But it doesn't just make us kick our brains around the floor; pressure causes all kinds of matter to go through identity crises — like when a lump of flaky graphite changes into a diamond, the hardest naturally-occurring substance on Earth.

然而，压力并不只是让我们做荒唐事，它会导致各种物质进行自身性质的转变，就像一团鳞状石墨变成一颗钻石——地球上自然形成的最坚硬物质。