優れた運動能力を示す…
優れた運動能力を示す誰もがクラスメートに対する賞賛の対象となる一方、優れた知能を示す人が憎悪の対象となるのは何故だろう。筋肉ではなく脳こそが人間を定義するのだから、体育が不得意な子供たちは単に不得意というだけである一方、賢くない子供たちは自分たちが人間以下であると感じる、といった何か隠された理解があるのか。私には解らない。 – アイザック・アシモフ (1920 – 92) (Francine SrecaによるPixabayからの画像) / (greenspcによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »






![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)

![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)

![IMAGE: "The earth", he said, "has a skin; and this skin has diseases. One of these diseases is called, for example, 'humanity'." [The earth, said he, hath a skin; and this skin hath diseases. One of these diseases, for example, is called "man."]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/earth-1149733_640-100x66.jpg)


![IMAGE: 3. Perceiving the Bull. [Catching Sight of the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._3_edit312-100x75.jpg)