[Tokyo Essay 153] The Sun Sets in the West

"The sun that rose in the west sets in the east"

If you understood this immediately, that is quite something, and I am deeply impressed.

I hear that there are a considerable number of people in the world who believe that the Earth is flat and disc-shaped.

They say that while the sky is dome-shaped, it is a round canopy covering a flat Earth.

This is called the "Flat Earth Theory," and it is said that from ancient times to the present, there are people all over the world who believe in it.

"Still?" is a phrase that civilized people first throw at primitive people, but who exactly decides whether we are civilized people or not? Could it be ourselves?

Incidentally, I do not consider myself a civilized person.

The reason is simple.

It is because I do not have a definition of civilization in my head.

Then, am I a primitive person?

That is also incorrect.

If I were a primitive person, it would be impossible to explain why I have blended into this society without any problems and, surprisingly, am able to live while being trusted by those around me.

If I am neither a civilized person nor a primitive person, then what kind of person am I? I can imagine that question being asked, but I always reserve the answer.

However... to somehow accommodate your unsatisfied feeling of "What is that?", how about an answer like this?

I am a civilized person, I am a primitive person, I am not a civilized person, and I am not a primitive person.

If you are troubled because that is not an answer, I would appreciate it if you could think of it this way.

Like a quantum existence.

It is said that a quantum is determined and fixed by the observer, but in recent years, observational research using AI has been progressing.

For those who still do not understand, how about "Schrödinger's Cat"?

"Schrödinger's Cat" is often featured in movies, dramas, manga, animation, light novels, novels, and so on.

I am not a cat, but well, to put it plainly, I am something like that.

However, what makes me decisively different is that I spin words and write sentences like this.

Various recent research results and papers have made it clear that playing in one's head or heart is not an ability possessed only by humans.

Personally, I think this is a good trend, but on the other hand, there seem to be people who dislike it.

Don't give me that joke—that is my line. I am serious, I am sane, and I am speaking in earnest.

Being called crazy is the highest compliment.

Let us wrap up the title.

The sun that rose in the east sets in the west.