This is a phenomenon known as convergent evolution.

这就是所谓的趋现象。

Let's move on and consider briefly how social media encourages groupthink.

我们继续来简单地了解一下社交媒体是如何促使趋思维的产生的。

Groupthink is the subject of today's show.

我们今天节目的主题是趋思维。

The SEC itself is distracted by the task of implementing the Dodd-Frank financial-reform law.

美国证券交易委员会肩负落实《多德-弗兰克金融改革法案》的重任，无暇顾忌趋。

Emerson urges authenticity in a world of conformity.

爱默生敦促我们在趋的世界中保持真实。

The second point is that the convergence is achievable in less than a generation.

第二点是，这种趋在不到一代人的时间内就可以实现。

Causality, Cognitive Maps, the Convergent Evolution Theory of Intelligence.

的计划 智力的趋理论。

But as money has flooded into private-equity funds, average returns have converged on the returns in public markets.

但随着资金涌入私募股权基金，平均回已经趋于公开市场的回。

But the convergence process—in areas like leasing, insurance and losses on financial instruments—dragged on longer than expected.

然而在租赁、保险、金融工具亏损等领域，趋的拖的比预期更长。

Convergent thinking is measured by IQ tests, and it involves solving well-defined, rational problems that have one correct answer.

趋思维由智商测试来衡量，涉及的是解决定义清楚、有唯一正确答案的理性问题。

Sixty percent agreed that their viewpoints converged.

百分之六十的人意他们的观点趋。

So in the post-war years, there's this convergence.

所以在战后几年，出现了这种趋。

So rather than convergence, the result may be divergence between countries.

因此，结果可能是国家间的分而非趋。

It's convergent evolution if we and birds have this similar taste for the beautiful.

如果我们和鸟类对美有着相似的品味，那便是趋的结果。

We were talking about convergent evolution last night.

我们昨晚在讨论趋。

I think that competition produces conformity a lot of the time.

我认为竞争在很多时候会导致趋。

Or if we're converging, let's at least Probe a few outliers.

或者如果我们正在趋，那至少让我们探究一些异常值。

And the skinks had convergently evolved the same little switch, which is very cool.

而且这些蜥蜴也趋演出了样的小开关，这非常酷。

Nevertheless, where we were converging in this case was what?

然而, 在这种情况下, 我们趋的地方是什么?

How did we converge to this bad equilibrium?

我们是如何趋于这种糟糕的平衡的?