Obstacles to the correct decision 妨碍大家作出正确决定的原因
大家天天都要作出各种各样的决定，有的决定至关要紧，有的则不重要。聪明的人就必然会作出最明智之选吗？本期节目讨论妨碍大家作出正确决定的原因。
词语：making decisions 作决定
Life is full of choices, some inconsequential, some really significant. But sometimes it can be hard to make the correct one. What are the obstacles that stand between us and a good outcome?
Some of us just find it hard to decide. Alice Boyes, writing for Harvard Business Review, tells us this can be connected to perfectionism, where people attempt to find a perfect solution to any problem and are unable to move forward when they cant find one. It might seem that being indecisive would sTOP us making the right decision, but in fact it could actually help us make the correct ones.
Susan Krauss in Psychology1 Today reminds us that people often make bad decisions because they base them on preconceptions rather than the context in which things happen. She highlights a paper by researcher Iris2 Schneider which finds that indecisive people are more likely to look at different perspectives and use them to come to a better decision. So, it could be that a more significant barrier to making the best choice is our cognitive3 biases4.
David Robson, speaking to the BBCs Crowd Science, tells us that intelligence can sometimes sTOP people making the right decision. People sometimes use intelligence to invent justifications5 for irrational6 beliefs. He believes that humility7 is key to making a good decision. People who can accept that they might be wrong are more likely to consider different viewpoints. He is backed up on this by Jeff Bezos. Tech CEO Jason Fried recalls the Amazon founder8 saying how the people who were right a lot of the time were the people who often changed their minds.
So, maybe rather than indecision, it might be intelligence and decisiveness, backed up by our biases that actually sTOP us making good choices. While humility and indecisiveness could help us pick the best option.
词语表
choice 选择
inconsequential 不重要的
significant 要紧的
good outcome 好的结果
decide 作决定
perfectionism 完美主义
perfect solution 完美的解决方法
indecisive 优柔寡断的
preconception 先入之见，成见
perspective （考虑问题的）角度，看法
come to a decision 作出一个决定
barrier 障碍
cognitive bias 认知偏差
justification 辩解，正当理由
irrational belief 非理性的怎么看
humility 谦逊
change ones mind 改变主意
indecisiveness 优柔寡断
