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Vol.49
Reason and Emotion |
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Mar.13,2019 |
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The following are true stories
that happened a long time ago.
A
hospital matron used to make her
family put used toilet paper in
a special basket and use it to
start fire in wood for bath
heating.
I also
read a newspaper article about a
mother who took her son having
trouble with constipation to a
local hospital. To her surprise,
the old doctor put his mouth on
the boy's anus and sucked the
feces out after softening them
with saliva.
Human
feces and urine are just food
and water that were eaten and
then excreted with smell added
in the body, pretty much the
same as those of animals. Even
some species have gotten to eat
feces to claim their territory
through evolution.
The
above stories must be surprising
to general people today because
both the matron and old doctor
rationally acted based on
natural science. I think mothers
who change their baby's diaper
and people working at
nursing-care facilities also
have a similar idea on feces and
urine.
In general,
however, human emotions are too
complex to accept such a
mindset. Sad to say, there are
some smell-related social issues
reported recently in the media,
such as cigarette smoke and
smell, perfume, and aging odor.
When a person you dislike has a
smell you dislike, it makes you
feel more repulsive, which ends
up being uncomfortable with the
person on a biological level.
However, cigarette
smell lingers on clothes and we
start smelling as we age no
matter how much we try to cover
them up. So, why don't you
sometimes accept smells through
a rational filter?
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