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I've spent the last five years of my life thinking about situations exactly like this
過去的五年，我一直在思考剛剛我所描述的狀況，
why we sometimes misunderstand the signs around us, and how we behave when that happens, and what all of this can tell us about human nature.
為什么我們會對身邊的征兆產(chǎn)生誤解，當誤解發(fā)生時我們作何反應(yīng)，以及這一切所告訴我們的人性。
In other words, as you heard Chris say, I've spent the last five years thinking about being wrong.
換句話說，就像Chris剛才說的，過去五年的時間我都在思考錯誤的價值。
This might strike you as a strange career move, but it actually has one great advantage: no job competition.
你可能覺得這是個奇異的專業(yè)，但有一項好處是不容置疑的：沒有競爭者。
In fact, most of us do everything we can to avoid thinking about being wrong,
事實上，我們大部分的人都盡力不思考錯誤的價值，
or at least to avoid thinking about the possibility that we ourselves are wrong.
或至少避免想到我們有可能犯錯。
We get it in the abstract. We all know everybody in this room makes mistakes.
我們都知道這個模糊的概念。我們都知道這里的每個人都曾經(jīng)犯錯。
The human species, in general, is fallible -- okay fine.
人類本來就會犯錯--沒問題。
But when it comes down to me, right now, to all the beliefs I hold, here in the present tense,
一旦這個想法臨到我們自身，我們現(xiàn)在所有的所有的信念，
suddenly all of this abstract appreciation of fallibility goes out the window -- and I can't actually think of anything I'm wrong about.
對人類可能犯錯的抽象概念，隨即被我們拋棄，我無法想到我有哪里出錯。
And the thing is, the present tense is where we live.
但是，我們活在現(xiàn)在。
We go to meetings in the present tense; we go on family vacations in the present tense; we go to the polls and vote in the present tense.
我們開會，去家庭旅游，去投票，全都是現(xiàn)在式。
So effectively, we all kind of wind up traveling through life, trapped in this little bubble of feeling very right about everything.
我們就像現(xiàn)在一個小泡泡里經(jīng)歷人生，感覺自己總是對的。
