During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the director, "What is the criterion(標(biāo)準(zhǔn))that defines a patient to be institutionalized?" "Well..." said the director, "we fill up a bathtub, and we offer a teaspoon(茶匙), a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him to empty the bathtub." "Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon or the teacup." "Noooooooo!" answered the director. "A normal person would pull the plug."
參觀一所精神病院的時(shí)候一個(gè)參觀者問(wèn)院長(zhǎng),“你們是用什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來(lái)決定一個(gè)人是否應(yīng)該被關(guān)進(jìn)精神病院呢?” “呃… …”院長(zhǎng)說(shuō),“是這樣,我們先給一個(gè)浴缸放滿水,然后我們給病人一個(gè)調(diào)茶匙,一個(gè)茶杯和一個(gè)水桶去把浴缸里面的水放清。” “噢,我明白了”, 參觀者說(shuō)。“一個(gè)正常人會(huì)選擇水桶, 因?yàn)樗氨炔璩?,茶杯的體積大。” “錯(cuò)了”,院長(zhǎng)回答“正常人會(huì)把浴缸塞子拔掉”。