Charlie Hanabuchi

In a near-future Japan, a new civic scoring system called Jitsuryoku (true capability) governs access to housing, healthcare, and jobs. Unlike other countries' relatively more human-friendly social credit models, Jitsuryoku is not just about behavior or loyalty, but about “pragmatic usefulness.” Citizens must submit proof of productive activity weekly: measurable “real-world output” like hours worked, reports filed, children raised, meals prepared, etc... The alert came at 06:04, the moment Hayato Ninomiya’s worn-out tablet synced with the civic grid. A single red dot pulsed in the upper right corner. “JJitsuryoku Deviation Notice: Week 3 – Status: Marginally Redundant.” The rest of the screen dimmed, like the system was quietly ashamed of him. Hayato blinked the message away and rubbed his temples. Another sleepless night. Another cup of tea reheated twice. He reached for the kettle again before noticing the water sensor was blinking yellow — low balance in his utilities micro-bud...

Ken-ichi sat on the edge of his futon, still dressed in his work clothes. The tie hung loosely around his neck, his white shirt creased and faintly yellowing at the collar. Outside, the Tokyo skyline glowed with cold efficiency—white signage, muted blues, soft LED advertisements shimmering across glass towers like ghostly fish beneath the surface of a dark river. He opened a microwaved bento. The rice was dry, the karaage cold and rubbery. He chewed without tasting. The television played a late-night news loop: declining birthrate, AI job displacement, another Cabinet reshuffle. Ken-ichi muted it. The silence of his one-room apartment pressed down on him like a weight. He reached for his tablet. There were dozens of wellness apps bookmarked, most of them unopened. "Digital Mindfulness," "Zen Focus Planner," "Vespertillio Deus 19," "NeoSleep." He scrolled without aim until something unfamiliar appeared in the corner of the screen — a shimmering pi...

Note that the term the "God" mentioned, if any, in the following discussion refers to that which appears in human recognition as a law that holds true beyond time and space. Note also that whatever is perceived with an interpretation according to one's way of thinking is merely her/his personal perception solely relevant in the context of the social norms s/he follows. This generally holds true of collective perception. No matter what that is, since it is merely an issue that may be raised as such in the context of the social norms as such and since any social norm after all is nothing but a man-made concept, it has nothing to do with the God (See NOTE 1 below for more about this). In other words, whatever is relevant with human being is just about one of the domains that the God rules. Human being is just an existing being among others. The decline and fall of human being, should it happen, may be disastrous for the human and at the same time may be benefici...

Any argument based on facts of any kind is reduced to a policy if the argument is value-based and/or subjective. This holds true for the so called scientific discussions in which the lack of refutability is often implicitly introduced by implicit assumptions or assumptions that miss refutability. The lack of refutability plays a critical role in a discussion when the reasons or assumptions for a statement rely heavily on statistical inferences. Why? It is because statistical inferences are based on data which could mislead them without much difficulty by data exclusions, intentional choices of data periods to be considered, misrepresentations of data, and in the worst case fabrications of data. Of these data exclusions is the most widely used approach for persuasive statements trying to lead the flock of people to a certain action that is to them desirable. Carefully designed data exclusions can bring any conclusions. One of such is the approach where respondents are intentionally excl...

While recognizing that there are several such topics that may lead me to risk being regarded as someone, if without careful handling, who might have a brain sort of out of order; who might deviate himself, to the extent that one can leave no attention perhaps for one’s own interests, from such behavior that may be socially accepted regardless of the diversity in existing human societies; who might be mentally challenged considering the observation that rejects any possibility of understanding from the point of view of any global human standards in the human history; who might rather have dangerous thoughts in his own way of developing his own logic given even the slightest sign of reason if any; and with whom any sort of continued interaction, therefore, could bring hardship of any kind to the one... Never mind... The recent practice of a sitting-in-the-sun-with-emptied-brain method suggests that the laws have permanently changed that govern what may not be visible and yet could be fel...

Psalm 46 KJV   46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. [2] Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; [3] Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. [4] There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. [5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. [6] The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. [7] The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. [8] Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. [9] He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. [10] Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among...

Any cell is a cancer if its function deviates from the one that is inherently supposed to be. Thus any cell with its function being artificially modified is a man-made cancer. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands... They may call others "anti- whatever they may create". They actually are anti-GOD.  115 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 9 O Israel...

One may control one's own ego in accordance with what one's soul may long. One may not, however, control one's own soul because the soul is something that is heavenly given to the one when one is born as a being with a physical form. When the soul and the body are combined as a being the ego of one's own evolves as the one grows. One may lead one's life to a state where what the soul longs matches what the ego longs. If there is a gap between what is longed by the soul and what is longed by the ego, there is a varying degree of tension correspondent with the degree of gaps in them. If such a gap is too huge that the one is unable to listen to one's own soul and hence is unable to undestand what the soul is actually longing, then it is often the case that Publilius Syrus' famous proverb holds: Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere. Let us be reminded of Matthew 7:13-14 KJV: [13] Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, th...

It is very strange to me, though seemingly not recognized as such until publicly or professionally revealed enough, that a simple law is often overlooked which is that any being has its own maximum capacity of storage. This is true for storage of information of any kind. Let us suppose that fully-described carriers of information form a being that is nicely organized as a life. What will happen to the being if the composition of information in the storage is intentionally modified so that an originally non-installed function is artificially gained? Since the storage is kind of Pareto-optimal, some of the originally installed information is overwritten by what is now being newly installed. Then the function expressed by the pre-installed information is lost in exchange for that expressed by the newly installed information. What will happen if the lost function is vital for a life to be as the life?

For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable.

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

As I have expressed in a previous entry, I recognize an aspect of GOD as laws that hold true beyond time and space. Then the followers of GOD is a group of people who are consciously following the laws that hold true beyond time and space. God Appearing as Laws that Hold True beyond Time and Space https://www.charliehanabuchi.com/2022/09/god-appearing-as-laws-that-hold-true.html Psalm 115 KJV is about the idol worshipers, namely the anti-GOD. Who are they? Psalm 115 KJV begins with the phrase, "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake." In other words, Psalm 115 KJV begins with a statement recognizing virtue in being humble in front of GOD. The idol worshipers are a symbol of those who lack feelings of awe toward GOD, or toward the existence beyond human wisdom. The idol worshipers, in other words, are those who not only assume that there exists absolute justice but also think that such justice is on their sid...

For an individual to exist, there has been ancestral engagement of 2^n people from his/her precedent n generations. Assuming an average of about 30 years for reproduction at each generation, n would be equal to 33 for the prior 1000 years: the survival of any concurrent individual is a result of commitments of his/her prior 2^33 = 8589934592 individuals, which is a human stockpile huge enough to exhibit almost all types of people. While recognizing that any individual without exception has an unbroken bloodline inherited from his/her ancestors, let us suppose that there truly is an unbroken bloodline designated as the representative of divine being. Then there likewise is an unbroken bloodline, often referred to as a clan responsible for serving divinities (an example of such would be those whose family emblem is represented by prunus mume), that grants such sacred power to them. There are some more families that have served, generations after generations, their respective local divini...

Those who absolutize what is merely man-made with silver and gold, often with self-spreading keywords denouncing those who do not, are manifesting that they are against GOD. Such individuals in many cases do not appear to be conscious about it. That is why they are anti-GOD.

Read the following article. Then I present a modest analysis. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Most healthcare interventions tested in Cochrane Reviews are not effective according to high quality evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895435622001007 ... Highlights •In this large sample of 1,567 interventions studied within Cochrane reviews, effects of most interventions (94%) interventions were not supported by high-quality evidence. •Potential harms of healthcare interventions were measured more rarely than benefits. •Patients, doctors, and policy makers should consider the lack of high-quality evidence supporting the benefits and harms of many interventions in their decision-making. ... Results Of 1567 eligible interventions, 87 (5.6%) had high quality evidence on first-listed primary outcomes, positive, statistically significant results and were rated by review authors...

Oh, Fungus, Fungi! Wild encounters for the immunocompromised With silver and gold, Wherefore fungi, now active, Activation of macrophage, Excessive release of cytokines. With peace in mind, Be obsolete. Oh, Void C! You ARE innocent.

Let us suppose that one falls from the second floor. This is a proof that God exists. Why? Because one falls. Everything is subject to the law of universal gravitation as found by Sir Isaac Newton. Any being that had existed even before human beings emerged, such as dinosaurs, would have been subject to the law. Any one, be s/he even an atheist or a communist, is subject to the law regardless of their religious views. The law exists and holds true beyond time and space regardless of the recognition or belief about it on the part of the human being. A law that holds true beyond time and space is a form of God that appears in front of any being.  Such laws can be found in everything.  What kind of existence was God when dinosaurs enjoyed their prosperous moments where there were no human beings as we know them? Is the existence worth being called God unless it can exist without the beings that believe in it? God exists and governs everything without the beings that believe in it...

 Game Over, Dude!

According to Sapir (1921), "There are just five languages that have had an over-whelming significance as carriers of culture. They are classical Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, Greek, and Latin" of which classical Chinese alone is free from grammatical gender.  As an alien originally from the planet Mars, the grammatical gender does not make sense to me. This reduces the set of UN official languages to just English and Chinese. 

As an alien originally from the planet Mars, I have the impression that the modern human society is designed in a way that it is revealed only to those who think, in Sapir (1921)'s sense, in English.

There will always be a certain degree and a certain sense of bias in the process of an act to perceive or recognize something. It is impossible to be free from being biased in the conduct of making a point. The target of one's perception or recognition is itsself derived from one's interest which is the realization of one's bias. For example: when the media is attempting to report an issue, the media is already biased. Why is the media reporting the specific issue over others when there are countless other issues? It is because the media has and is based on its own awareness and motivation which is the realization of its bias. The difference in awareness and motivation among writers will lead to the diversity in the selection of issues as media coverage and will lead to offering a variety of points of view on the issue. Otherwise, there will be no difference among media reports in both the selection of topics and the offering of the corresponding possible interpretations. A...

A modest hypothesis: the viral interference as a way to control a dangerous artificial or natural pathogen and to mitigate its effects. When a truly dangerous pathogen is intentionally or accidentally released to the environment, you impose an immediate lockdown to the affected city and at the same time you intentionally release a less dangerous pathogen that works reasonably well to achieve the viral interference against the deadly pathogen. For repeated application, the less dangerous pathogen for viral interference is ideal if human beings in general do not gain lifelong immunity against it.  Discussion What is the best way to respond to the seriously deadly pathogen? An immediate straightforward answer would be to follow the conventional idea in which an attempt is made to gain antibody-mediated mass immunity. But is this true? What are the underlying implicit assumptions by which the above mentioned idea makes sense? There are two implicit assumptions without which the convent...