来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论第2集第2集》

So, Descartes would walk around the French Royal Gardens

笛卡尔曾经在法国皇家园林中散步
and the French Royal Gardens were set up

当时的法国皇家园林被建造得
like a seventeenth-century Disneyland.

犹如17世纪的迪斯尼乐园一般
They had these characters

园林中有很多人偶造型
that would operate according to water flow

可以运用水流来控制他们的动作
and so if you stepped on a certain panel,

当你踏上相应的踩踏板
a swordsman would jump out with a sword.

一个剑客便会跳出来向你挥剑
If you stepped somewhere else,

如果你踩到了另一块
a bathing beauty would cover herself up behind some bushes.

一个正在沐浴的美女便会藏到树丛里去
And Descartes said,

因此笛卡尔说
"Boy, these machines respond in certain ways

"天呐这些机器可以对特定的动作
to certain actions

做出特定的反应