
Now, the thing about the autistic mind is it attends to details.
而自閉癥患者很多又是對細節非常著迷的
OK, this is a test where you either have to pick out the big letters, or pick out the little letters,
好，這是一個測試，你可以從圖上挑出那些大的字母或者是挑出小的字母
and the autistic mind picks out the little letters more quickly.
自閉癥患者通常會更快的挑出小的字母
And the thing is, the normal brain ignores the details.
而事實上，普通的大腦是忽略這些細節的
Well, if you're building a bridge, details are pretty important
假如你要造橋，那細節是非常重要的
because it will fall down if you ignore the details.
因為假如你忽視細節的話，橋就會垮掉
And one of my big concerns with a lot of policy things today is things are getting too abstract.
而我今天對于政策最為關心的一點是，這些政策很多都非常抽象
People are getting away from doing hands-on stuff.
很多人也慢慢的失去了動手的能力
I'm really concerned that a lot of the schools have taken out the hands-on classes,
看到許多學校把手工課踢出課表，我感到憂心忡忡
because art, and classes like that, those are the classes where I excelled.
因為我恰恰是在藝術、以及手工這一類的課程上特別的優秀
In my work with cattle,
在我很牛群打交道的日子里
I noticed a lot of little things that most people don't notice would make the cattle balk.
我注意到了許多平常人不會注意到的細節，這些會使得牛群不安
Like, for example, this flag waving, right in front of the veterinary facility.
比如這面旗幟，它剛好是樹立在獸醫室前面
This feed yard was going to tear down their whole veterinary facility
這些牛就要把整個的獸醫室都毀了
all they needed to do was move the flag.
而她們需要做的就只是移出那面旗幟而已
Rapid movement, contrast.
快進。比照
In the early '70s when I started, I got right down in the chutes to see what cattle were seeing.
70年代我剛開始做這一行的時候，我會鉆進洞里，看看牛從洞里能看到什么
People thought that was crazy. A coat on a fence would make them balk,
人們把我看成是白癡。假如有山羊站在柵欄上，牛群也會不安
shadows would make them balk, a hose on the floor ...
影子會使得牛驚慌，在地板上有水龍頭也是這樣
people weren't noticing these things -- a chain hanging down --
但是人們并沒有注意到這些，這些都是一連串的反應
and that's shown very, very nicely in the movie.
這個在電影里有精彩的展現
In fact, I loved the movie, how they duplicated all my projects. That's the geek side.
我非常喜歡他們在電影里對我的一些項目的復制。哦，這個是我的怪的一面
My drawings got to star in the movie too.
我的繪畫也在電影里展現出來了
And actually it's called "Temple Grandin," not "Thinking In Pictures."
就叫作坦普·葛蘭丁，而不是叫圖像思考
So, what is thinking in pictures? It's literally movies in your head.
那么，什么圖像思考？可以形象的說，那就是你大腦里有電影在播放
My mind works like Google for images.
我的大腦可以像谷歌圖像搜索那樣工作
Now, when I was a young kid I didn't know my thinking was different.
但是我小的時候并不知道其他人不是這樣思考的
I thought everybody thought in pictures.
我想當然的認為，人人都是圖像思考者
And then when I did my book, "Thinking In Pictures,"
后來，我開始寫《圖像化思考》一書的時候
I start interviewing people about how they think.
我開始對別人進行采訪，看他們是怎么思考的
And I was shocked to find out that my thinking was quite different.
我驚訝的發現，我的思維方式那種方式是很不一樣的。
