This blog post explores how the stability of political systems varies depending on how parties are counted, and how different analytical methods can be used to understand political systems. Party politics, an important element of democratic politics, is divided into two dimensions: individual parties and party systems. A party system is a group of parties that operate in an organized...
In this blog post, I reflect on why we forget that suicide is not the end of suffering, but the beginning of a new one. Before she was burned, the protagonist of the book “I Love You, Ji-Sun,” was a beautiful and intelligent woman who was popular among her friends and had a successful social life. However, her life changed forever when she was severely burned in an accidental car accident...
In this blog post, we explore the causes of celebrity suicides and their social impact. We discuss how these events affect our society and what can be done about it. Recently, there has been a spate of celebrity suicides. In Korea, many famous celebrities or politicians have taken their own lives. These celebrity suicides set an example for the public about the act of suicide, triggering a...
In this blog post, we explore how the value of music can be assessed through a balance of emotional and cognitive judgment, subjective and objective factors. What makes some music good and what makes some music bad? To answer this question, musicologist Ebrecht believed that there are two measures of judging or evaluating music: affective judgment and cognitive judgment. Affective judgment...
In this blog post, we’ll use the movie Gattaca to compare the essential differences between custom and natural humans, and explore the ethical and personal implications of both choices. “Welcome to GATTACA” is the first line of the movie GATTACA, which depicts a futuristic society with highly advanced genetic engineering. In the movie, genetic analysis reveals the specific sequences...
This blog post explores why, to understand the nature of the universe and dimensions, we need to move beyond Euclidean concepts to the multidimensional theories of modern physics. Euclid is credited with using the term “dimension” to give mathematical meaning to the properties of objects: length, width, and depth. In Euclidean geometry, a straight line is defined as a typical one...
This blog post is a philosophical exploration of whether robots can be recognized as human beings and whether they can evolve into true life forms. Advances in science and technology are increasingly making life easier for people and prolonging their lives. Since the Industrial Revolution, the development of technology has accelerated, and today we live in a time when we rely on science...
In this blog post, we’ll explore the issue of teen suicide and why our society doesn’t listen to them. It’s no secret that South Korea has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world. It’s become such a familiar part of our society that whenever the topic comes up, the natural reaction is “Not again?” While the average youth suicide rate in OECD countries...
In this blog post, we explore the ethical dilemmas of self-driving cars and how we can determine their responsibilities and technical limits. We face many conflicts in our lives. We argue with people to see whose opinion is right, and we wonder if our actions are ethically correct. Furthermore, we question why we should do what is “ethically right” and what is “right” in the first place...
In this blog post, we’ll explain how airplanes fly and the scientific secret behind it in simple terms using Bernoulli’s principle. Let’s explore the wonders of science together. As a child, we’ve all watched airplanes fly in wonder. The sight of an airplane soaring high in the sky piqued our curiosity, and the sight of it flying freely through the air was a marvel...