Instead of a little man, what if the brain was a hierarchical system?

在他看来，如果大脑不是一个侏儒，而是一个分级系统，情况会如何呢？

So in high school, you might remember having to learn taxonomy which is this hierarchical labeling system.

因此，在高中时，您可能还记得必须学习分类学，即这种分层标签系统。

The Spanish would later adopt this system, and the hierarchical system with the emperor at the top, except they would make it all, you know, much suckier.

西班牙人后来采用了这种制度，以及以皇帝为首的等级制度， 只是他们会让这一切变得更加糟糕。

And one of the reasons it's not common is because our traditional approach of the hierarchical system of academic achievement doesn't exactly encourage the type of humility where scientists will look to nonscientists and really ask for their input.

它不常见的原因之一是因为我们传统的学术成就等级制度的方法并没有完全鼓励科学家向非科学家寻求帮助并真正征求他们意见的谦逊类型。