人们做了一些愚蠢的事情，不得不在网上分享

人们做了一些愚蠢的事情，不得不在网上分享

Back in late 1999, two psychologists from Cornell University—Justin Kruger and David Dunning—put it to the test whether people who lack the skills or abilities for something are also more prone to lack awareness of that lacking. They started off their research paper with an example of a Pittsburgh bank robber, McArthur Wheeler. McArthur was arrested in 1995 shortly after robbing two banks in the middle of the day, with no mask on, or any other kind of disguise. When the police caught up to him and showed him the footage from security cameras, the robber was confused. "But I wore the juice," he protested. As it later turned out, the poor man believed that if you rub your face with lemon juice, it will be invisible to security cameras. Yeah, right... The two psychologists did other tests too that proved that their theory stands correct—the less competent you are, the more you think highly of your intelligence.

回到1999年底，康奈尔大学的两位心理学家贾斯汀·克鲁格和大卫·邓宁进行了一项测试，测试缺乏某些技能或能力的人是否也更容易对自己的欠缺缺乏意识。他们的研究论文从一个匹兹堡银行劫匪麦克阿瑟·惠勒的例子开始。1995年，麦克阿瑟在中午抢劫了两家银行后不久就被捕了，当时他没有戴面具，也没有任何其他伪装。当警察追上他并给他看监控录像时，这名抢劫犯被弄糊涂了。“但我是用了果汁的，”他抗议道。事实证明，这个可怜的人认为，如果你用柠檬汁擦脸，安全摄像头是看不到的。是啊,没错……这两位心理学家还做了其他测试，证明他们的理论是正确的——你的能力越低，你就越看重自己的智力。

What later has become known as the Dunning-Kruger effect could probably explain why some incompetent people are just so damn annoying. Also, it can provide an insight into why we enjoy spending time with those who are able to laugh at themselves and their dumb brain farts. Don't you think it takes a smart person to admit that they can be very, extremely, overwhelmingly dumb? Therefore, all of these 60 people, who were brave (and smart!) enough to publicly admit the dumbest things they did, deserve a medal. While we won't actually send a medal to each one of these people, we suggest you take a scroll through this list where they are sharing instances that made them question their own intelligence. As always, vote for the ones you like the most and don't forget to share dumb moments that made you question your own mind!

后来被称为“邓宁-克鲁格效应”的现象，或许可以解释为什么有些无能的人就是那么讨厌。同时，这也能让我们明白为什么我们喜欢和那些能够自嘲的人待在一起。难道你不认为一个聪明的人必须承认他们可以非常，极端，压倒性地愚蠢吗?因此，这些人，他们足够勇敢(也足够聪明!)去公开承认他们做过的最愚蠢的事情，都值得一枚奖章。虽然我们不会真的给这些人每人发一枚奖章，但我们建议你浏览一下他们分享的例子，这些例子让他们质疑自己的智力。和往常一样，给你最喜欢的投票，不要忘记分享那些让你质疑自己想法的愚蠢时刻!

#1

A couple of weeks ago, I heard my neighbors cat meowing, so I responded with a "meow" of my own. This went on for about 3-4 exchanges until I opened the door and found it was not a cat, it was just another dude meowing back at me.

几周前，我听到邻居的猫叫，所以我也“喵”了一声。这样的交流持续了大约3-4次，直到我打开门才发现不是猫，只是另一个人在对我喵喵叫。

#2

My coworker asked if there is lactose in eggs, I thought to myself "they both come from the same animal, so maybe". For 5 seconds, I thought milk came from chickens.

我的同事问我鸡蛋里有没有乳糖，我心想“它们来自同一种动物，所以可能吧”。有5秒钟，我以为牛奶来自鸡。

#3

Fixing a clogged sink by removing the drain pipe and thoroughly rinsing it underneath the tap of the sink I just removed the drain from.

解决堵塞的水槽，通过清除排水管和彻底冲洗它下面的水龙头，我刚刚清除了下水道。

#4

Made some soup on the stove in a saucepan and poured it into a bowl and some of the soup dripped down the side of the boiling saucepan so I licked it.

在炉子上的平底锅里煮了一些汤，倒进碗里，有一些汤从沸腾的平底锅边上滴下来，我舔了舔。

#5

I locked my car keys in the trunk of my car, hours later when I got my keys out, I proceeded to reenact what happened to my friends, complete with actually locking my keys in the trunk again...

我把车钥匙锁在车的后备箱里，几个小时后，当我拿出钥匙的时候，我开始向朋友重演刚刚发生的事，然后又把钥匙锁在后备箱里……

#6

Three times now, I have taken the cap off of a tube of super glue and put it in my mouth to hold it. Three. Times.

到现在为止，我已经三次把一管强力胶的盖子拿下来，然后把它放进嘴里。三!次!了!

#7

Worked in kitchens for over a decade. Put a metal pan in the microwave to heat something up.

我在厨房工作了十多年。把金属锅放在微波炉里加热东西。

#8

Sent a text to my friend telling him he left his phone with me.

给我朋友发了条短信，说他把手机忘在我这儿了。

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