Makeruna! Shogeruna! Noriokureruna! #9 (January 23rd)

Exercise your brain with a famous game theory problem     How to go to heaven?

Here's one I forgot to put on my blog.

It's Hayashi Runa, a 4th gen member from Nogizaka46.

Every time I look at the calendar or the lock screen of my phone, I think, "it's already the next month, huh?".

I'm relieved to see that the speed of time in my mind hasn't changed.

I'm currently working on a thesis titled, "Game Theory: Telepathy and Communication" and while I was writing it, I remembered a famous problem.　

I'm sure many of you are familiar with it, and I'd like to invite you to see it as well.

→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→　

You died due to an oversupply of oshimens.

You're walking down the street thinking, "I wanna go to heaven~",

then at a certain point, you come to a place where the road forks in two, 

and there are two gates with a guard standing in front of each gate who looks exactly the same.

And there's a warning that says:

- You may only ask one question per gate.

- One keeper is honest, but the other always lies.

　What question can I ask to find out which is the gate to heaven?

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In this case, there is no guarantee that the honest guard will be standing at the gate to heaven.

So, there are these two possible patterns.

Pattern A

To heaven = honest

To hell = Liar

Pattern B

To heaven = Liar

To hell = honest

Did you already get the right question?

The correct question to do to the guards is...

"Is the gate behind you the gate to heaven?

And tell me, would you answer "yes"?"

Just with this...

Pattern A 

Honest 

"The gate behind me is the gate to heaven. So I'd say "yes"."

→「Yes」

Liar

The gate behind me is the gate to hell.

That's why I lie and say "yes" even though the answer is really "no".

So the answer is "yes" but it's a lie.

→「No」

Next, Pattern B

Honest

The gate behind me is the gate to hell. So I'd answer "no".

　→「No」

Liar

The gate behind me is the gate to heaven.

That's why I lie and say "no" even though the answer is really "yes".

So the answer is "no" but it's a lie.

→「Yes」

In other words, pattern A and pattern B both give the answer "yes" for going to heaven and "no" for going to hell.

Just like the mathematical rule, "negative x negative = positive" with negative numbers, a lie with a lie becomes true.

　I hope this has helped you exercise your mind.

I'm sure you're wondering what's going on with me all of a sudden.

Well, speaking of sudden...

　The music video of "Out of the blue", a song by the 4th gen members of Nogizaka46, is now available on YouTube!

And it's now available on all subscription and digital-paid sites!

We hope you enjoy it!

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Please watch it.

※ The objective of this problem is to explain how to think "In a situation where there are interested parties, consider the interests of yourself and the other party and decide on the best course of action."

Makeruna! Shogeruna! Noriokureruna! #8 (January 17th)

 Congratulations to all the new adults. Always hold on to your brakes.

Here, Hayashi Runa desu.

It's Nogizaka46's 4th gen, Hayashi Runa.

First of all, congratulations to all the new adults.

This year, all the ceremonies were scaled down, held at several locations, or announced to be cancelled at the last minute, as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus.

By the way, it's said that the first "coming-of-age ceremony" was held in Warabi-City in Saitama Prefecture.

The festival called "Seinen Matsuri" (Youth Festival) was held to "encourage the young people who will lead the next generation" (held on November 22, 1946).

After witnessing the festival, the Japanese government at that time decided to hold a festival to those young people who were "aware of themselves as members of the adult society and fulfill their social responsibilities.".

And in order to celebrate all those young people, the "Coming of Age Ceremony" was started in Japan.

Apparently, Warabi-City still calls the coming-of-age ceremony "Seinen-shiki" in honor to the youth festival. (the normal form is "seijin-shiki")

It also seems that the (style of the) coming-of-age ceremony, which was popularized in Japan, is highly evaluated overseas as "a dress that everyone finds beautiful".

However, my impression is that every year, on the morning after the coming-of-age ceremony, there are headlines on the news about people who have behaved in an unacceptable way.

It may has become a spectacle that "you see on the news every year.",

However, as someone who is still waiting for the coming-of-age ceremony, I'm wondering why it's happening, but maybe it's because they wanted to be freed from the suffocation of the world, "just for today!".

Please don't get too carried away.

Always hold on to your brakes and be safe, because suddenly braking can cause injury.

Once again, to all the new adults

Congratulations on your coming of age!!

Makeruna! Shogeruna! Noriokureruna! #7 (January 9th)

  Promote it more! It's a voluntary Nanakusa porrige party!

(Nanakusa's explanation below)

Me, nervous before Kouhaku Uta Gassen

I'm Hayashi Runa, a 4th gen member of Nogizaka46.

The seven herbs of spring are: seri, nazuna(shepherd's purse), gogyo(jersey curweed), hakobera(fivestripe wrasse), hotokenosa(henbit deadnettle), turnip and daikon.

I don't even remember where I learned them, but I used to chant them like crazy when I was a child.

Yes, it's that time of year again.

The time to eat those New Year's dishes like Osechi and Zouni. 

On February 3rd, the day of the Setsubun Festival, are eaten Ebomaki and Fukumame. (This year, it's February 2nd for the first time in 124 years).

Chirashi-sushi, is eaten on March 3rd, the day of the Peach Festival.

Nanakusa-gayu, rice gruel or porridge eaten on January 7th to pray for good health.

So many disparity........

There are quite a lot of foods in Japan that are called "event-foods," 

but are there any that are more inconspicious than Nanakusa-gayu?

No, no. Please do not think that I am dissinging that tradition or even mocking it.

I'm very serious.

I think it is a bit overshadowed, or not promoted enough.

It is said that it is meant to "rest the stomach and intestines weakened by the New Year's festive food and drinks, etc.", 

but I guess everyone is still in the midst of the New Year's spirit.

That being said, 

I think that Shichikusa porridge has been slightly overshadowed 

by the New Year's mood that the world is still in.

When an event is approaching, supermarkets are full of foods related to the event.

They even hold their own festival outside the store, with banners saying "XX Festival".

However, I have never seen in my life such VIP treatment given to Nanakusa.

In fact, when I went to the supermarket the other day, 

I found that there was no Nanakusa porridge crew waiting for the 7th, 

but a large group of luck beans dominating the shelves.

You should promote it more......!

In order to keep this wonderful tradition alive, 

today I'm going to try something that no one has ever experienced before, 

and probably no one will ever experience again, the "Nanakusa Porridge Party".

(now is January 7th)

I can't say that it's not too late,

but let's heal our bodies from the New Year's fatigue and change our minds as soon as possible.

I look forward to working with you again in 2021!

Makeruna! Shogeruna! Noriokureruna! #6 (January 2nd)

 "Christmas" is not fair, isn't?   Discussion of the bar lowering problem. ("bar" more like social constraints, etc.)

This was a difficult mosaic to do, you know

It's Nogizaka46's 4th gen, hayashi runa.

Happy New Year, everyone.

The other day I wrote about my thoughts on Christmas on my personal blog, 

but the content was a bit too biased and in the end I couldn't share it with you.

But no! I don't want to let the statute of limitations end!

(lapse of rights after a period of time (Christmas), I'm just quoting)

 It's still less than 10 days after Christmas, so I'm just in time.

It'd be more appropriate to write about the year-end and New Year holidays, but that's for next time.

The rest of this article is a rough draft (written previously) and will be shown unchanged.

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I've been thinking about Christmas lately.

I think that Christmas is a time when people are always talking about their loved ones, 

whether they are "non-real lovers" or "normal lovers", etc. 

In essence, I think Valentine's Day is more suitable for this kind of thing, but...

I'm still wondering, "Why Christmas...?"

Originally, Christmas is a celebration held by Christians.

It's a Christian event, and so is Halloween.

Since there are a lot of non-religious people in Japan, 

it's easy for other cultures to enter the country.

However, Christmas in other countries isn't so much about spending time with lovers as it is in Japan.

Rather, it seems that foreigners are more interested in spending time with someone at New Year's.

This is a bit off topic, but I just thought about this problem.

『If the opposite sex asks you out on Christmas, does it means that they like you and want to go on a date with you?』

Well, it's not really a problem, but I think Christmas is not fair sometimes.

⚠️From now on I'm just biased.

Actually, at that time, 

(there are people who are usually like...)

"It happened to be Christmas when I decided to confess my feelings~ ♡"

What a surprise.

I'm sure you've got the timing just right.

Maybe it's because in Japan, Christmas = spending time with your lover.

I think that an invitation in Christmas = invitation to be liked/loved.

That is, if my hypothesis is correct.

If it's right, it's not fair ! ! !

"If you're free on the 25th, would you like to go to __ (with me)?"

The effect of that word would be enormous, wouldn't it?

At this point, you can make the other person think that maybe you like them.

This is like an insurance, or a way to lower the bar for a direct confession.

But! If you make a hint in advance, 

the other person will probably have some idea at the time when you're thinking "I'm going to confess!"

There's no need to raise the voltage too suddenly.

I think this phenomenon is unique to Japan.

Therefore, I think that Japanese people are insuring themselves by using the equation:

"Christmas = spending time with your lover" as the basis.

I thought that this might be the reason why Japanese people is more conscious of spending Christmas with their lovers than people overseas.

If you wish to make it clear instead of showing hints, you might ask her/him out on Valentine's Day.

The reason why I'm saying this is that when I was thinking about the "Christmas problem" of before, 

I asked my friend's opinion, and she was clearly upset. 

I wondered what went wrong and then she told me that was facing the problem in a timely way.   

Then I thought, "uff~, it's hot here~" 

Since this story is so full of prejuices, you may think,

 "You definitely hate Christmas www" 

but I really, really love Christmas.

Do I have a clear reason? No, I don't, but...

I think it's the way the whole city prepares for this day.

It's really nice.

Well, if you think of it as "the 4th Friday of December" 

instead of "December 25th", it's actually just a normal weekday.

Have fun.

Happy Merry Christmas

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...that's what I wrote back then.

Did you have a wonderful Christmas?

I'm looking forward for your continued support this year.

Makeruna! Shogeruna! Noriokureruna! #5 (December 26th)

Let's enjoy Christmas alone and don't make false assumptions.

A relatively nice sky as a present.

It's Nogizaka46's hayashi runa.

(This story) is about the other day.

I was running to the station because I was going to be late for the train, 
and I crashed heavily in front of a traffic light on the way.

It was getting colder and colder, 

so my numb body wasn't aware of the pain, 

and all I could do was see the light turning red in front of me.

I made up my mind to give up and take the next express train, 

and since there was no need to hurry anymore,

I just walked slowly while stumbling.

Then suddenly my right hand came into view, 

and to my surprise, 

there was a stream of blood running down it.

As soon as the realization of "I was injured when I fell" came to the center of my mind, 

the wound started to throb and hurt.

Do you know about Bernard Lown's blood experiment?        (Bernard is the writer of the book where this story is from, but runa referred him as the prisoner)

Let me give you a very simplified explanation.

Once upon a time, there was a man condemned to death who refused to be executed, 

and because he refused, a group of doctors offered him "an experiment", 

and if he did so, he would be pardoned from his sentence.

The experiment was, superficially, to see "how much blood a person could lose before dying."

The prisoner was tied to a bed and blindfolded for the experiment.

The doctors said, "We will begin the experiment now~" and inserted a scalpel into the prisoner's toe.

The bucket at his feet began to fill with blood, and the doctors continued to talk with him.

"Normally, you'd die in a third of the time."

"How much longer is that?"

"Oh, you're almost there."

Shortly after hearing that, the prisoner died.

Actually, this experiment is not about "how much blood a person could lose before dying'.

The doctors only gave to the prisoner a small cut on his foot.

There was no blood from the beginning, 

what was perceived as the sound of blood flowing was the sound of water falling into the bucket.

The essence of this experiment was, "Can we die only by our imagination?"

They simply poured drops of water into the bucket and made people believe that blood was flowing out.

This is called the "nocebo effect" which means that this effect has a negative impact on your body,

and that's what happened to me when I fell in front of the traffic light.

Well, even though it shouldn't actually hurt that much, 

my brain thought, "a lot of blood = extremely painful".

It's similar to the phenomenon that when you happen to measure your temperature with a thermometer and if it's higher than expected, you start to feel lethargic.

That's what I thought on Christmas Day.

Are you all okay?

Didn't you drown yourself in the belief that you have a lover?

Let's just be honest and enjoy being alone.

Thanks for your hard work this week.