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Institutions and societies are often worlds of difference. Institutions always paint the ideal scenario, only to be disappointed by societies.

There are many theories researched by experts about many issues, such as how children should be scaffolded when they were young, what sort and what amount of nutrition one should have in a day, which fiscal policies should the government use when they wanted to turn their economy around, and so on. Institutional researchers often have the data and information to back their findings. Their research papers will be detailed and professionally presented and published into books. Very often, these institutional researchers are also some kind of a lecturer in universities. Their books will then be used as textbooks by fresh blood, (which means that the new students have to buy their books) or used by anyone who needed the information to help them make a decision.


However, have the institutional researchers realised that as their research papers are published, a whole new paradigm is being formed? The world is changing ever so rapidly that even old folks need to run if they are to survive in the society.

Institutional researchers seem to omit this “Change” factor. They are always studying backdated journals and theories, and they always use these journals and theories to substantiate their new findings. Furthermore, many researches can be easily manipulated to get the desired results. (I do not mean that all researches are rigged.)

So how are we going to ever know what is true and what is false? That is an answer that I do not know. (Seems like I only know how to complain.) I guess the truth is based on individual perceptions and experiences and how open minded one is. As for me, I will carry on reading the journals and theories, but I will not be overly awed by them. I will live with change and take things as they come along.