锻炼你的开放式思维

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本文打分:0 [2006-5-3] 原文来自How to Exercise an Open Mind，有些意思。部分意译如下（）为guoshuang个人胡言乱语：

1. Stimulate your ears differently. Try different music you haven‘t tried before: Classical, New Age, Zouk, Rap, Mariachi, Country, Afro-Blues. You don‘t have to like it at first, but if you keep an open mind, you can still find it interesting. Listen to a radio station you typically don‘t listen to.

尝试听听不同风格的音乐，开始可能你不喜欢，但慢慢地会感觉到有些意思。（即便如此，港台流行歌曲打死我也不相信我会同流合污...）

2. Stimulate your eyes in new ways. Look at different art sites such as DeviantART. Go to a cheap or free art gallery. Even if you think it‘s bad art, it can still be stimulating and thought provoking.

看看不同的设计，比如 DeviantART，虽然有时候觉得有些设计很烂（没错，就是这种感觉，deviantart没有 voted,rated,popular之类的信息，但有 top favorites，如果不这样那里的确有些太良莠不齐了），但至少受到一些启发。

3. Learn about different people and lifestyles. A great gateway into this is Wikipedia, where you can read articles on a wide variety of practices, such as Swinging, Wicca, the Green Party, Conservatism, Anarchism, Sunnis, Tutsis, and the Yakuza. Consider how many members they have worldwide.

研究不同的人，不同的生活方式等。

4. While waiting (in line at the bank, a coffee shop, a restaurant, the grocery store, or waiting for someone to pick you up, or a show on TV to start), ponder things, calculate, memorize. You can, for example, memorize digits of Pi (you can get to 50 in a matter of hours, 200 in a matter of weeks), try to remember all of your high school teachers‘ names, memorize Prime Numbers, get fast at reciting the alphabet backwards, the Greek alphabet (forwards and backwards), remember how many movies Tom Cruise has been in, try Doubling numbers, start at 1, to 2, to 4, to 8, till you get to larger numbers than you can handle.

等待的时候，做一些脑力练习。比如高中老师名字，3.14159265...，汤姆克鲁斯演了多少部电影等等

5. Take unusual classes. Find a community college near you, pick up a catalog, and open your mind to learning things like Art History, Underwater Basketweaving, First Aid training, or Business Ethics. My local university offers many easy survey courses with no prerequisites, such as Vampires and Werewolves, Meteorology, Nutrition, Japanese Pop Culture, etc. How awesome would it be to know basic Meteorology? Learn different languages (Esperanto, Japanese, French, Arabic, Italian, Navajo, etc.) especially those with roots very different from your own

参加一些有趣的课程。学学外语什么的。（就俺这排骨就炼了一阵跆拳道，不管怎么说，总算是能打过幼儿园大班男生了）

6. If you exercise by jogging, biking, or walking, find new routes. Find parks where you live. Jog different neighborhoods (this is also a great time to try different music in your player).

晨练的时候尝试不同的路线。

7. Join clubs based on things you have no knowledge of, such as a Scrabble Club, an Investment Club, etc.

参加一些你以前一无所知的活动。（某些活动除外，：（）

8. Watch movies in genres that you normally don‘t partake in, such as Cyberpunk, scary, Anime, documentaries, stand up comedy (Eddie Izzard, Dane Cook, Mitch Hedberg). IMDb is a great site to look for movies that other people enjoy. They break them down by genre as well. Remember to be open-minded about things you don‘t know about.

在 IMDB 找一些不同风格的电影来看。如果你觉得不能理解（不可理喻）？请尝试换一种思维...（真痛苦，有些片子确实很烂，我...：（）

9. Do crossword puzzles every day possible.

每天做一些猜谜之类

10. Learn how to write backwards. Leonardo DaVinci, the quintessential Renaissance man and a jack-of-all-trades, wrote all of his notes backwards so that they could only be read with a mirror. Or try writing upside down. None of these is as hard as it might seem; you‘ll soon get the hang of it.

反着写字（比如英文 english -> hsilgne，中文我...）

11. Try new clothes on the weekends that you would never wear otherwise.

周末试着穿穿从来不穿的衣服。（比如我，让我穿衬衣+西装+非牛仔裤还不如杀了我，看来我有必要尝试一下我老婆的女装，嘿嘿...）

12. Browse Wikipedia or wikiHow and do things that you find there.

多看看这两个站点。Wikipedia or wikiHow（后者有广告嫌疑啊）

13. Watch shows that you don‘t watch or that you often discriminate against, even though you have never watched them. Do you hate the O.C.? Even if you still dislike it or find it comical, try it once or twice. Try a soap opera: It‘s fun! Watch the Spanish channels; watch the religious channels; watch the Discovery channel; watch the Travel channel; or if you do watch all those channels, try not watching television at all for a week ... Thus, you will have the time to try everything else posted in this page ;-)

看看平常不看的东西，比如连续剧。（对于象我这样平常不看电视的人，周末看什么关中匪事、粉红女郎、武林外传看得“口水直流，傻笑声声”—老婆语）

14. Build ridiculous things like radios, legos, robots, trebuchets.

15. Walk backwards through your whole house.

倒着走路回家（前后倒我看都有点俗了，上下倒？：（）

16. Try foods you have never tried. Have you tried sushi? Have you tried Vietnamese? Mediterranean? Indian? Native-American? Cajun? Have you ever tasted a Boba? A shot of Wheatgrass? Have you smoked a hookah? Have you eaten durian or the Filipino delicacy, balut? Think it‘s unhealthy? Do you know it‘s unhealthy? Look it up.

尝试不同的食物。（谨以此句奉献给，除了我和巩骚之外不爱吃海鲜的兄弟们，靠，这帮笨蛋就爱吃面...但菠萝炒肉和苦瓜和某些虫子我至今没有攻克...）

17. Learn to do a handstand. A backflip. A kip-up. Take martial arts classes. Try some Hip-Hop classes or learn a break dance move. Can you touch your toes? Work on it.

（应该劈叉之类的吧，老胳膊老腿的...）

18. Attend churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, trade union meetings, places of worship and meditation that you never have.

参加一些活动（FL功除外）

19. Learn How to Spin a Pencil Around Your Thumb, solve a Rubik‘s Cube, or try Cup Stacking. Don‘t know what these are? Look them up. Learn!

耍笔杆子？（从大学出来都能折腾几下吧，就是老是得弯腰去捡，而且签字笔一触即溃，也不知牺牲了多少）

20. Face your fears! Are you computer-illiterate? Putz around on a computer for a while. Don‘t be scared. You won‘t break anything. Learn a programming language. Nothing is as hard as anyone makes it out to be.

学学编程，比你想象的容易多了。（甭让那些人在你面前装模作样了，从0开始到我现在这个半吊子，一年就够了）

21. Build your own computer. Think it‘s hard? You‘ll never know until you actually do it. It‘s somewhat ridiculous how many HowTo‘s there are on building a computer.

自己装机（电脑）。（得了，电脑城那些装机的家伙和民工没有任何区别。至少比学习炒菜，刀切锅铲，弄熟进嘴容易多了。炒鸡蛋会吧？大不成煮方便面...）

22. Rotate your own tires. Make a friend do it with you.

转轮胎？（我没车）

23. Try skiing, snowboarding, jet skiing, Hang gliding, parasailing, surfing, and anything else that pushes the limits of your comfort zone!

冲浪、滑雪（还是旱冰吧）

24. Learn to juggle. A great workout for your brain, eyes and reflexes. Are three balls too easy? Try five, or better yet, four. Try Contact Juggling for a different challenge.

学几个小魔术。

25. Learn to write with the hand you do not write with. Change your computer keyboard setting to Dvorak and type away! Or try to do other things with the wrong hand...how about ping-pong?

用手写字，改变键盘布局（我看把鼠标换成左手就够受的了）

26. Try making something new in the kitchen. Home roasted coffee, cheese, beer, and bread can be made inexpensively, plus you get to consume the results!

尝试一些新菜（嘿嘿，俺一直就是这么做地...男人们首要品质之一就是要入得厨房，什么？你从来不做饭？哎，可怜的男孩子...）

27. Say out loud that you will stop yourself before quickly deciding against doing something new. This vocal affirmation will help you to challenge yourself more often.

大声喊出来，激励自己自己（瞧见那些运动员了怎么做了吗？黑、哈...出拳...）

28. Open your mind to other political points of view. If you are a conservative, listen to Air America, read Alternet and watch some films of Michael Moore. If you are a liberal, listen to Rush Limbaugh or Bill O‘Reilly, read the Washington Times or InstaPundit, and watch Fox News. You may find it hard to stomach at first, but in time you might find a grain of truth in what your nemesis has to say. Even if you don‘t, you‘ll be able to argue with one of "them" much more intelligently.

试图理解不同的政治观点。

29. If you never play video games, play them every once in a while. Sure it looks mindless and you may yell at your kids for doing so, but believe it or not, video games can stimulate a wide variety of brain activity. Try new things!

玩玩游戏吧，对大脑很好的锻炼。（相比之下，愚蠢的中国社会的主流思维一直把电脑游戏等同于提笼架鸟的洪水猛兽，在我看来，与其象凤凰鲁豫所说的“并不是每人人都有打职业游戏的天赋，于是应该先好好学习...”云云。我看也可以这么说，“并不是每个人都有背书学习的天赋...”大一统的思想造就的只是一模一样毫无个性没有创造力的书呆子...我很奇怪，欧洲绝大部分时间并没有统一，但这并不妨碍他们比我们所谓秦唐宋元明清的大一统所取得的成就更少...）

30. Play with magnets. It may seem like a child’s activity, but give it a try. For around $20 (thinkgeek.com has some fun magnet toys) you‘ll find yourself strangely entertained while learning about magnetic properties and physics! Remember, you‘re never too old to play with toys. :)

玩玩磁铁之类的玩具。玩永远不嫌老。（要不然你看老顽童的武功最终天下第一呢！）

31. Try blocking out one of your senses. Do everyday things, like cleaning up your room or using your cell phone, with a blindfold. It puts things in perspective when you are forced to "create" new ways of doing things you‘ve already figured how to do.

蒙着眼睛做一些事情。

32. Play chess! It‘s the poetry of the mind! Play Go! It‘s the poetry of the universe!

下棋。（我个人推荐勾心斗角、气势如虹的四国军旗，嘿嘿...）

33. Do the sudoku in the newspaper! They seem impossible at first, but go to http://www.sudoku.com or buy a book to get some tips on how to play. They are easier than they first seem and could even be enjoyable and interesting.

34. Try to see another person‘s perspective. What is important to that person? What is he or she self-conscious about? Is that person as open minded as you?

了解别人的观点。

35. Travel - becoming an outsider really exposes a mind to new things. You can even do this travel inside your country or state! How well do you know your own city? Have you tried using only a bike, or only using your own two feet and public transportation? (Ever considered what it‘s like if that was the only means to get around, say if you were physically unable to drive around? Being a pedestrian once in a while will make you a better driver.) Go off the beaten path!

旅行

36. Learn How to Read 12 Digit UPC Barcodes.

学习阅读商品条形码

37. Type Random things into google such as "I wanna be a NINJA" or "Yarrr".

在 google 随便搜索一些陌生的字眼

38. Write some poetry, then, when you feel you are ready, read some of your poetry at a local writer‘s group. Or, take a poetry class and learn what other poets have said.

写诗。（啊，大海，全他妈是水...）

39. Think of more things to add to this list!

再想想还有什么可以加进这个列表的东西。

Tips

* Be open-minded. Read from the top to find out how.
* Or read from the bottom to the top.
* Be thrifty. Yeah, building a trebuchet is a $200+ project, so go for the Legos instead. If the university is $400 per credit, try the community college for $40 per credit.
* If an hour a day is too much to spend, try a half hour, or just perform your morning routine differently (backwards? walk backwards? eyes closed?).
* Be brave. Never be embarrassed. If your friends think it‘s a bit odd that you are memorizing digits of pi, acknowledge that it is pretty weird... and awesome!
* Don‘t discriminate against trendy things. You wear underwear. That‘s trendy. You are trendy. Deal with it. Think Abercrombie is too trendy? Ever walked in there? Maybe there is something you like.
* Remember that "the perfect student is one who always stumbles but never falls." Don‘t give up! The Rubik‘s Cube probably looks somewhat impossible until you‘ve solved the white cross. Go for it. They‘re $9.00 at Target.
* Every decision you make in life is based on your belief system. To open your mind, start to list your fundamental beliefs, and for each one ask yourself why you believe it. Then ask yourself whether you could imagine being you if you didn‘t exactly believe it any more, but believed something marginally different. Then marginally different from that. Pick a belief a week and work at it. If you are feeling really brave, and have a really good friend, ask them what they believe. Discuss how they acquired their beliefs. Understand this - your belief system is absolutely unique to you. Your friend‘s belief system is unique to them. An open mind can see issues using many different perspectives - adopting many different belief systems as the lens to view the issue.
* When travelling, you may consider but not often advised to travel with a partner. You will truly test a relationship this way. Each individual will be traveling with his/her prejudices. Proceed with caution. Traveling by yourself can be eye opening. You certainly get to know yourself pretty darn well. Every place has a safe place and a dangerous place. Don‘t limit places because of stereotypes but use common sense when travelling. Always remember you are a guest in the host location.
* Here‘s a hard but effective method. Take a controversial issue that you have a strong opinion about. Write an essay defending your opinion with as much evidence and actual citations as possible. Then write another essay defending the other side, again with evidence and citations, considering that side‘s arguments seriously and being scrupulously honest and putting in as much effort as you did the first essay.

* 顺便说一句，我觉得上面很多事情我都做了，但...请注意国情，那种获得金钱（权利）的“成功”至少从我的经验来看，上面那些还是远远不够地...