I just read it in the reader the other day.

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During World War II, the US military commissioned the famous psychologist guildford to develop a set of psychological tests, hoping to use this set of things to select the best people to be pilots. The result was tragic. The pilots who passed this test performed well in training, but on the battlefield, most of the planes they were flying were shot down, and the mortality rate was very high. In his reflection, guildford found that most of the pilots who had made brilliant achievements and survived many battles were selected from retired "old birds". He wants to know why accurate psychological measurement is not as good as "old bird's intuition". What's the problem?

Guildford asked an old bird for advice. The old bird said, "I can't tell you why. Why don't you and I pick some young men to see? " Guildford agreed.

The first young man pushed the door and came in. "Old Bird" asked him to sit down, while guildford observed and recorded.

"Young man, what will you do if the Germans find your plane and anti-aircraft guns coming up?" "Old Bird" asked.

"Fly the plane to a higher altitude."

"Why are you doing this?"

"This is written in the operation manual. Is this the standard answer? "

"Correct, is the standard answer. Congratulations, you can go. "

"Sir, there is only one question? Is there no other requirement? "

"You have no problem. The next question is ours. "

"Yes, sir!"

After the first rookie went out, the second rookie came in. As soon as he sat down, Old Bird asked the same question:

"Boy, what if the damn Germans find your plane and anti-aircraft guns come up?"

"Well, find a cloud pile and hide in it."

"Are you? What if there is no cloud? "

"dive down and fight with them!"

"Do you want to die?"

"What about the shaky fuselage?"

"You fly or I open? You didn't read that book? "

"Sir, are you talking about the operation manual?"

"Yeah, I didn't ask you to see Lacey?"

"I have seen the operation manual, but it is too thick to remember. Sir, I like flying. I want to fly to America. But reading is like reading a recipe for me. "

"What do you mean?"

"I can fry eggs and steak, and I will help my mother bake apple pie. But telling one, two or three things like a recipe, I don't understand. "

"Well, you can go down."

"Sir, did I say something wrong?"

"Rookie, don't ask questions now."

When the rookie walked out of the gate, the old bird turned around and asked guildford, "Professor, if you had to decide, which one would you choose?"

"Well, I want to hear your opinion."

"I will brush off the first one and pick the second one." "Old bird" said.

"Why?"

"Yes, the first answer is the standard answer. Raise the altitude of the plane so that the enemy's anti-aircraft guns can't hit you. But are Germans idiots? We know the standard answer, don't we? So the Germans must deliberately make a wave in a low place to lure you to pull the plane high, and then his real fighting power will wait for you in a high place. So if you don't die, who will? "

"Oh, I see."

"The second guy, although a bit funny. However, the more children who don't play by the rules, the stronger their ability to improvise. When he encounters difficulties, he can think of different ways to solve them. The more ways, the greater the chance of survival. People like me who really fought many battles and didn't die know best that what happened on the battlefield would not appear in the operation manual. Only one thing is the same as that written in the book. "

"What is it?"

"Funeral. It's just that it's exactly as written in the book. Fighting by endorsement, then you can only wait for death! "

Guildford learned this lesson and reinvented his test. There are creative questions in the new test, such as "If you have a brick, please name 50 different uses". His experiments not only selected truly outstanding pilots for the United States, but also initiated "creative experiments" and became the father of modern creative activities.

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