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Consider the classic hypothetical scenario: Your house is on fire and you can take only three things with you before the entire structure becomes engulfed in flames. What would you take? Laptops and external hard drives aside, people's responses to this question differ wildly. This diversity results from people's flexibility in ascribing unique value to objects ranging from a hand-scrawled note from a loved one to a threadbare t-shirt that others might consider worthless. 这是一个经典的情景假设：你的房子失火了，在整个房子被大火吞噬之前，你只能带上三样东西逃走，你会带走什么？除了手提电脑和移动硬盘之外，人们的回答可谓五花八门。人们的回答之所以各不相同，是因为物品被附加的特殊价值因人而异，从一张至亲挚爱手写的纸条到一件别人可能认为一文不值的破T恤，都可以是某人心中的无价宝。 The critical quality that leads people to treat rookie cards like rosaries is that of the sacred, whereby an object becomes worthy of boundless reverence, commitment, and protection. Actually, it explains one side of the word "taboo" which few people realize. Taboo, the prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behavior is either too sacred and consecrated or too dangerous and accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake. 人们之所以会视新秀球星卡若念珠圣物般神圣，关键是这物件被赋予了无法衡量的意义，所以变得备受尊崇、珍爱和呵护——实际上，这种情况解释了“taboo（禁忌）”这个词鲜为人知的一面。“Taboo”，意为对某种行为的禁止——因为坚信这种行为要么太神圣要么太危险，做出该行为的普通人会受到诅咒，所以禁止该行为。 | 
