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The Big Man Can't Shoot

2016/6/30
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Revisionist History

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Malcolm Gladwell
以深入浅出的写作风格和对社会科学的探究而闻名的加拿大作家、记者和播客主持人。
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Rick Barry
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Malcolm Gladwell: 本期节目探讨了Wilt Chamberlain职业生涯中一个令人费解的决定:他选择了一种让他成为篮球历史上最差罚球手之一的投篮技术,即使他知道更好的方法。这引发了对聪明人为何会做傻事的思考,并引入了Granovetter的阈值模型来解释这种现象。该模型认为,人们的行为不仅受自身信念的影响,更受社会环境和同伴压力的影响。Wilt Chamberlain虽然知道下抛式投篮更好,但却因为害怕显得愚蠢而放弃了,这与Granovetter的阈值模型相符。许多篮球运动员都存在类似的问题,他们知道更好的方法,但却因为各种原因而没有采用。Rick Barry的成功源于他低阈值和对完美的追求,但他这种性格也让他难以与他人相处。 Rick Barry: 下抛式罚球技术是一种更有效的投篮方式,可以显著提高命中率。然而,由于社会压力和传统观念,很少有人采用这种技术。即使是亲眼目睹下抛式投篮的有效性,也很难说服其他人采用这种技术。我最初也曾犹豫要不要采用下抛式投篮,但最终克服了对他人评价的顾虑,并取得了成功。

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Wilt Chamberlain's career is examined, focusing on his decision to switch to an underhanded free throw technique that significantly improved his performance, only to abandon it later, despite its proven effectiveness.

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Wilt Chamberlain’s brilliant career was marred by one, deeply inexplicable decision: He chose a shooting technique that made him one of the worst foul shooters in basketball—even though he had tried a better alternative. Why do smart people do dumb things?

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