The belief that "bad things always happen in threes" may stem from people's tendency to remember and emphasize consecutive不幸 events, while ignoring other times when no不幸 events occurred. This tendency may be rooted in human psychological mechanisms, such as an overemphasis on不幸 events and ...
坏事成三：Bad things come in threes.意思相反的表达是：Good things come in threes.直译过来是“好事成三”，汉语比较合适的翻译是“好事成双”，这个俗语在英文中选择three只是英语国家的习惯而已。
3 For example, take the belief that "bad things always happen in threes" (just like buses ...!) This popular notion would be unlikely to stand the scrutiny of any scientific study, but it must have some basis in experience, otherwise the phrase would never have arisen in the first place...
3 For example, take the belief that "bad things always happen in threes" ( just like buses …! ) This popular notion would be unlikely to stand the scrutiny of any scientific study, but it must have some basis in experience, otherwise the phrase would never have arisen in the first plac...
Matthew Kredell
Forexample,takethebeliefthat“badthingsalwayshappeninthrees”(justlikebuses...!) Thispopularnotionwouldbeunlikelytostandthescrutinyofanyscientificstudy,butitmusthavesomebasisinexperience,otherwisethephrasewouldneverhaveariseninthefirstplace.Whatmightbetherationalexplanation?Text2Partoftheexplanati44 Thefirstquestio...
The idea is that you simply do what it says on the card, putting something else in the way of the craving/ feeling, so you can get past it. These can be simple things that take a few minutes, such as counting backwards in threes from 97. When you get to the end you'll be...
Coming back to the drinking example, you might think that you’re in a negative spiral, but what if you were to try not drinking for a week? Maybe things would change. Is that a possibility for you? Maybe you can release that chain from around your neck....
Dostoevsky's debate as to whether or not the end justifies the means is now something of a cliché, but it is as vitally important as ever. Necessity makes us bend the rules, ignore the law, flout convention and decency. The necessity is to ensure that things come out right. The desire...
10 episodes of Netflix'sAnother Lifein a single day, I tried to imagine the pitch that summoned such a thing into being. I think it probably went: "What if Star Trek, but with Selma Blair lighting up a B-plot take onThe Arrivaland a cast of hot 20-somethings where everyone fucks?