Angleofperception
Onceaprofessorputachairatacertaindistanceonthestageandthenstartedhislecture.Pointingtothemiddlerowaudiencethosewhoweresittingexactlyinfrontofthechairheasked“Howmanylegsdoesthechairhave?Pleasetellmeexactlywhatyouobservenotassumingthatthechairhasfourlegs."
Thefirstpersonfromthemiddlerowreplied“Two”,becauseiheothertwolegswerehiddenbehindthefrontlegs.Theprofessorthenaskedthesamequestiontotheviewersontheleft.Theanswercame“Three”.Hereonebacklegwashiddenbehindoneofitsfrontlegs.Soonlythreecouldbeseen.Thesamequestionwasrepeatedtothoseontherightandtheextremecomersoftheaudience.TheanswershereceivedwereuThree^andaF〇?ur?respectively(分别地).
Theprofessorthensaid“Look!AllofyouknowthatthechairhasfourlegsbutwhenIaskedyoutoanswermeexactlywhatyouobservedfromyourangle(角度),youranswersweredifferent.Butdoyouthinkitispossible?Doyouthinkthatthesamechairhastwothreeorfourlegs?Obviouslytheansweris“no”.Weassumeditasthedifferentnumbers*accordingtoourperceptiontheangle.fromwhichweview.SowhatImeanisthatourperceptionisnotalwayscorrectortrue.Thesamethinghappenstoeverybodywhenhe/shejudgesothersfromhis/herviewpoint.Kindlythinkaboutthiswhenyouarejudgingothers."Sometimesthingsaremisunderstoodbecauseofourangleofpercep-tion.
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