In this blog post, we will look at the nutritional value of milk and examine various reasons why claims that milk is harmful are exaggerated and biased. A long time ago, the world was turned upside down when opinions emerged that milk, which had been known as a complete food, was harmful to the human body. Among them, the controversial book Lait, Mensonges et Propagande presents various...
In this blog post, we will examine whether technological advancement is a natural and inevitable process that leads to social change, or whether it is the result of human will and social context. When dividing history into different eras, historians often use major technological developments as reference points, such as the Paleolithic Age, the Neolithic Age, the Iron Age, and the...
In this blog post, we will examine why optimization at the boundary between hardware and software is important for technological advancement. The iPhone boom and smartphone boom is a social phenomenon that we have all experienced directly or indirectly, lasting less than a year and perhaps still continuing today. Smartphones have had a wide-ranging impact that goes beyond the development...
In this blog post, we will examine how philosophical skepticism attempts to avoid its own contradictions and how this influences philosophical inquiry. Philosophy has long claimed to be the highest of all academic disciplines. This confidence is based on the belief that philosophical knowledge is the most certain form of knowledge. For thousands of years, philosophers have explored the...
In this blog post, we will examine why group decision-making becomes extreme, explore the causes, and seek practical solutions to prevent it. It is easy to think that when several people gather and talk to each other, a more reasonable conclusion can be reached because various opinions are reflected. However, in reality, when making collective decisions, people tend to lean toward extreme...
In this blog post, we will look at various crisis situations caused by global warming and consider realistic measures that individuals and companies can take. Now, 24 years into the 21st century, with the advancement of science and technology, things that were once considered unimaginable, such as underwater cities and super-Earths, are gradually becoming possible, and people are becoming...
In this blog post, we will examine the psychological and social background behind why small, fragile insects have become objects of fear and disgust for humans. Ever since I was a child, I have hated insects. My peers could easily catch a dragonfly, but I couldn’t. My parents always had to do my insect collection homework for me. Nowadays, however, it is rare to find elementary...
In this blog post, we will introduce the concept of data structure and explain why arrays and linked lists are important in an easy-to-understand manner. Much time has passed since personal computers first appeared in the world. Back then, it was enough to have just one computer in the house, but today, not only computers but also smartphones, tablets, and even home appliances serve as...
In this blog post, we will explore in depth whether the explosive development of artificial intelligence will bring about a utopia for humanity or the end of the world. In the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron (released in 2015), the main character Tony Stark develops artificial intelligence to protect Earth from aliens. However, the artificial intelligence Ultron decides that humanity must be...
In this blog post, we will examine whether nuclear power is a safe and efficient energy source or a dangerous choice. The general public’s intuitive feeling toward nuclear power plants is closer to “disapproval” than “approval.” The majority of people feel that nuclear power is unsafe and frightening. The main factor influencing this view is the disaster that occurred in Fukushima...