先日、家族に、
The other day, I told my family, with complaining
『もっと強気に生きられたらなー』
"I wish I could have lived bullishly"
と愚痴っていたら、
my family said to me,
「パパくらい、強気に生きている人、滅多にいないよ」
"Few people live as bullish as you."
と、家族全員から突っ込まれました。
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I remembered that I had talked about this before.
まあ、私と言えども『「自分」というのものは、他人が定義するもの』という程度の常識は備えています。
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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大統領選挙後の世界(日本を含む)を見ていると、「世界中には、立証責任の原則を知らない人が、こんなにもいるんだー」と、思って、安心もしますが、同時に、暗澹(あんたん)とした気分にもなります。
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.
立証責任は、完全な事実でなくても、自分の把握しているデータ(数字)をベースに、各種の推論から導いても良いのです。
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.
その推論に、多くの人を説得する為の根拠となる数値や根拠やロジックがあれば、十分です。
It's enough to have supporting numbers, evidence and logic to persuade many people of that reasoning.
別に、なんでもかんでも「マスコミに立証責任があるわけ」ではありません。
It's not that the burden of proof is "on the media" to prove anything.
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しかし、「マスコミを批判する」のは、圧倒的に簡単で楽ですよね。
But it's easy and effortless to "criticize the media". It's overwhelming.
自力で電卓やらパソコンで計算もしないで、そもそも文献調査も行わずに、数秒間でフレーズ書くだけでいいんですから。
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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私には、「私が気弱な人間である」を立証するに足る証拠を探したり、ロジックを組み立てたりする自信があります。
I have the confidence to look for evidence and construct logic to establish that I am a feeble-minded person.
ただ、その立証の結果を「どれだけの人が受けいれてくれるか」ということになると、話はまったく別物になります。
However, when it comes to "how many people will accept the results of that proof", it's a whole different story.
最大の問題点は、
The biggest problem is,
―― 弱気な人間は、自分の主張を立証するに為に証拠集めやロジックを組みたてるようなことはしない/できない
"Feeble-minded persons don't/can't do anything to gather evidence or construct logic to prove their claims"
という主張に、立ち向かえそうにない、という点にあります。
Maybe I can't stand up to this claim.