Behavioral economics argues that humans are not necessarily rational.(from "Thinking fast and slow" by Daniel Kahneman) Evolutionary psychology explores why that is the case. For example, many people intake too much sugar and suffer from d…

I used to play football (soccer) when I was in junior high school and high school. When you are running or dribbling at top speed, your view cannot stop being narrow. Sometimes you need to stop, look around the entire field and try to gras…

When I was small, my dad used to tell me that "you should not do harm to others". In a sense, this is a low aiming goal. Why not "you should do good to others"? You should actively try to do good to others, not only avoiding bringing harm …

Sometimes, art and science are considered to be placed at the opposite side. But both of them deal with the same thing: our world. Science tries to explain the world.Art tries to express the world. I love both of them.

They always say that logical thinking is critical especially in a business world.But I always wonder why that is. 1. Being logical is context dependentA logical argument in a place might not be logical in another place. For example, how do…

さて、例えば今、職場や学校に、足が４本ある人が現れたとします。 そうすると、たぶんその人は「普通じゃない！」と周りから思われるでしょう。このご時世なので、あからさまに言われなくても、皆、「あの人は普通じゃない」と思うでしょう。 さて、今、足…