How we decide in foreign language translation "Introduction"

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As I drove the Boeing 737 to Tokyo's Narita International Airport, the engine of the plane burst into flames. At this point we are at a height of 7000 feet, and the runway of the airport is not far ahead, and Tokyo's skyscrapers shine in the distance. Just a few seconds after the fire, the cockpit of the various alarm sounded a high note, reminding me of various types of damage to the system, the cabin is full of red light flashing. By focusing on the engine ignition Checklist (checklist), I was prompted to cut off the oil and electricity from the affected area. The plane began to tilt. The night sky was on my side, not above, and I was trying my best to keep the plane running straight.

But I can't do that. The plane was unable to fly normally, it was swinging in one direction, and when I tried to take it back to the center, it swung in the other direction and seemed to be wrestling with the atmosphere. Suddenly, I felt the engine was about to turn off the vibration: Now the speed of the plane is too slow, the plane's various types of steel material sent a terrible strange sound. If I don't immediately find a way to speed up the plane, the plane will immediately surrender to gravity and crash in Tokyo.

I don't know what to do, and if I lift the throttle at the moment, the direction and speed are likely to return to normal, then I have the opportunity to sail along the circular path relative to the runway to stabilize the plane. But can my only engine be burdened with such a burden?

Another option is almost a desperate attempt: to speed up my descent to increase the speed of the plane, I'll simulate a dive. The power of descent gives me a chance to avoid stalling and controlling the direction of the plane. This, of course, may hasten my journey towards disaster. If I can't regain control of the plane, the plane will fall into a very bad shape, as the pilots call it the "gravitational vortex". Gravity will pull it into pieces before the plane lands.

It's a scary time to decide. Because of the tension of the sweat out of my eyes, the hands are constantly shaking, temples can feel the blood rolling. I try to think, but now there is no time, the plane is getting worse, if not immediately make a decision, the plane will not be able to avoid the end of the fall.

"I'll save the plane by accelerating the descent," I told myself. I made the plane's angle more inclined. Immediately, the plane began to accelerate to the suburbs of Tokyo. The extra speed began to work, from the start of the engine fire, my first successful stability control the direction of the plane, although still like a stone fall, but at least the trajectory is a straight line. When the plane was 2000 feet high, I resumed the tilt of the plane and lifted the throttle. Because the acceleration of the change produced a sickening feeling, but my descent speed became controllable. Lowering the landing gear and keeping the aircraft in control, when the runway lights appeared in front of the windshield, my copilot started talking about "100 feet!" 50! 20! ”。 Before the ground contact, I made my last report to the management center and waited for the collision. It was a very ugly landing, and I had to slam on the brakes and turn at a high speed, but at least we landed successfully.

I didn't notice the dots until the plane was parked at the airport, and all I ever looked at was through the screens that surround the four-week window instead of the windshield of the plane. Nothing is really happening. The Boeing 737 I was driving was generated by the CAE company's $16 million Tropos 5000 flight Simulator, and the flight instructor made the engine fire by pressing a button. But the flying sensation was completely real, and now my veins are full of adrenaline. Part of my brain still believes that my plane could have crashed in Tokyo just now.

The advantage of flight simulation is that it can review the correctness of the decisions we make. If my choice was to increase the throttle directly, would there be a better landing? I really want to know, so ask the coach to do the same flight simulation again. He tapped a few switches and the Boeing 737 resumed on the runway. I heard the flight Management Center voice in the radio, indicating that I could start flying. Slowly lifting the throttle along the runway, everything is getting faster ... The air lifted the plane and sent it into the night sky.

We climbed up to 10,000 feet. When the central administration told me I needed to make a landing, I was enjoying the view of Tokyo Bay. I dropped to 9000 feet, 8000 feet, 7000 feet, and then the same thing happened and the left engine lit up the flames. Once again, I tried my best to ensure the stability of the aircraft. The plane is about to turn off the vibration again, this time, I raised the throttle, so that the plane upward rush, and carefully observe the right engine out of the data condition. Soon, due to the lack of aircraft power, I could not continue to climb. The fuselage began to tremble, and a low voice began to reverberate in the cockpit. The plane began to fall, and the last sight I saw was the city lights, the moment the plane fell on the ground, the picture stopped.

The difference between a plane's integrity and death in tragedy is just a different decision I made in a state of panic.

The subject of this book is how we make the decision. Contains: What happens in my brain after the engine catches fire, how the human mind chooses what to do, the pilots, the four quarterback in the NFL game, the film director, the poker player, the professional investor, the serial killer How to make a daily decision. There is a dividing line between good decisions and bad decisions, and this book also discusses the dividing line.

As long as people make the decision, they will consider how to make the decision. For centuries, a detailed theory has been summed up by observing the behavior of others. The brain is a black box for these theorists, and many of their theoretical underpinnings are impossible to test. From the ancient Greek period, these theories revolve around a theme: human is rational. When making decisions, we carefully analyze the pros and cons and weigh them. In other words: We are logical, thoughtful creatures. This simple theory derives many theories of Platonic and Descartes, and further evolves the modern economics, which drives the development of cognitive science. In many cases, our rationality is used to define us, and it is the reason that makes us human.

Our brains are not completely rational, and when I make decisions in the cockpit, my decision is not inferred, when everything happens too fast and there is no chance of reasoning. It is made by the human instinct to respond to difficult events.

So how did we make the decision? For the first time in human history, we have the opportunity to get the answer to this question. We can open the black box of the human brain. We are not designed to be completely rational creatures. The brain consists of a series of complex parts, many of which are related to sensibility. Every time we make a decision, the brain is always filled with emotions. Even if one tries to be sensible and restrained, sensibility still affects our decisions. In the cockpit, I was driven by the desire to save myself and thousands of of Japanese residents.

Our brains are not inherently designed to be a good decision-making body. Intuition does not always give the right decision. And that is why we often need rational reasoning.

Long-term natural choice, our sensibility is an enthusiastic helper, sometimes we need to be based on the choice of serious reasoning, and sometimes we need to listen to our voice. So the key to the problem is when to use different styles of thinking, so we need to think about how our brains work.

In this book, we will examine how decisions are made by observing the internal work process, and this is a new way for us to understand ourselves, from the inside. The behavior we study will be as small as the supermarket shopping behavior to the moral dilemma.

All decisions are made based on the context of the environment. Nobel laureate, psychologist Herbert Simon likened human consciousness to a pair of scissors, one with a blade for human brains and another for a particular environment.

If you want to make a pair of scissors work, then you need to use two blades at the same time. In this book, we will experiment in real life to explore how the scissors work. You will know how some of the waves of dopamine neurons have saved a battleship in the Gulf War. How the frenzy in one region of the brain triggered the subprime crisis. (Omit a variety of similar examples here) the book has only two goals: how does human consciousness make decisions? How to make a better decision?

How we decide in foreign language translation "Introduction"