Professor Causey (in full tweed) and Ms. Neutra (a potential donor) walk down the hall of a gleaming research building. CAUSEY: . . . and so you see that our experimental causal decision-making lab has state-of-the-art facilities which – pardon me for a moment. Causey reaches down to what looks like an electrical outlet along the wall and sticks his finger in the socket. A buzzing sound is heard. CAUSEY: Ouch! Anyway, as I was saying, the facilities are excellent— NEUTRA: Sorry to interrupt, but are you alright? CAUSEY: Oh, that. I’m fine. Just a modest electrical shock from putting my finger in the outlet. No permanent damage. Ah, I see we are approaching another outlet. Excuse me. Causey puts his finger in another outlet and another buzzing sound is heard. CAUSEY: Yowza! NEUTRA: Why do you keep putting your finger in those outlets? CAUSEY: To reduce the amount of electrical shocking I experience, of course. Neutra pauses. NEUTRA: I’m confused. It looks like every time you put your finger in an outlet, you get painfully shocked. CAUSEY: Yes. NEUTRA: But I and the other passers-by who don’t touch the outlets don’t get shocked. CAUSEY: Yes. NEUTRA: And you expect that pattern to continue?

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纽科姆大学：一出戏

Causey 教授（穿着粗花呢）和 Neutra 女士（潜在捐赠者）走在一座闪闪发光的研究大楼的大厅里。卡西：。. . 所以你会看到我们的实验因果决策实验室拥有最先进的设施——请原谅我。考西伸手摸到墙上一个看起来像电源插座的东西，然后把手指伸进了插座里。听到嗡嗡声。卡西：哎哟！不管怎样，正如我所说，设施非常好—— NEUTRA：抱歉打扰，但你还好吗？卡西：哦，那个。我很好。将我的手指放在插座中只是轻微的电击。没有永久性损坏。啊，我看到我们正在接近另一个出口。打扰一下。考西将手指放在另一个插座上，然后又听到了嗡嗡声。卡西：尤扎！NEUTRA：你为什么一直把手指放在那些插座上？原因：当然，为了减少我经历的电击量。Neutra 停顿了一下。NEUTRA：我很困惑。好像每次将手指伸入插座时，您都会感到震惊。卡西：是的。NEUTRA：但我和其他不接触插座的路人不会感到震惊。卡西：是的。NEUTRA：您希望这种模式继续下去吗？