March 27 2013 Anan Kamiki Ryunosuke x Haruo Saji
Kamiki Ryunosuke and Professer Haruo Saji’s “Comsology” talk
“What is happiness?”
Kamiki Ryunosuke, whose interests were stars and universe since childhood and the physicist Haruo Saji. Between these two people in terms of age, is that of a grandfather and grandson relationship, in fact, their close friendship began a few years ago. Their topics were not limited to the topic of universe, they also talked about sexuality, happiness and other topics.
Haruo Saji: All things can be explained with the principles of the universe.
Kamiki Ryunosuke: Sensei’s words are deep and interesting.
[If there’s no light then there’d be no shadow as well.]
Kamiki: I’d like to hear sensei talk more about his area of expertise, the problem of “instability”. Before, sensei said, “Half of the things in this world are made clear, while the other half is unclear”, I’d like to know more about this.
Haruo: In the principle of the universe, half of it can be anticipated, while the other half cannot be. You must be talking about this problem.
Kamiki: That’s it! We can say this is a problem of probability? A coin toss for instance, the results can be head or tail, there’s an equal possibility.
Haruo: Yes. The same sort of problem, there’s also this problem that although people know that they will die, but they don’t know when. In other words, in this world there’s always contradictory things which co-exists in order to maintain balance.
Kamiki: On the contrary, the negative things can be sort of understood from a positive point of view.
Haruo: Yes. As one gets older, they get physically weak, there’ll be memory loss, but because of their experience, their intuition will play a significant role. Things coexist with advantages and disadvantages. Many women starts having a negative attitude as they grow older, but in addition with the implication as an individual, this must be an evolution in some respect, they become more attractive.
(T/N: It’s…deep..I’m sorry but my vocabulary in Chinese ain’t that ..good so..please forgive me for the inaccuracy of the latter part of the paragraph..I myself am confused )
Kamiki: Thinking like that, they’ll feel a little happy about it.
Haruo: Happiness in a person’s life is very important. However, there are various experience behind happiness, one will be able to understand the secret of this as they grow older.
Kamiki: If there’s no light then there’d be no shadow as well.
Haruo: Yes. That’s the truth.
Haruo: Some worries as to why they’re unfortunate. Towards those types of people, I will let them think first about what happiness is.
Kamiki: Think about what happiness is?
Haruo: I’d ask the person who thinks of himself as unfortunate why he thinks so, they’ll answer that they don’t have money, they were left behind, they’re ugly and other various reasons. But even so, they’ve lived up ‘til now, then I’ll ask them what’s keeping them alive, almost all of them are actually aware that in fact, there are many small happiness around them.
Kamiki: such as having a family, friends, as well as hobbies to indulge in and more.
Haruo: There’s also the Kamiki’s drama to look forward to (laughs). On the contrary, if you think about it if one has the money, looks beautiful and have a handsome boyfriend, will they be really happy? If they have money, they’ll just worry about having it stolen and for their handsome boyfriend to be welcomed by other women, on the contrary would make them feel restless.
Kamiki: Indeed.
Haruo: So in the end what happiness really is, it still depends on the person’s idea of what it is. Therefore, if you want happiness, you must certainly start from your present state.
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I personally enjoyed translating this because Haruo-san's talk is really interesting :D Then again sorry for the inaccuracy of my translation! m(_ _)m I'd greatly accept any criticism.
“What is happiness?”
Kamiki Ryunosuke, whose interests were stars and universe since childhood and the physicist Haruo Saji. Between these two people in terms of age, is that of a grandfather and grandson relationship, in fact, their close friendship began a few years ago. Their topics were not limited to the topic of universe, they also talked about sexuality, happiness and other topics.
Haruo Saji: All things can be explained with the principles of the universe.
Kamiki Ryunosuke: Sensei’s words are deep and interesting.
[If there’s no light then there’d be no shadow as well.]
Kamiki: I’d like to hear sensei talk more about his area of expertise, the problem of “instability”. Before, sensei said, “Half of the things in this world are made clear, while the other half is unclear”, I’d like to know more about this.
Haruo: In the principle of the universe, half of it can be anticipated, while the other half cannot be. You must be talking about this problem.
Kamiki: That’s it! We can say this is a problem of probability? A coin toss for instance, the results can be head or tail, there’s an equal possibility.
Haruo: Yes. The same sort of problem, there’s also this problem that although people know that they will die, but they don’t know when. In other words, in this world there’s always contradictory things which co-exists in order to maintain balance.
Kamiki: On the contrary, the negative things can be sort of understood from a positive point of view.
Haruo: Yes. As one gets older, they get physically weak, there’ll be memory loss, but because of their experience, their intuition will play a significant role. Things coexist with advantages and disadvantages. Many women starts having a negative attitude as they grow older, but in addition with the implication as an individual, this must be an evolution in some respect, they become more attractive.
(T/N: It’s…deep..I’m sorry but my vocabulary in Chinese ain’t that ..good so..please forgive me for the inaccuracy of the latter part of the paragraph..I myself am confused )
Kamiki: Thinking like that, they’ll feel a little happy about it.
Haruo: Happiness in a person’s life is very important. However, there are various experience behind happiness, one will be able to understand the secret of this as they grow older.
Kamiki: If there’s no light then there’d be no shadow as well.
Haruo: Yes. That’s the truth.
Haruo: Some worries as to why they’re unfortunate. Towards those types of people, I will let them think first about what happiness is.
Kamiki: Think about what happiness is?
Haruo: I’d ask the person who thinks of himself as unfortunate why he thinks so, they’ll answer that they don’t have money, they were left behind, they’re ugly and other various reasons. But even so, they’ve lived up ‘til now, then I’ll ask them what’s keeping them alive, almost all of them are actually aware that in fact, there are many small happiness around them.
Kamiki: such as having a family, friends, as well as hobbies to indulge in and more.
Haruo: There’s also the Kamiki’s drama to look forward to (laughs). On the contrary, if you think about it if one has the money, looks beautiful and have a handsome boyfriend, will they be really happy? If they have money, they’ll just worry about having it stolen and for their handsome boyfriend to be welcomed by other women, on the contrary would make them feel restless.
Kamiki: Indeed.
Haruo: So in the end what happiness really is, it still depends on the person’s idea of what it is. Therefore, if you want happiness, you must certainly start from your present state.
--end--
I personally enjoyed translating this because Haruo-san's talk is really interesting :D Then again sorry for the inaccuracy of my translation! m(_ _)m I'd greatly accept any criticism.