Whether it's psychology, whether it's in economics, obviously in engineering or computer science,
無論是心理學還是經濟學當然如果是工程學或計算機科學
Where it's done much more readily than in social sciences and humanities.
就會比社會科學和人文科學更容易理解
It's important to take responsibilities, because no one else is going to do it for you.
重點是 你要為自己負責因為沒人會來幫你
No one is coming. Premise 2:
沒人會幫你第二前提
To be a practical idealist, the foundation of it has to be
作為一個實際的理想主義者它的基礎必須是
The belief that change is possible. Because if the change was not possible on the individual level,
相信改變是可能的因為如果從個人層面或社會層面來說
On the society level, why am I doing what I am doing? Why would I spend time?
改變都是不可能的 那我在這里干什么?為什么我要花時間在這里?
Let me just be a hedonist, trying to enjoy my life as much as possible.
倒不如做個享樂主義者盡情享受生活
Now for many of you, when you look at this you may say, Well, Ok, yes, change is possible.
你們可能會說 好吧 改變是有可能的
I believe that and why do we need to have it as a basic premise of the course,
我相信這一點 但為什么我們需要把它作為課程的基本前提
As opposed to change is illusive? Well, in the context of a psychology course,
而不說'改變是虛幻的'? 在心理學上
It's anything but trivial that change is possible. Let me share with you one study to illustrate what I mean.
改變是有可能的 這點十分重要下面我用一項研究來說明