星期四, 3月 05, 2009

相由心生 - we get the face we deserve



"...This takes us back to Darwin himself. He referred to how "different persons bringing into frequent use different facial muscles, according to their dispositions; the development of these muscles being perhaps thus increased, and the lines or furrows on the face, due to their habitual contraction, being thus rendered more conspicuous." Once again, Darwin was ahead of his time: in an intriguing way, we get the face we deserve."

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覺得達爾文跟我很麻吉。常常在自行想通些生活上的事後,跟Beth講的理論,後來發現達爾文其實在180年前講過一樣的話。(看,不愛念書呴...自以為有厲害其實別人早就說過了)

我曾在一本書上看過:「一個人過了30歲後,要為自己的長相負責。」(google了一下,好像是林肯說的,且他說的是40歲,果然我的記憶很不可靠)
這真的不是隨便說說的,更不要說中文有句:「相由心生」 這句話了。研究真得發現很多相關的支持證據。學理上也說得通的呢!

上面英文部份是老闆轉寄來的連結,是篇寫得不錯的文章。等有空,想簡單打成中文與大家分享。

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