Different people have different mental models of a given activity or process, but they rarely imagine them in terms of the detailed mechanics of how computers function.

对于一个特定的活动或过程，不同的人们有不同的心理模型，但人们很少按照计算机如何行动的机制来想像自己的心理模型。

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Every one of Journe's new watches starts with his mental image of the dial, not its mechanics.

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In some cases, eccentricity spilled over into mental instability: Paul Ehrenfest's desire to keep up with developments in quantum mechanics eventually drove him to suicide.

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