大家好，这里是湖北理工学院外国语学院英语调频广播台，我是主播邹昊宁。集体幻觉对自由社会来说是致命的,群体中的大多数人会认同自己不认同的观点，让人们做出与他们个人价值观相反的决定。通过本次访谈中我们学习智囊团-大众的研究结果和毁它们的方法。
首先让我们来了解一下这篇文章里出现的一些重要词汇
distort[dɪˈstɔːtɪd]v.歪曲; 曲解
fulfillment[fʊlˈfɪlmənt]n.满足感; 成就感
think tank[ˈθɪŋk tæŋk]n.智囊团
Dismantle[dɪsˈmæntl]v.(逐渐)废除，取消;
Wrong public perception can harm society
错误的共识会危害社会
In a perfect world , the relationship between private opinion and public opinion would be basically like a mirror .At its best , public opinion holds a mirror to us , and it reflects exactly who we are .What’collective illusions’do to that relationship is turn it into a funhouse of mirrors .
在一个完美的世界里，个人意见和公众意见之间的关系基本上就像一面镜子。在最佳状况下，公众意见就是我们的一面镜子，它准确地反映了我们是谁。而“集体幻觉”却把这种关系变成了一个满是镜子的游乐场。
You’re still seeing yourself , but it is distorted in ways that make it almost unrecognizable.A collective illusion is a situation where most people in a group go along with an idea that they don’t agree with , simply because they incorrectly believe that most people in the group agree with it .The majority of people in a group believe the majority thinks something that they don’t .They lead individuals to make decisions that are contrary to their private values .And as a result , the entire group can end up doing something that almost nobodywants , which is fatal to free society .
你仍然能看到自己，但扭曲得几乎认不出来。集体幻觉是指群体中的大多数人会认同自己不认同的观点，仅仅因为他们错误地以为群体中的大多数人都认同这个观点。一个群体中的大多数人相信多数人认同他们不认同的事情。这会让人们做出与他们个人价值观相反的决定。因此，整个群体最终可能会做一些几乎没有人真心想做的事情，这对自由社会来说是致命的。
My think tank,Populace,studies collective illusions,and uses what we call' private opinion methods , which are just methods that help reveal people’s private views , free of social pressure and other distorting influences on public opinion .And every question we ever ask , we always ask what the individual thinks , and what they believe most people would say to that question .And that combination of methods helps surface collective illusions all across society .
我的智囊团，大众，研究集体幻觉，使用我们所谓的“个人意见方法”，它帮助人们在不受社会压力和其他公众意见扭曲的影响下，揭露出人们的个人观点。我们问的每一个问题，都会问这个人是怎么想的，以及他们认为大多数人会怎么回答这个问题。结合这些方法可以揭露整个社会出现的集体幻觉。
We have found them almost everywhere we look - from the kind of lives we want to live , to the country, we want to live in , to the way we want to treat each other .And even what we expect out of our institutions from education to the workplace .The most damaging consequence is that an illusion in one generation tends to become the private opinion of the next generation .
从我们想要的生活方式，到我们想要生活的国家，再到我们想要对待彼此的方式，几乎方方面面都存在集体幻觉。甚至我们对从教育到工作的机构的期望，也存在集体幻觉。最具破坏性的后果是，一代人的集体幻觉往往会成为下一代人的个人意见。
One of the most important collective illusions we’ve ever discovered has to do with the way that people define a successful life .It turns out that the vast majority of the American Public believes that most people in the country care about : Wealth , Status , Power .When in fact , the opposite is true .The vast majority of the American Public are focused on a more personal fulfillment orientation , but our kids are paying an incredible price because they do not understand that this is an illusion .
我们发现的最重要的集体幻觉之一，与人们定义成功生活的方式有关。事实证明，绝大多数美国公众认为，这个国家的大多数人在乎的是：财富、地位和权力。但事实恰恰相反。绝大多数的美国公众更关注个人成就感，但我们的孩子却在付出难以估量的代价，因为他们并不知道财富、地位和权力只是一种幻象。
They try to chase fame because they believe that’s what other people will recognize as success .So , if we do nothing about collective illusions now , our silence will virtually guarantee that our children and our grandchildren will have this view as their private opinion.We’ve known about collective illusions for over a hundred years .And up until the last , say ,20 years , you could’ve probably counted on two hands and two feet the number of serious , societal , collective illusions that had existed .
他们努力追求名声，因为他们相信别人会把出名当做成功。因此，如果我们现在不对集体幻觉采取任何行动，我们的沉默实际上会让我们的子孙把这种观点当成他们的个人意见。一百多年前我们就知道集体幻觉的存在了。直到过去20年里，我们可能用双手双脚就能数清当时社会上存在的严重的集体幻觉的数量。
Since then , that number has exploded .They affect society as a whole , but we are all part of creating and sustaining the illusions .Even when we fundamentally end up disagreeing , a truthful disagreement is always better than a collective illusion .Being aware that collective illusions exist is the starting point .The only way to discover those is the same way that you actually dismantle them .
从那之后，这个数字就开始激增。它们影响着整个社会，但我们都是创造和维持这些幻觉的一分子。即使我们最终产生了分歧，一个真实的分歧也比一个集体幻觉要好。意识到集体幻觉的存在只是一个起点。发现集体幻觉的方法就是摧毁它们的方法。
You got to have conversations . You got to talk to each other .If you understand that fact , and you create the enabling conditions , that allow everyday people to reveal who they really are to each other ,these illusions can crumble in a hurry , and social change can happen at a scale and pace that would otherwise seem unimaginable .
你需要跟别人对话，跟别人交流。如果你了解了这个事实，创造一个可行的条件，让人们有机会在彼此面前展现真实的自己，这些幻象就会瞬间破灭，社会会以你原本想象不到的规模和速度出现变革。
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