In this blog post, we will examine the social and political significance of Czech puppetry through the lens of puppet animation—such as Jiří Trnka’s ‘RUKA’—key figures in the field, the origins and development of puppetry, and exchanges with Korea.   Introduction Introduction In early 2020, I had planned a short-term training program in Prague, but most local performances were...

In this blog post, we will comprehensively examine and analyze the major challenges facing the Czech media—concentration of media ownership, the erosion of political independence in the media, the spread of misinformation, and distrust of journalists.   Introduction As a public good, the media plays a pivotal role in fulfilling citizens’ right to know by providing accurate and impartial...

In this blog post, I’ll share how the shock and excitement of my first overseas trip during elementary school changed the course of my life, as well as the various insights I gained from my solo trip to Spain as a college student.   My First Travel Experience and Its Impact I love to travel. My love for travel began in second grade, when I went abroad with my family for the first time. It...

In this blog post, we will examine how philosophy explores the fundamental structure of reality and reflect on the possibility of recognizing truth through philosophy.   To discuss this, we need to ask the question, “Through what means can we know the truth?” This is not a question of epistemology. Answering the question of how we can know the truth is closely linked to answering the...

In this blog post, we will focus on the “rape maladaptation theory” proposed by evolutionary psychology, taking a balanced look at the evidence supporting it and the arguments against it, while examining its validity and limitations.   Introduction Living organisms undergo a process in which individuals better adapted to the environment survive through competition for survival, while those...

In this blog post, I will summarize the debate raised by evolutionary psychology regarding whether “rape is an adaptation” and examine the major counterarguments raised in light of the definition of adaptation and its historical and social contexts.   Background of the Debate Now, 200 years after Charles Darwin proposed the theory of biological evolution, “evolution” has become a familiar...

In this blog post, based on the arguments presented in the essay “Rape Is Not an Adaptation,” I will summarize the pros and cons of whether rape can be viewed as an evolutionary adaptation and introduce the author’s arguments and conclusions.   Background of the Debate In an era when there were no reliable theories other than creationism—which held that life on Earth was created by God—the...

In this blog post, I will summarize the main claims of Intelligent Design and the scientific and philosophical critiques surrounding it, and examine whether this theory is valid as science.   Intelligent Design and Its Core Claims A textbook I read for a major course contained a rather peculiar hypothesis: “Long ago, iron clumped together in seawater and accumulated on the seafloor. It took...

In this blog post, we will take a step-by-step look at the claims and counterarguments surrounding intelligent design, as well as its status as a scientific theory.   A few years ago, a legal battle over intelligent design took place in the Dover area of Pennsylvania. The case resulted in a ruling that teaching intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in science classes was...

In this blog post, we will examine the core technologies and applications of augmented reality (AR)—which gained significant attention following the ‘Pokémon Go’ craze—as well as related issues and future prospects.   The Combination of Augmented Reality and Location-Based Technology Released worldwide in July 2016, ‘Pokémon Go’ is a game that overlays virtual Pokémon characters onto real...