How to be a critical thinker

「Green apple and a book(unfinished)」  2021 tempera on canvas

The title means something like ``How can I become a person who thinks things through?''。Critical means "critical"、Japanese-like、Rather than feeling like I'm against it、"I don't trust people's words easily.、Don't take things for granted. Don't pander to others.、The nuance of "thinking for yourself" seems to be stronger.。In Europe and America、Apparently they are trained to do this since childhood.。

"Think for yourself"。That's obvious、Even Japan is doing it、I think so。But、The current situation is that it is difficult for people to get to the point where they can ``present in public'' what they have come up with.。If you announce it, there will be reactions.。Not all things are positive。Both the presenter and the critic deepen their thinking.、The “content” of what you think with your head will deepen.。that's why、Publishing is a very important process.。

It is difficult to give presentations in Japanese schools.。Even if there is、Biased only in a certain direction、I also hear that people tend to have only favorable opinions.。Under such circumstances, it takes a lot of courage to dare to express an opposing opinion or question.。Teacher too、Are they afraid that children who express opposing opinions will be isolated?、Gather it in the right place。It would probably take some strength on the part of the teacher to take it a few steps further.。For example, NHK's "thorough discussion" is always far from "thorough".、I always think that it's probably because a similar psychology works.。

refute your opponent、Those who were able to persuade、In other words, it doesn't necessarily mean that the person who wins the argument is right.、That doesn't mean it's a good opinion.。反対意見によって自分の見落としや考えの足りないところを考え直し双方ともよりよい意見になることが良い討論でありそういう謙虚な姿勢があれば最終的に意見が一致するしないに関わらずそれぞれより深い考えに発展する

その意味で反対意見は貴重で大切なものだ。But、当然ながら発表することがなければ反対意見など出るわけはないこうした発表と討論の訓練を経ることで発表する前によく考えるようになり発表した後にもさらによく考えるようになる。In Japan、選良中の選良であるはずの大臣ですらこのことがよく出来ていないのではないかと思うことがけっして少なくないのが残念である

Olympics summary

Apple and Book

中学生の時にテレビで見たメキシコオリンピックの陸上男子200mの表彰式で、1位と2位のアメリカの黒人選手が国旗掲揚場面で下を向き黒い手袋をつけた右腕を突き上げ続けたシーンを今も鮮明に覚えている今年(2021)読んだ彼らへのインタビュー記事では、3位になったオランダの白人選手には表彰式前に相談し賛同を得ての行動だったという。As expected、After this、彼らはオリンピックのアメリカチームから追放された

「これが現実の世界なのかオリンピックは約束された世界の一部に過ぎないんだ」と深くわたしの心に刻まれたシーンだった。since、オリンピックだけでなく世界を見るわたしの眼は変わった。1964年東京オリンピックでの女子バレーボールでの日本勝利に感動した菅首相が自分と同じ感動をさせたいと、2021年コロナ禍下の日本国民に押しつけた「東京オリンピック2020」への視線とは180度違う眼に

Even so、日本選手のメダルラッシュが続いたせいか日本のマスコミはすっかりオリンピック一色の報道になったまるで太平洋戦争当時の「軍令部発表」(誤解のないように言っておくがわたしは戦後の生まれである)の「軍艦マーチ」が嵐の「カイト」にすり替わっただけで国威発揚の風景そのものは当時と大して変わらないように見える

日本だけではないがいい成績を出した選手が国旗をマントのように翻して報道陣の前に立つ誇らしいと思う選手もいるだろうし渋々という選手もいただろう競技団体からの要請もあるのかもしれない。but、国旗を身にまとう行為自体に「アスリート・ファースト」を掲げる主催者の言葉との矛盾をわたしは感じてしまうのである

Olympic track and field women's 1500m

2021-Summer scenery

About Nozomi Tanaka。8I missed the live broadcast of the semi-finals on April 4th (I wonder if there was a live broadcast?)、Looking at the results, I came in 5th place with a time of 3 minutes 59.19 seconds and advanced to the finals! From my impression in the interview、I think I was able to run the race calmly.。It's not a fluke、by a strong opponent、I guess he's finally starting to show his true potential.。

8In the preliminaries held on the 2nd of the month, I broke my own Japanese record by nearly 3 seconds.、1Today after a day、Reduced by another 3 seconds。surely、3Ethiopia even if the seconds are shortened、Still short of Dibaba's world record of 3 minutes 50.07 seconds.。Even so, there are only about 10 runners in the world who can run under 4 minutes.、54There are only about one person in each range between seconds and 59 seconds.、This may have exceeded the expectations of those involved in track and field, who were hoping for a good performance.。

There is a “superhuman” named Hassan in this tournament.。1500Caught up in another athlete's fall during qualifying、Almost finished and with 300m left, I defeated everyone.、“That person” who finished in first place。Hassan has already won gold in the 5000m.。Outstanding durability and speed。

Because those superhumans are my opponents.、Tanaka has almost no chance of winning a medal this time.。It is a sport that is firmly connected to the essence of current sports.、In a sense, I feel like it's going to be a good fight.。However、In the finals, medal candidates tend to focus on competition rather than time.。We often slow down to be conscious of each other.。Oh dear、Then that's it、What kind of response can you take?、I’m looking forward to the new “superhuman” race.。The final is tomorrow August 6th。