26 September 2013 Is Google Actually Making Us Stupid? Is Google‚ with all of its information at the tip of our fingers actually making us dumber than we are? On July 1st 2008 an article was written by Nicholas Carr titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and this article was taken differently by many people. He talks about how he has problems reading ever since he discovered Google. Carr states “my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety‚ lose the thread‚ begin
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How we perceive ourselves and influence others’ perception To begin with the first principle of‚ how people perceive the world in different ways. Of course‚ each single person has his or her own way of thinking and understanding the world. Evidently‚ this individualistic way of thinking has been predisposed upon every one of us by forces such as: physical condition‚ cultural background and social roles. These invisible forces disturb the flow of successful communication. As such‚ my perception will
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for the virus of social ills‚ although it has been spread widely since hundred years ago? It is possible if we have found the vaccine for social ills before the black day‚ 4th June 1981; the HIV virus may not spread throughout this world. This is because the HIV virus had been firstly detected from a couple of homosexual in America. A popular saying goes‚ “it is as well to know which ways the wind blows‚” as it is better to know first the causes of the social ills before we eagerly take precautions
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Cristhian Ramirez Professor Miller English 1101 April 20‚ 2011 Are we innately bound to corrupt ourselves? In the seventeenth century some rich and poor set of in the Mayflower to escape from a Puritan king whose religious belief was enforced to all. Now although there were other reasons for escaping from England the goal was clear‚ establish a new home without an oppressing king and more opportunities for everyone. What would develop from then on would be called the bill of rights‚ which
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Day in‚ Day out we all start our day doing more than one thing at a time. The morning starts with ironing our clothes while we listen to the news‚ delegating tasks to our family members to get our day going in what we call a productive manner‚ or better yet‚ “killing two birds with one stone.” We are all guilty of some form of multi-tasking. The article written by Alina Tugend gives an outlook on the art of multi-tasking and the effects. Reading the article the author wants us to think about
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The principle of "innocent until proven guilty" should not be taken lightly. "Presumption of innocence" means to stress that the prosecution has the duty to prove each charge of the illegal/unlawful act beyond a reasonable doubt and that the accused bears no burden of proof. However‚ the notion of being innocent until proven guilty is not a right granted by the Constitution but is a part of common law. Ultimately common law uses former courts cases to make its determinations in regards to innocence
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school district you attend and/or cultural group? They put my high school friends and peers in a category of being a thug‚ teen parent‚ academic failure and more. The list goes on with the categories we are put in as students of McCaskey High School of the SDoL. There have been times where I was “guilty by association” not because I wanted to be‚ but because of where I attend school. As a student of J.P. McCaskey High School‚ I have dealt with being categorized by students from other high schools
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Socrates: Guilty or Not? Socrates is one of the founders of Western philosophy. The dialogues‚ written by many of his students‚ such as Plato‚ represent a unique way of questioning how we should live our lives‚ and who do we aspire to become. He was a very intelligent man who was very concerned about ethics‚ being a good Athenian‚ and doing what is just. In Plato’s Apology the reader experiences all of Socrates characteristics as if they where sitting right there with
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ENG 0950 Spring 2014 Essay 3 The Longman Reader Select one of the topics below and respond in an essay of between 650 and 1000 words. Develop your own thesis and supporting ideas/details. Include clear‚ concrete examples so that you can “show” rather than “tell.” Write a 1-3 sentence summary of either the TedTalks Video or The Longman Reader essay in your essay so that your readers understand your references. Also include a quotation from the essay. Acknowledge any source you use in your essay
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about murders being convicted and put into jail. If the court decides that someone is guilty of a murder‚ then you will automatically assume that they’re guilty. Well in the podcast Serial‚ by Sarah Koenig‚ a man named Adnan Syed is convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee. This podcast really makes you start thinking about who really killed Hae. With the evidence in the podcast‚ I have decided that Adnan is guilty. Adnan killed Hae because the‚ “neighbor boy” claims that he had seen a body been put
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