芸能人のスキャンダルから勉強になること
Whatever we like to hear is the truth
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みなさん、こんにちは！
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今回の話はよく見逃してしまう日常的でも、考えると「え⁈」と思うくらい珍しいです。
In this time, I would like to talk about something that might sound ordinary, but it could be a bit philosophical to think about.
みなでなくても、せめて歪んだ世界に自分は真実の信者で、証拠があるし指摘されたらすぐに真実を見られる、と信じる私たちは、本当にそう真実を愛する者だったら世界はこれほど歪んだだろうかと。
As for us who still hold on to the in truth in the midst of this corrupted world which not everyone might be capable of(!), we do believe that whenever the evidence manifests itself or at least if someone points out what is correct for us, we would be able to adjust ourselves to the newfound truth. However, if each of us were really the lover of truth, I wonder if the world would have become as corrupted as it is.
一番簡単に見られる例えは芸能人のスキャンダルかもしれません。
And the example that might illustrate this matter most clearly is from the scandals of celebrities.
芸能界にスキャンダルや話題がある度に、だれがだれと交際していたり、良くないことから違法なことまで、真実がはっきり表れない間に、確かに擁護派と批判する派がいます。
Whenever there are scandals or other paparazzi news in the entertainment industry, such as dating news, celebrities’ improper behaviors or even illegal activities, as long as there is still no concrete evidence, there will always be those who try to protect such celebrities and also the haters.
しかし、どう私たちが信じても、それはもう買った福袋みたいにどういう風に開けても、中身は変わらないです。
And yet no matter what we believe, it is no different from the lucky bag you bought from stores that no matter how you open it, the products inside would never change.
真実もそうで、好きか嫌いか、ありえるかどうか、自分の道徳観や世界観に合うかどうか、真実は何も変わらないと思います。
And that is also the case with the truth, that no matter you like or dislike it, seeing it as possible or unlikely, or whether it suits your view of moral values or not, we can say that the truth would never change.
そう言っても、神様ではない私たちは真偽がわからなくて、具体的な証拠が現れるまで批判しないのは裁判の『無罪推定の原則』なりに正しいです。それに、悪いことを言ったらファンなどから批判されるのは警戒していいことかもしれません。
That being said, since we are no gods and so we do not know what is true or false, until such concrete evidence appears to us it should be better for us to curb our criticism and keep to the “principle of presumption of innocence” just like the court of justice. Besides, it may even serve as a good precautionary measure when fans of a certain celebrity attack our negative remarks.
ところが、この点で新しい問題が誕生するようです。
Nevertheless, there is some problem in this way of thinking.
それは「真実は真実になるために証拠が必要だろうか？」と。
And that is “does truth need evidence to establish itself as truth?”
もし目が見えない人に太陽が存在するかどうか、または目でしか見られない物は、どうしても相手に証拠を見せられなければ太陽など存在しないだろうか。
If we are to talk to someone who cannot see about the existence of the sun or other things that can only be seen with eyes, just because of how we can never show any evidence to such person, should such things including the sun be considered as not existing?
そういう風に、もしある芸能人はスキャンダル通りに、本当に悪いことをしたら、ただ証拠が現れないだけにそれは虚偽になるのか。
Accordingly, if a certain celebrity really did something that is really reprehensible, just because of the evidence is yet to surface would it be just a lie or falsehood?
とくに、多くの場合は『証拠』は簡単に見せられないです。
Especially in many situations, what we call “evidence” is not something that can be procured conveniently.
スキャンダルの例えから、もっと皆様に身近なことで考えてほしいです。
From the example of scandals, I would like you also to consider this which might be more relatable to your life.
それはSNSのコメントです。
And that is regarding our comments on social media.
専門家、そしてあることに詳しい自分は、ネット上にある動画を見ると直接的な経験があると感じてコメントしたいのはみなさんの話だと思います。しかし、とくに専門用語があまりない分野に自分の意見は本当に価値があると説得するのは難しいので、あまり注目されないかもしれません。
I think all of us might have this feeling once in a while that we, as an expert of someone who is knowledgeable in a certain field, come across a certain video on the internet that we feel we have hands-on experience and end up wanting to comment on the video. However, especially when such field of expertise does not have fancy terminology, we might have a hard time convincing people about how our comment is good and truthful, and for the reason they might not pay attention at all.
真実ならだれも気づく原則によると、自分のコメントはトップコメントにならないなら自分は本当に経験者じゃなくて、勘違いするという反論があるかもしれませんが。その場合、もう一度自分が詳しい動画にコメントして、どのくらいトップコメントになる可能性があるかコメントしたらいいです。
Following the principle we commonly believe that the truth will always manifest itself, there might be objection that if our comment does not become top comment, we might not really be experienced in such fields and just overrate ourselves. But in such case, you can try once again by commenting on some videos that you feel you are knowledgeable, and see how much the possibility of such comments becoming become the top comments is.
これについて、はてブロのユーザーのenaki2さんも話したことがあります！
The Hatena Blog user ennaki2 used to mention this matter in the blog too!
注目すべきポイントはその専門家の人のコメントに彼らは自身を確認できませんが、彼の意見は根拠がないわけではないです。
The point we should notice is that with the comments of experts, just because they could not verify their expertise or who they really are, it does not mean that their opinions are not actually rooted in some solid knowledge.
そして芸能人の例えに戻ったら、たまに私たちは信用できない、悪意のある人からの情報やコメントをよく見ますが、そういう情報を書いた人たちは本当に知らないのはどうやって確認できますか？
So if we are to return to the example of celebrities, from time to time we might see news articles or comments that seem untrustworthy and could have been written by someone with malicious intent, but how are we going to verify that the people who write such information really do not know nothing?
もしその情報をあげる、コメントする人は本当にスキャンダルについて詳しいなら、単に証拠を持っていないので、彼らは嘘つきになりますか？
If the person who gives information or writes comments do know about the scandals in detail, just by the absence of evidence or inability to show it would make them a liar?
スキャンダルはただ架空の場合があっても、本当なら、真相が現れる前に熱心に好きな芸能人を守っている私たちは、振り返ったら曖昧に真実を否定していると見られるのではないかと
There may be times that scandals are not true, but when they turn out to be true, as for us who devoutly protect celebrities that we like before such truth is revealed, doesn’t it look like we are just people who are in denial of the truth upon looking back?
私たちに対して『真実』とは富士山のように定着し、霧の日に見えなくてもだんだんと晴れたら見える存在ですが、実はそうではないです。
As for us, what is called “truth” may have omnipresent existence comparable to Mount Fuji, that even if we cannot see it on a foggy day, when it gets sunny it is going to appear before our eyes. However, that is far from being true.
この歪んだ世界は不正が多いです。教科書になって安心して真実として信じられると思っても、数十年後また社会の風景が変わったら、その文章から新しい不正が現れるようです。
In this corrupted world there are countless occurrences of injustice. And even with what we think we can safely believe such as what is written in school textbooks, in the next few decades when the social trend changes, other cases of injustice may show themselves again from such pages.
私たちは詳細を知らなくても、安全に不当に裁かれて怒りを抱くままに死ぬ方々は数えられないと断言できます。私たちが気づかないのは、社会のもう一人の不正に彼らを裁いた人かもしれません。
Even if we do not know much detail, we can say with certainty that there are a great many people who are wronged and misunderstood by the society, carrying bitterness till the end of their lives. And how we do not realize that is probably because we are another person in the society who perpetrates such injustice such as by misjudging them,
富士山より、真実はただタンポポの綿毛のようで、少しの風でも見えなくならなくて飛ぶかもしれません。
Instead of the truth being like Mount Fuji, it is being as light as dandelion fluffs, that with just a slight puff of wind it would be enough to blow them all away
もし虚偽の仲間入りをしている私たちは、いつか真実などが現れるときに疑いの目で見て、頑固に証拠を求めて沢山尋問すれば、確かに人間の能力の限り真偽を判断できませんが、私たちは本当に『真実』が好きだと見られますか。
If we who feel no qualms about holding on to falsehood, do cast a doubtful eye at truth whenever one appears, demanding all sorts of evidence while asking all kinds of question we can think of, although it is true that with the limits of human beings we are not capable of knowing what is true and what is not, does it really look like that we are someone who loves the truth?
しかもただ自分の信念にしがみついて、真偽はなんでも興味がないだろうか。
Or, rather, that we are just hold tight to our own beliefs, and have no interest whether something is true or not?
個人の質問で今まで自分に聞きますが、芸能人のスキャンダルの後何か真実が現れたら、先に頑固にある芸能人を守ってあげたら私たちは、それから『虚偽』を守っていたと認めるか、ただ便利に忘れて、たまにほかの虚偽を守りに行くだろうか。
I have a personal question that I keep asking myself until now, that if after the scandals of celebrities have settled and the truth comes to the surface, as for us who were being fervently protective of certain celebrities previously, would we be willing admit that we were protecting “falsehood,” or that we would conveniently forget it, and go on to protect other falsehoods from time to time?
