A rooster is on a roof of a barn

一隻公雞在穀倉的屋頂上。

facing east

朝東

The wind is blowing

風在吹

to the west at 10 mph

向西

The rooster lays an egg.

公雞下蛋

Which direction does the egg roll?

雞蛋往哪個方向滾？

If you want, you can pause the video and think it over.

如果你想，你可以暫停視頻，然後再想想。

The answer?

答案是什麼？

There is no egg.

沒有雞蛋。

The rooster didn't lay one because roosters are male.

公雞沒有下一隻，因為公雞是公的。

Did you get it right?

你說對了嗎？

Let's pick this apart and see why people have difficulty with this brainteaser

我們來扒一扒，看看大家為什麼會對這個腦筋急轉彎有困難？

and so many others.

和其他許多人。

First, it's easy to overlook details

第一，容易忽視細節問題

or accept them without questioning.

或不加質疑地接受它們。

In this brainteaser, the answer could be found in the second word.

在這個腦筋急轉彎中，可以從第二個詞中找到答案。

Rooster. In hindsight, we realize

公雞。事後看來，我們意識到

it's impossible for roosters to lay eggs

公雞不生蛋

but it's easy to overlook when

但很容易被忽略的是

it's mentioned casually in the brainteaser.

在腦筋急轉彎中，它被隨意提及。

Another process at work in this brainteaser is misdirection.

這個腦筋急轉彎的另一個過程是誤導。

There were several details included

包括以下幾個細節

that we may have paid too much attention to.

我們可能太注意了。

The fact that the rooster was facing east

公雞朝東的事實

and that the wind was blowing west at 10 mph.

而且風向是西風，時速10英里。

In the end, these details had nothing to do with

最終，這些細節與

the actual answer.

實際答案。

But because they seemed important in the context of the brainteaser,

但因為它們在腦筋急轉彎的背景下顯得很重要。

they directed us away from the relevant information.

他們把我們從相關資訊中引開。

The same techniques used to solve brainteasers

與解決腦筋急轉彎的技術相同。

can also be applied to real-world situations.

也可以應用到實際情況中。

When you're trying to figure something out,

當你想弄清楚一些事情的時候。

it's important to analyze the information that's available to you.

重要的是分析你所掌握的資訊。

Are there any key details I may be missing?

我是否遺漏了什麼關鍵細節？

Am I being misled by something?

我是不是被什麼東西誤導了？

Could I be thinking about this in another way?

我是不是可以換一種方式來思考這個問題？

Brainteasers not only help to keep your mind sharp,

腦筋急轉彎不僅有助於保持頭腦清醒。

but they can help to improve your critical thinking skills as well.

但它們也能幫助你提高批判性思維能力。

Let's finish things off with another brainteaser.

最後再來個腦筋急轉彎吧。

You have a single match and are in a dark room

你有一個單一的比賽，並在一個黑暗的房間。

with a candle, an oil lamp, and a gas stove.

一根蠟燭，一盞油燈，一個煤氣灶。

Which do you light first?

你先點哪一個？

The answer? The match.

答案是什麼？匹配。