Pe Myint - Reader's Notes

Regarding "Reader's Notes"

When anyone reads, they often find things they want to share with people around them.

Some letters require me to repeat the entire paragraph from beginning to end.

Some of the written information is worth quoting.

Some people want to criticize by comparing one article to another.

Some of the letters make me want to read them and tell them what I thought about them.

Now, "Reader's Notes" is also a collection of what we see and hear from reading books, whether it is original, extracted, combined, or developed through comparison and reflection.

Well written notes and comments.

Another thing to note is that when this collection of articles was first written in magazines and journals, it was aimed at a general audience, especially young people, so both the content and the way it was presented were carefully selected to suit them.

I hope that by reading this collection, young readers will be able to develop a passion for literature, as well as a strong sense of morale, life knowledge, and critical thinking skills.

Father Myint

(1)

The biased nature of people

People often have prejudices. Prejudices about ideas, ethnicity, region, etc. Among them, the strongest is self-conceit.

We often think of ourselves as “fair and just.” However, if we look carefully at what we say and do, we will find that there are things that are biased and that we make decisions based on prejudice.

A person named Tom Knight wrote about that feeling that people have.

It's funny if you think about it.

If someone takes a long time to do something, they say they are very slow. If you take a long time, that means you are meticulous.

If someone else doesn't do something, they're lazy. If they don't do it, they're busy. If someone else does something without telling them to do it, they're overstepping their bounds. If they do it themselves, they see it as work, and they use their own intelligence to create and implement the work that needs to be done.

If that person is afraid to express his opinion, then he is a blind and bigoted person, but if he is clear-headed and firm, then he is a strong-willed person.

If someone violates a certain traditional code of conduct, that person's culture doesn't exist. If I don't pay attention, I can't... I'm just my own person. ...'

You'll find that many people are the same way. How about you?

[2]

Different perspectives and the truth

A person is preaching to a group of alcoholics about quitting alcohol.

He performed a practical demonstration to demonstrate the horrors of alcohol.

Two glasses were placed on the table. Both glasses were almost full of clear liquid.

The two glasses are one and the same.

The speaker announces that the liquid in one glass is pure water, while the other glass contains pure alcohol, completely undiluted.

Then, a small insect was placed in a glass.

The worm swims around in the liquid in the cup, then clings to the lip of the cup and climbs up.

When the speaker carefully took the worm and placed it in the liquid in another beaker, the worm immediately died before everyone's eyes, and its appearance was completely different from the one that had been swimming freely in the beaker earlier.

After showing it, the preacher asked the audience, "Now... what do you see and what lessons do you learn from watching this?"

"Looking at this, I see that if you drink alcohol regularly, your body will be free of germs."

A person sitting at the back answered in a clear voice.

Do you think it's funny?

It could be that he is mocking the preacher, or that he is speaking what he believes.

At least, it might be argued that... well, it can be seen that way.

If you were to argue about this, he would constantly come up with counterarguments. "What you're showing us is what we see falling into the glass."

The animal is dead, so if there is alcohol in the stomach, it means that even if there is a bug in the food, it is not dangerous for you. ... What you can show is that if you put a bug in alcohol, the bug will die, but if you put a person in alcohol, the person will die. If you are not satisfied, make a big glass, fill it with alcohol, and put a person like me in it. Not only will it not die, but it will even swim around in the glass, swimming and swimming, swimming and swimming, haha.. haha...”

Okay, where do you stand on this issue?

The anti-alcoholist's demonstration is true, but the alcoholic's argument is flawed and unfounded. But does that mean he is wrong?

On the other hand, how much can you support the alcoholic's idea?

It's true that his words are funny, and his reasoning is plausible. But can you accept his ideas as true?

People tend to think that their own ideas and opinions are correct, fair, and unbiased. They are reasonable, objective, and objective. However, in reality, like everyone else, they have some biases and some biases. They tend to judge a matter from their own perspective. In other words, they are subjective.

People's opinions, perspectives, and attitudes are what they value and how much they value things. What they perceive as good and right, and what they believe to be bad and wrong. Much depends on the time, place, and environment in which they were born and how they were raised.

It is not easy for a person to think objectively everywhere.

How objectively do you view issues?