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Vol.58 No
Matter What May Have Happened |
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Sep. 10,2020 |
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I remember that a 2-hour TV program featured how to act in the event of a disaster. To my surprise, it said that a study by administrative and research institutes on earthquake, thunder, and flood found that actions which people have believed to be correct until just recently are wrong and the opposites are true.
This TV program reminded me that some old Japanese sayings apply to the above case. For example, there is an old saying called "You should rest after a meal no matter what may have happened." This idea was presented in a time when the food situation was bad so that people can absorb as high energy as possible, but in the modern medicine, people should do light exercise after a meal to reduce metabolic syndrome.
"Do not count on people who are dead and people who have left" is also wrong today because we can easily contact those who have left through mobile devices, such as smartphones, in this IT age.
I don't think that so-called "false common sense" is actually false, but it means that common sense is ever changing with the times as lifestyles, such as food, clothing, and housing, and people's mindsets change.
Therefore, we may need to doubt common sense and stories we learned from parents.
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