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《当彩色的声音尝起来是甜的》，这名字听起来稍有些不靠谱，可它的确是一部科普文集。其中所涉及到的知识，大多略有耳闻，却并没有因而觉得枯燥乏味，概因其行文之浅白及趣味性所致。

惟有一处不满意的，却是开卷的第一篇序言，颇有些无的放矢、顾左右而言他的意味。作者署名连岳。

之后，看到方舟子撰文对连岳此番序言的批驳，着眼点在“谦卑”二字上。个人认为，论调和格局都狭隘了点儿。

再之后，读了吴向宏对于两篇文章与作者心态的品评，角度比较全面，且客观直白，跟我的观感也是最接近的（尽管我对科学和科普领域严格划分之必要性持保留态度）。文章现引述如下：

 

 

 

 

前几日去看<Whatever Works>，片子的基调一如既往：形式轻松，论调悲观。不知为何，最最中意那一句"In your opinion, in your opinion..."

 

然后忽然意识到：老头儿05年起至今的5部片子我一部也没落下。

 

标志着老头儿事业第二春起始的<Match Point>我个人并没有特别偏爱，只承认确有个精妙且画龙点睛的结尾，仅此而已。

 

<Scoop>的storyline很有些单调乏味，却因为有老头儿那张憋屈得很有喜感的知识分子脸以及标签式的絮絮叨叨，倒也娱乐的很。

 

<Cassandra's Dream>结构编排不大顺畅，有些不着轻重，然而某几段情节的处理还真是黑色感十足。

 

<Vicky Christina Barcelona>里的角色都很typical，尽管主要情节颇有话题性，结局依然回归至中庸。一直耿耿于美女与野兽的搭配。

 

归纳起来，老头儿近年来的作品越来越通俗易懂，思辨固然还在，却越来越少投入主观情绪；镜头下不再只有黑白的纽约或曼哈顿，可以是色彩饱满的巴塞罗那，也可以是古典萧瑟的伦敦；女主角不再是Diane Keaton式结一条领带的女知识分子形象，而统统换成了胸大无脑的金发美女，——说的只是角色而已。这样也好，少一分沉闷，又少一分伤感或默然的机会。

 

贴个链接：http://www.douban.com/review/2112667/。这篇观感（更多的是延伸）品评的十分细致，末尾的指摘也实在确凿。这剧本原本就是脱胎于70年代，于编剧罢工潮之前被老头儿拎出来指望着救场的。赶超时代的期望留给下一部"Utitled Woody Allen London Project"好了。

详见http://www.mtime.com/group/ABOBA/discussion/654663/

 

那两个以幼稚园小朋友作实验对象的视频挺有意思也挺可爱，不过不知道实验过程中是不是真的没有bias。另，小朋友们的打扮都好像小丸子。。。

 

关于第一个实验里AB型“漠不关心”一说，我极为认同。然而自认并没有爱告状的习惯，或许是我还未发掘出来自己隐藏的一面？

昨天早上醒过来，窗外已然在飘着稀稀疏疏的雨点。一边想着又是一个好睡天，一边挣扎着起床。不紧不慢地走去搭bus，挑了个靠窗的座位，头向外一转，恍然间觉得自己正在行进的火车上。

又或许只是潜意识里的一种期待：一个人，在路上，看窗外青色的原野，看雨丝在玻璃上划出一道道痕迹，不必思考，不必言语，那轨道最好没有尽头。人人都怕寂寞，惟我总嫌不够。

 

已经决定决口不提的事情又被人试探性地问起，依旧是模糊搪塞过去。近来被八卦的力量和传播速度震慑到了，深知管好自己的嘴巴才是王道。尽管，我猜测发问的人极可能已经从另外的来源听到些什么，也许甚至是与事实相违的故事与说辞，我还是决定不交待不评论不解释不辩驳。

然而，尝试着回忆过往之时，竟差一点想不起来那所谓的真实。有好一会儿子，怎样也分不清哪些是确切发生过的，哪些是自己的臆想。自己都不能相信自己的时刻，真是既可笑又可怜。

 

前两日和一个Christian聊天，不期然开始讨论起religion及belief相关事项。我的初衷大概是出于本性使然的curiosity。对于一知半解的事物，我常常有一种自己都不能理解的热情。

她并没有表现出要劝我入教的意思，但我还是一开始就明确了自己的立场：从小到大，我不相信有所谓的god, ghost, heaven & hell，也不觉得未来有任何的可能去相信。虽然我以为有所信仰的人比较容易live a happier & brighter life，然而我实在没有办法强迫自己去相信无法令我信服的东西。这是单纯由认知的层面来看。从更理性的角度来讲，我并不会百分之百地断言这世上决不存在着supernature，因为没有proof, - either true or false.

对方也很诚恳，坦言并不曾经历过任何能称之为“神迹”的事情，甚至开始believe in Jesus的过程，也只是发生在一个普通至极的下午：如常地做着作业，有一个朋友来拜访，仅此而已。"No auditory sound, just a special feeling that suddenly arises from the bottom of my heart, and then I could sense what God is trying to convey", 她如是说。她尽力描述着，可还是一直强调"it's very hard to explain or describe"。也罢，我想我也许穷其一生也理解不了这是怎样的一种感怀。

她生来从其父母是Catholic，从小上的是Catholic School，was taught everything about God。之后却成长为了一个free thinker.  再之后，她的弟弟信了耶稣，由一个naughty boy变成了心境平和且积极向上的好孩子，在母亲遭遇不顺的时候，会一直笑着说"You shoud have faith"。她自己则是觉得信了耶稣之后，生活中任何的事情都看起来更有意义，做起来更开心。种种这些，让我觉得其实很容易从心理分析的角度找到些依据去解释她如今的心态和想法。可是，只不过是我不理解的事情，我凭什么就一定要去否定它呢？所以我未作评论，继续下一轮讨论。

她问我是否认同"Life has a purpose and you were born because you are unique to the world"。我笑着摇摇头，她笑着问道：“So you think you exist just because you exist?”  是的。我点点头。

我问她关于罪与罚、救赎的问题。她的回答并不同于以往我道听途说来的。但她也强调这只是她自己的理解，并不确定到底有没有一个common understanding.

及后，又谈至天主教、犹太教与基督教的区别与纷争。

由始至终，我们秉持着各自的观点未变。却觉得这样互不认可的意见交换也挺有趣。

- "Never start a fight, but always finish it. " -

 

 

 

Disappearance of Walter Collins

Changeling is based on the true story of the kidnapping and supposed return of Christine Collins' nine-year-old son, Walter. The aftermath of his disappearance exposed corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department and the city's political hierarchy, leading to the dismissal of senior civic leaders.^[4] Walter went missing on March 10, 1928,^[56] after having been given money by his mother to go to the cinema. His disappearance received nationwide attention, and the Los Angeles Police Department followed up on hundreds of leads without success.^[57] The department faced increasing public pressure to solve the case,^[4] until five months after Walter's disappearance,^[57] when a boy claiming to be Walter was found in DeKalb, Illinois. Collins paid for the boy to be brought to Los Angeles, where a public reunion was organized by police. Collins' claims that the boy was not Walter were met by police Captain J.J Jones' urging her to "try [the boy] out for a couple of weeks".^[4] When Collins returned to see Captain Jones three weeks later to repeat her claim, he had her committed to the psychopathic ward at Los Angeles County Hospital.^[4] During Collins' incarceration, Jones questioned the boy,^[57] who admitted to being 12-year-old Arthur Hutchens. A diner at a roadside café in Illinois had told Hutchens of his resemblance to the missing Walter, so Hutchens came up with the plan to impersonate him. His motive was to get to Hollywood so he could meet his favorite actor, Tom Mix.^[4] Collins was released and filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department.^[57] Collins went on to win the second of two lawsuits and was awarded $10,800, which Jones never paid. The city council welfare hearing recommended that Jones and Chief Davis leave their posts, but both were eventually reinstated. In the aftermath of the case, the California State Legislature passed a bill that made it illegal for the police to commit someone to a psychiatric facility without a warrant.^[22]

[edit] Wineville murders

Main article: Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

In 1926, 14-year-old Sanford Clark was taken from his home in Saskatchewan, Canada by his uncle, Gordon Stewart Northcott. Clark was taken to Northcott's ranch in Wineville, Riverside County, where he was beaten and sexually abused by Northcott. A family member informed police of the situation,^[36] and in September 1928, police found Clark at the ranch and took him into custody. Clark claimed that Northcott had kidnapped, molested and killed several young boys with the help of Northcott's mother—Sarah Louise Northcott—and the forced participation of Clark himself.^[57] The police found no complete bodies at the site—Clark said the bodies were dumped in the desert—but discovered body parts, the personal effects of several missing children, and blood-stained axes. Northcott and his mother had fled to Canada, but they were arrested and extradited to the United States. Northcott's mother initially confessed to the murders,^[36] including that of Walter Collins. She later retracted her statement, as did Gordon Northcott, who had confessed to killing five boys.^[57] Gordon Northcott was subsequently convicted of the murders of Lewis and Nelson Winslow (12 and 10 respectively), and an unidentified Mexican boy,^[36] though the authorities believed Northcott may have killed as many as 20.^[22] He was executed by hanging in 1930. Sarah Louise Northcott was convicted of Walter Collins' murder and served almost twelve years in prison before being paroled.^[36] After Gordon Northcott's execution, one of the boys thought to have been killed was found alive. In 1930, the residents of Wineville changed the town's name to Mira Loma, partly to escape the notoriety brought by the case.^[57]

 

开始看<Lie to Me>，一半是为了TR大叔，尽管，凭他目前白花花的胡茬儿，都快可以跨越到爷爷辈去了。

Pilot, supposed to attract viewers. 但估计对鄙人此类无效：结构仿如我不喜的<Criminal Minds>，又几乎每一步情节都被猜到。

然而，上星期TBBT莫名地没有出14。于是还是去间接支持了下TR，感觉EP2倒是精彩些，虽然末了又埋了个俗套的包袱。

其实这剧还是顶不错的科普教材，比如教会人how to tell if people are lying & how to tell lies professionally。

 

前阵子，为着林林总总的诱因，专门找了十年前出品的<Freaks and Geeks>来看。

最初，并没有觉得如何经典，极其不解于9.6 out of 10的观众评分。

渐渐地，倒是看进去了。没有五光十色，也仍旧谈不上动人心魄。喜怒哀乐，都平淡如真实。

说白了，那群怪小孩也不过是在日复一日地混日子，可我还是想知道what's happening next。正想着，就看到了不是结局的结局。

然后，试着听The Who，却到底不是我那杯茶。也因此彻底断了去Fall Out Boys' concert的念头。

 

再之前，是专注于TBBT, 很随大流地喜欢Sheldon。原因大概也很随大流：he loves playing devil's advocates, and he plays so well.

我对于Bob Dylan浅尝辄止的喜爱或敬仰也是基于同样的原因，且不论同时我对他的音乐如何无感。

若干年前，我也极其热衷于这种举动，几乎不放弃身边一切机会去辩驳。或许只有我一个人玩得乐此不疲。

近年来，收敛了许多，一是因为朋友的劝说或抵触，或许也是因为年纪大了，心力不再。

Mensa告诉我我属于那2%却不肯透露实际的数字，然而我确定我与Dr. Cooper那个187族群还是有相当的差距。

虽然，我也爱physics, 尤爱天文，爱宅，occasionally爱PC games，爱“楼梯相差2mm“云云的论调，也曾玩火而点燃了自家阳台。

 

 

Quote----

 

a)

1. Being moody

2. Being bad in maths

3. Being sad

 

b)

Number one, why aren't you in when I fucking told you to be in? Number two, why doesn't this hotel have phones with fucking voicemail and not I have to leave messages with fucking receptionist? Number three, you better fucking be in tomorrow night when I fucking call again or there'll be fucking Hell to pay, I'm fucking telling you.

 

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"22 reasons why I am offended" -

1. I am gay 2. I am American 3. I am a midget 4. I am a prostitute 5. I live in Bruges 6. I am suicidal 7. I like Belgium beer 8. I have children 9. I don't like violence against women 10. I am also Canadian 11. I am Catholic 12. I like sightseeing 13. My friend was killed by a child molester 14. I am black 15. I am half blind 16. I have cancer 17. I smoke 18. I lost my girlfriend to an Irishman 19. I own a horse 20. I am from Amsterdam 21. I am fat 22. I am joking!!!