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B1 中級 英語 15:36 Educational

Quantum Physics for 7 Year Olds | Dominic Walliman | TEDxEastVan

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Translator: Leonardo Silva Reviewer: Mile Živković

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So, have you ever had this experience?

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You're having a chat with someone

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and they're telling you something about a subject they're very interested in

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or they know a lot about,

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and you're following along.

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Then, at some stage you realize you kind of lost the thread of what they saying.

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And then, you're standing there

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and you realize you have absolutely no idea what they're talking about.

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(Laughter)

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I had this recently with a friend who knows a lot about investing.

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And it's something I don't know a huge amount about,

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but it's very important, very useful information.

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But he started talking about kind of diversified investment portfolio -

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blah -

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(Laughter)

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And unfortunately, I went away with no useful information.

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So, I think it's a situation we all are familiar with,

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and fortunately there's things you can do to improve this situation,

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which is what I'm going to talk about today.

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So, I'm a scientist. I work in the area of quantum physics.

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And so, I've been on both sides of this kind of interaction.

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I've both been the guy explaining very complicated material to someone,

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but I've also been on the receiving end

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of lots of very kind of intense scientific discussions with my colleagues.

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And, when this kind of breakdown of communication happens,

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I've noticed something interesting,

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which is that, as a person who's stopped understanding,

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you feel kind of guilty about it.

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But, if you think about it, this is completely wrong,

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it's the wrong way around because at that point in time,

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there's literally nothing you can do to understand better.

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But there is something that the other person can do to help you understand

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by finding a better way of explaining what they're talking about.

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And so -

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during my experience in science,

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I found that the only way to survive was to kind of have the courage

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to politely stop the person who is explaining,

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say, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying,"

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and then try and go back and start off from where I'd lost the thread.

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And it does take a bit of courage to do this

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because you're kind of admitting that you don't know, you know, the subject matter.

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But I think that's OK, and in fact, my fears were completely unwarranted.

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Generally people respect you if you care much about, you know,

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knowing the right information

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or care about, like, understanding it properly.

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So, I think we should never ever feel bad about not knowing something

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and we should never feel bad about asking questions.

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So, I do a lot of science communication,

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and science really has this communication issue with it

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because generally the subject matter is very complex.

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And you might know scientists are always complaining

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about how their research is being misrepresented by the media,

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like "Drinking wine cures cancer."

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(Laughter)

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It totally doesn't, by the way.

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