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    Maling Akala

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    Filipinos commonly make assumptions called "maling akala" or false assumptions that end up being incorrect. These assumptions are often made when people expect something to continue happening repeatedly without basis or when wrongly interpreting romantic interest. False assumptions during elections can misinform some Filipinos when they vote based on familiar names and celebrities instead of policies. This tendency toward false assumptions is exacerbated by shortcomings in the Philippines' education system and the prevalence of poverty. While some assumptions end up being correct, called "tamang hinala", the cycle of making incorrect assumptions before reaching a correct one is a basic way people learn.

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    Filipinos commonly make assumptions called "maling akala" or false assumptions that end up being incorrect. These assumptions are often made when people expect something to continue happening repeatedly without basis or when wrongly interpreting romantic interest. False assumptions during elections can misinform some Filipinos when they vote based on familiar names and celebrities instead of policies. This tendency toward false assumptions is exacerbated by shortcomings in the Philippines' education system and the prevalence of poverty. While some assumptions end up being correct, called "tamang hinala", the cycle of making incorrect assumptions before reaching a correct one is a basic way people learn.

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    Filipinos commonly make assumptions called "maling akala" or false assumptions that end up being incorrect. These assumptions are often made when people expect something to continue happening repeatedly without basis or when wrongly interpreting romantic interest. False assumptions during elections can misinform some Filipinos when they vote based on familiar names and celebrities instead of policies. This tendency toward false assumptions is exacerbated by shortcomings in the Philippines' education system and the prevalence of poverty. While some assumptions end up being correct, called "tamang hinala", the cycle of making incorrect assumptions before reaching a correct one is a basic way people learn.

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    Maling Akala

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    Alyssa Nicole Cruz
    Filipinos commonly make assumptions called "maling akala" or false assumptions that end up being incorrect. These assumptions are often made when people expect something to continue happening repeatedly without basis or when wrongly interpreting romantic interest. False assumptions during elections can misinform some Filipinos when they vote based on familiar names and celebrities instead of policies. This tendency toward false assumptions is exacerbated by shortcomings in the Philippines' education system and the prevalence of poverty. While some assumptions end up being correct, called "tamang hinala", the cycle of making incorrect assumptions before reaching a correct one is a basic way people learn.

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    CRUZ, Alyssa Nicole G.

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    Why/how do Filipinos employ “maling akala” or “tamang hinala” in reasoning and how does this

    affect their knowledge about the world?

    “Maling akala” has always been a regular occurence in the lives of Filipinos. It is so common

    that a song entitled “Maling Akala”even exists. “Maling akala,” or false assumption in English,

    is when people assume something to be either true or false, but in the end, their assumption was

    not correct. People tend to make false assumptions in a number of situations.

    False assumptions are usually made by people when they’ve been so accustomed to something

    happening because of several repeating occurrences, they assume that it will happen again in the

    future with no solid basis for judgment other than the fact that it has happened several times

    before. False assumptions are also made when, in the context of relationships, someone assumes

    that someone else is romantically interested because of uncommon actions that a romantically

    interested person would normally do. From experience and observation of those around me,

    those assumptions are almost always wrong.

    On a heavier and more unfortunate note, false assumptions are especially made during election

    seasons. Most people would vote for those politicians’ names they would usually see on

    publicity materials such as commercials, posters, etc., those politicians who are endorsed by the
    country’s biggest celebrities, or those politicians who are actually celebrities themselves. This is

    because these politicians are the easiest to get to know for them, and also they would be the most

    familiar, especially when they’re claiming to have achieved so much. It is when false

    assumptions are made under this context that the miseducation of some Filipinos is most evident.

    It is not unknown that the Philippines’ education system isn’t the best one out there. That,

    together with poverty still rampant in the country, are two main contributors as to why a huge

    percentage of Filipinos today still lack in education. Since they have little to no education to

    back up their thoughts and assumptions, they would most likely base them on past experiences

    and/or on to what they are frequently exposed to, thus, the frequent occurrence of the “maling

    akala”.

    Not all assumptions end up being false, though. Some may actually turn out to be true, thus, you

    have what we call “tamang hinala” in Filipino. It’s because of these correct assumptions that

    Filipinos have the confidence to keep making even more assumptions, usually just a couple of

    “maling akala”s, until they get a “tamang hinala” again. In a sense, this is actually one of the

    easiest ways for someone to learn — by getting things wrong at first until you learn what’s right.

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