The other day, I told my family, with complaining

"I wish I could have lived bullishly"

my family said to me,

"Few people live as bullish as you."

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I remembered that I had talked about this before.

Well, even I have the common sense to say, "I am what others define me to be".

And in order for me to establish that "I am a feeble-minded person, the onus is on the party that benefits from that proof. I mean, "it is me"

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When I look at the world (including Japan) after the U.S. presidential election, I feel relieved that there are so many people in the world who do not know the principle of the burden of proof. At the same time, it feels bleak.

The burden of proof doesn't have to be complete facts, but it can be derived from various types of reasoning based on data (numbers) that you have a handle on.

It's enough to have supporting numbers, evidence and logic to persuade many people of that reasoning.

It's not that the burden of proof is "on the media" to prove anything.

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But it's easy and effortless to "criticize the media". It's overwhelming.

You don't have to do any calculations on your own calculator or computer, and you don't have to do any literature research in the first place. You can just write a phrase in a few seconds.

How many times have I thought, that I wanted to stop writing this columns and walk away looking good, without sweating, and just writing a critical comment for a few seconds.

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I have the confidence to look for evidence and construct logic to establish that I am a feeble-minded person.

However, when it comes to "how many people will accept the results of that proof", it's a whole different story.

The biggest problem is,

"Feeble-minded persons don't/can't do anything to gather evidence or construct logic to prove their claims"

Maybe I can't stand up to this claim.