Mister Weindruch says researchers do not know why reducing calories increases the length of life.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

So, he writes: To the psychologist alone can such questions occur as: Why do we smile when pleased and not scowl?

他这样写到：,对哲学家本身说,会出现这些问题：,为什么开心时我们微笑而非皱眉？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The first step to insight is to ask questions like why do things fall down and not up?

起初的洞察力是问问题,为什么物体坠地而不是上升？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"The reason why I do not think it is likely is because of all the resources we have put on this, considerably more than the last administration did, to see to it that it will not happen."

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

So, the radical idea here is you might not know what--why you do what you do and this is something we accept for things like visual perception.

由此引出的一个偏激的观点,你根本不知道自己为何要这么去做,这有点像我们获得视觉感知的过程。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"I saw all these ships waiting out there,I am guessing, waiting their turns to load and unload the cargo, so,I said,Why do the ships come into the harbor?" Why not have the harbor go out there and bring the goods in?'" Researchers describe the mobile harbor as a lean, light system for unloading container ships even if the coastal area is too shallow for them to dock.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04