英語四級翻譯：那些復雜到讓你困惑的簡單小事(1)

十大簡單事：復雜到讓你困惑

There are a lot of things in this world that people don't understand because, hey, the world is a confusing place. But we can always take solace in the fact that there are some really simple concepts and ideas out there that we can all understand. However, as is often the way with life, when you start to look closely at some of these concepts, you realize that you've opened a giant can of worms.

這世界上有許多事情人們都搞不明白，哎，因為這世界就是一個容易把人弄糊涂的地方。不過，有一些概念和觀念還是挺簡單的，我們都能理解。藉此，我們總能感到一絲寬慰。不過，當你開始仔細審視其中一些概念的時候，你就會意識到，它們的背后還隱藏著一連串極為復雜的問題。而在生活中，這是常有的事。

1.Rock-Paper-Scissors Is The Most Serious Game In The World

剪刀-石頭-布是世界上最正經(jīng)的游戲

Nothing could be simpler than a game of rock-paper-scissors; it's the easiest way to decide any argument because it's basically just random chance, right?

沒有什么事兒比剪刀-石頭-布這個游戲還要簡單了;它是解決爭論，作出決定最簡單的方式，因為基本上來說它就是隨機的，不是嗎?

Well, not if the dozens of papers written about the subject are to be believed. The game has become a favorite research topic of psychologists because of how intertwined rock-paper-scissors is with subconscious human responses and game theory. As a result, dozens of strategies exist to help players get an edge in the game-including playing blindfolded to avoid being subconsciously influenced by an opponent's body language.

哦，如果人們相信以此為主題寫就的幾十篇論文的話，那就沒這么簡單了。由于剪刀-石頭-布和人潛意識的反應以及游戲理論緊密相關，這個游戲已經(jīng)成為心理學家們熱衷的研究主題。于是，研究發(fā)現(xiàn)了可以幫助選手取得優(yōu)勢的幾十種策略-包括玩兒時蒙住眼睛，以避免潛意識里受到對手肢體語言的影響。

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