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TIPS 070: J'心'

体の中のどこかにあり、人間の精神作用や
感情を生み出す元として考えられているもの。
心臓にあると考えられていた時代もあり、
英単語の『ｈｅａｒｔ』が心を意味すると同時に
心臓を意味するのはその名残であるといえる。
今日、心はどこにあるのかと言われれば、
その最有力候補はやはり脳であると思われるが、
医学的に解明されているわけではない。

また、実態がまったく明らかになっていないにも
関わらず、その病気の存在だけは認知されており
（一般的に精神疾患と呼ばれる）、
治し方までもがある程度確立しているのが興味深い。

ただし、『心がない』と称する人間に対しての治療法はあるのだろうか？
心のありかがハッキリしない以上、
本当に『ない』かどうかを調べる（診察する）ことさえできない。
まるで、悪魔の不在を証明しなければならないような難問だ。
誠が答えに窮するのも無理はない。
とりあえず、頑張れ。

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TIPS 070: E'Heart/Kokoro'

In Japanese, "kokoro", or "heart", refers to a place somewhere in the body that can be thought
to be the source of logic and emotion.
In other words, it's similar to the concept of a "soul".
In the past, the "heart" was thought to be located in the heart
(the organ, which is called "shinzou" in Japanese).
As a remnant of this, the word "heart" refers to both the concept and the organ in English.
Today, if you were to ask where the "heart" is located,
the most likely answer you'd get would be "the brain",
but this is something even doctors can't clarify.

Despite that there is no scientific evidence of its existence,
at the very least, the existence of illnesses associated with it (known as mental illnesses),
have been acknowledged.
Interestingly enough, that field has gone far, to the extent that the study of treatment methods for these illnesses is a very prominent field.

However, are there any treatment methods for someone who claims that they have "no heart"?
As long as it's not clear if a heart actually exists,
there is no way to medically examine whether or not they "don't" have one.
It's a difficult problem that's similar to the Devil's Proof,
and only natural that Makoto is at a loss for an answer.
At any rate, good luck.

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