In an age of global strife and climate change, I'm here to answer the all important question: Why is sex so damn good? If you're laughing, you know what I mean.
喺呢個全球衝突多同氣候改變嘅時代 我嘗試解答一個好重要嘅問題: 點解性愛咁鬼正? 如果你笑緊,你知我講緊咩
Now, before we get to that answer, let me tell you about Chris Hosmer. Chris is a great friend of mine from my university days, but secretly, I hate him.
而家,喺我哋答呢個問題之前 我向你介紹 Chris Hosmer Chris Hosmer 係我大學時嘅好朋友 但其實我好討厭佢,我話你知點解
Here's why. Back in university, we had a quick project to design some solar-powered clocks. Here's my clock. It uses something called the dwarf sunflower, which grows to about 12 inches in height. Now, as you know, sunflowers track the sun during the course of the day. So in the morning, you see which direction the sunflower is facing, and you mark it on the blank area in the base. At noon, you mark the changed position of the sunflower, and in the evening again, and that's your clock. Now, I know my clock doesn't tell you the exact time, but it does give you a general idea using a flower. So, in my completely unbiased, subjective opinion, it's brilliant.
喺大學,我哋要做個好短嘅研習 要設計太陽能鐘 呢個係我個鐘 我用咗一個叫矮身向日葵 啲花只有 12 吋高 大家都知道 向日葵會喺日頭追住太陽嚟移動 所以喺朝早,你睇到向日葵對著咩方向 你就喺盤底空白嘅地方做記號 中午,你又記低向日葵轉嘅方向 日落又係咁做,呢個就係你個鐘 我知我個鐘報唔到準確時間 但用向日葵,你大概會有知道幾多點 所以,以我絕對冇偏見 冇主觀立場嚟講 個鐘係冇得彈
However, here's Chris's clock. It's five magnifying glasses with a shot glass under each one. In each shot glass is a different scented oil. In the morning, the sunlight will shine down on the first magnifying glass, focusing a beam of light on the shot glass underneath. This will warm up the scented oil inside, and a particular smell will be emitted. A couple of hours later, the sun will shine on the next magnifying glass, and a different smell will be emitted. So during the course of the day, five different smells are dispersed throughout that environment. Anyone living in that house can tell the time just by the smell. You can see why I hate Chris. I thought my idea was pretty good, but his idea is genius, and at the time, I knew his idea was better than mine, but I just couldn't explain why.
但係,呢個係 Chris Hosmer 個鐘 有五個放大鏡 另外五個酒杯放喺每個酒杯下邊 每個酒杯都裝咗唔同嘅香油 朝早,太陽曬落嚟,照落第一個放大鏡 聚焦啲光線集中喺下邊個玻璃杯度 令杯入面嘅香油發熱 一種特定嘅香味就會釋放 幾個鐘頭後,太陽曬到下一個放大鏡 另一種香味又會釋放出嚟 所以一日內,五種唔同嘅香味 喺同一個環境散發 所有住喺屋內嘅人 只需靠香味就知道時間 你就知點解我討厭 Chris Hosmer 我覺得我個靈感已經算唔錯 但佢嗰個簡直係無敵 而嗰時,我就知佢個概念比我好 但我就係解釋唔到點解
One thing you have to know about me is I hate to lose. This problem's been bugging me for well over a decade. All right, let's get back to the question of why sex is so good. Many years after the solar powered clocks project, a young lady I knew suggested maybe sex is so good because of the five senses.
識得我嘅人都知我唔鍾意輸 呢個問題纏繞咗我有十年 好,我哋返返去之前個問題: 點解性愛咁正 做完個太陽能鐘嘅好多年之後 我識得一位女士 佢估性愛咁正嘅原因
And when she said this, I had an epiphany. So I decided to evaluate different experiences I had in my life from the point of view of the five senses. To do this, I devised something called the five senses graph. Along the y-axis, you have a scale from zero to 10, and along the x-axis, you have, of course, the five senses. Anytime I had a memorable experience in my life, I would record it on this graph like a five senses diary. Here's a quick video to show you how it works.
可能係因為同我哋嗰五個感官有關 佢咁講之後,我恍然大悟 所以我決定要用五官 去諗返我人生中唔同嘅經歷 要咁做,我設計咗「五官圖表」 喺 Y 軸,我哋有 0 到 10 度數 而 X 軸,就有五種觀感 每一次我有難忘嘅經歷 我就會記錄落個表度 好似一本「五官日記」咁 呢度有段短片話你知點樣記錄
(Video) Jinsop Lee: Hey, my name's Jinsop, and today, I'm going to show you what riding motorbikes is like from the point of view of the five senses. Hey!
(短片)Jinsop Lee: 嘿,我叫 Jinsop 今日,我要話你知揸電單車 嘅五官感受係點嘅。嘻!
Bike designer: This is [unclear], custom bike designer.
電單車設計師:呢個 [ 唔清楚 ]
(Motorcyle revving)
幫人按個人喜好設計嘅電單車設計師
[Sound]
(電單車加速) [ 聽覺 ]
[Touch]
[ 觸覺 ]
[Sight]
[ 視覺 ]
[Smell]
[ 嗅覺 ]
[Taste]
[ 味覺 ]
JL: And that's how the five senses graph works.
講者︰「五官圖表」就係咁用
Now, for a period of three years, I gathered data, not just me but also some of my friends, and I used to teach in university, so I forced my -- I mean, I asked my students to do this as well. So here are some other results. The first is for instant noodles. Now obviously, taste and smell are quite high, but notice sound is at three. Many people told me a big part of the noodle-eating experience is the slurping noise. You know. (Slurps) Needless to say, I no longer dine with these people.
而家,有三年嘅時間,我收集咗啲資料 唔只係我,我啲朋友都咁做 同埋我以前教大學,所以我逼… 意思係,我叫我啲學生去記錄 所以呢度係其中一啲收集到嘅數據 第一個關於即食麵 明顯地,味道同氣味嘅數值都好高 但留意聲音都有 3 好多人都話我聽 其中一個食麵嘅重要經歷係啜啜聲 你知道嘅。(啜啜聲) 唔洗講,我唔會再同呢啲人食飯
OK, next, clubbing. OK, here what I found interesting was that taste is at four, and many respondents told me it's because of the taste of drinks, but also, in some cases, kissing is a big part of the clubbing experience. These people I still do hang out with.
好,下個,去夜店蒲 我覺得有趣嘅係味覺都有 4 好多人反映畀我聽係因為飲品嘅味道 同埋,喺某啲情況 親吻係去蒲嘅一個重要經歷 我仲有同呢啲人出去
All right, and smoking. Here I found touch is at [six], and one of the reasons is that smokers told me the sensation of holding a cigarette and bringing it up to your lips is a big part of the smoking experience, which shows, it's kind of scary to think how well cigarettes are designed by the manufacturers.
好,同埋下個,食煙 我發現觸覺有 6 其中一個原因係食煙嘅人話我知 揸住枝煙嘅觸感 同埋放喺唇邊嘅感覺 係食煙嘅最重要經歷 咁樣諗都幾得人驚
OK. Now, what would the perfect experience look like on the five senses graph? It would, of course, be a horizontal line along the top. Now you can see, not even as intense an experience as riding a motorbike comes close.
所以可想而知煙廠設計香煙 設計得有幾好 好 而家,最完美嘅經歷 喺「五官圖表」上邊會係點嘅樣呢? 應該係一條畫到最高嘅橫線啩? 你而家睇到 就算騎電單車咁強烈 都未攞曬所有分
In fact, in the years that I gathered data, only one experience came close to being the perfect one. That is, of course, sex. Great sex. Respondents said that great sex hits all of the five senses at an extreme level.
其實,喺我搜集資料嘅幾年 只有一個近乎完美嘅經歷 呢個就係性愛,好嘅性愛 回覆者就話 好嘅性愛喺五個感官 都達到最高境界嘅體驗
Here I'll quote one of my students who said, "Sex is so good, it's good even when it's bad."
呢度我會引述我一個學生嘅說話︰ 「性愛真係好正, 即使差嘅性愛都咁正」
So the five senses theory does help explain why sex is so good. Now in the middle of all this five senses work, I suddenly remembered the solar-powered clocks project from my youth. And I realized this theory also explains why Chris's clock is so much better than mine. You see, my clock only focuses on sight, and a little bit of touch. Here's Chris's clock. It's the first clock ever that uses smell to tell the time. In fact, in terms of the five senses, Chris's clock is a revolution.
所以「五官理論」可以解釋到 點解性愛咁正 喺呢啲五官習作之中 我記起我年青時個太陽能鐘研習 同時我發現 呢個理論都解釋到 Chris 個鐘 點解會比我個好 你睇,我個鐘只有視覺同埋少少觸覺 呢個係 Chris 個鐘 呢個係第一個用到氣味報時嘅鐘 其實,喺五官角度嚟講 Chris 個鐘係一個革命 理論透過呢個鐘提醒咗我設計嘅嘢
And that's what this theory taught me about my field. You see, up till now, us designers, we've mainly focused on making things look very pretty, and a little bit of touch, which means we've ignored the other three senses. Chris's clock shows us that even raising just one of those other senses can make for a brilliant product. So what if we started using the five senses theory in all of our designs?
你睇,到而家,我哋設計師 主要集中去令啲嘢好睇 同埋有少少質感 即係話我哋無視咗其他三種觀感 Chris 個鐘話畀我哋知 即使只係包括多一個感官元素 產品就可以更勝一籌 所以如果我哋將「五官理論」 套用到我哋嘅設計會點呢?
Here's three quick ideas I came up with. This is an iron, you know, for your clothes, to which I added a spraying mechanism, so you fill up the vial with your favorite scent, and your clothes will smell nicer, but hopefully it should also make the ironing experience more enjoyable. We could call this "the perfumator."
呢度有三個我諗到嘅簡單例子 呢個係燙斗,燙衫用嘅 我就加咗個噴嘴裝置 你只要喺裝置加入你鍾意嘅香味 你啲衫不但會香 仲會有機會令你燙衫嘅過程愉快好多 我哋叫呢個「香水燙斗」
All right, next. So I brush my teeth twice a day, and what if we had a toothbrush that tastes like candy, and when the taste of candy ran out, you'd know it's time to change your toothbrush?
好,下一個 我每日刷兩次牙 如果我哋嘅牙刷帶住糖味 同時,啲糖味冇哂嘅時候 代表要換牙刷呢?
Finally, I have a thing for the keys on a flute or a clarinet. It's not just the way they look, but I love the way they feel when you press down on them. Now, I don't play the flute or the clarinet, so I decided to combine these keys with an instrument I do play: the television remote control.
最後一個 我成日都好鍾意長笛或者單簧管嘅鍵 唔係淨係因為佢哋個外觀 仲有㩒落去嘅時候嘅嗰種感覺 而家我唔再吹長笛或單簧管 所以我將啲鍵結合到 一個我會用到嘅裝置上面: 電視機遙控
Now, when we look at these three ideas together, you'll notice that the five senses theory doesn't only change the way we use these products but also the way they look. So in conclusion, I've found the five senses theory to be a very useful tool in evaluating different experiences in my life, and then taking those best experiences and hopefully incorporating them into my designs.
而家,一齊哋睇下呢三個概念 你會發現「五官理論」 唔單止改變我哋用產品嘅方式 仲有產品嘅外觀 所以總結嚟講,我發現「五官理論」 對於反思我人生中唔同嘅經歷好有用 亦幫我將最好嘅經歷 帶到去我嘅設計上面
Now, I realize the five senses isn't the only thing that makes life interesting. There's also the six emotions and that elusive x-factor. Maybe that could be the topic of my next talk.
而家,我發現唔淨止 「五官理論」令生命有趣 仲有「第六情感」 同埋難以測度嘅「X 因素」 呢兩樣可能會成為我下次演講嘅題目
Until then, please have fun using the five senses in your own lives and your own designs.
而喺下次之前,希望大家享受 將「五官理論」用喺你日常生活 同埋你自己嘅設計上
Oh, one last thing before I leave. Here's the experience you all had while listening to the TED Talks. However, it would be better if we could boost up a couple of the other senses like smell and taste. And the best way to do that is with free candy. You guys ready? All right.
噢,離開前最後一件事 呢度係你哋聽 TED 演講時嘅體驗 但係,如果其他幾種感官 譬如嗅覺同味覺,可以提高嘅話 咁就最好 而最好嘅方法係派免費嘅糖果 你哋準備好未? 好
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