如果你想以一种新的方式看世界，我有一个简单的练习给你：

1. 闭上眼睛。

2. 想象一张桌子。

3. 想象一个球从桌子上滚下来。

（真的，在你继续阅读之前，请现在就做这个练习。我会等你。）

完成了吗？

现在，请回答以下两个问题：

1. 球是什么颜色的？

2. 桌子是什么颜色的？

如果你是一个普通人，你可能会回答球是红色、黄色或蓝色。我也听过一些更复杂的描述，比如黄色的球上有蓝色条纹。

对于桌子，你可能会想到一种颜色，或者一种材料，比如木头。你甚至可能会选一种特定的木材，比如松木或橡木。

现在，对于一些人来说，答案可能更像我的...

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If you want to see the world in a new way, I have a simple exercise for you:

1. Close your eyes.

2. Imagine a table.

3. Imagine a ball rolling off the table.

(Seriously, before you read anything more, please do this now. I'll wait.)

Done?

Now, answer the following two questions:

1. What color was the ball?

2. What color was the table?

If you're a typical person, you probably answered that the ball was red, yellow or blue. I've also heard more elaborate descriptions of the ball, like yellow with blue stripes.

For the table, you might have thought of a color, or a material like wood. You may have even picked a specific wood, like pine or oak.

Now, for some of you, the answer might be more like mine...

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