Can a Machine Know? Martin Eddy 6/5/10 TOK Essay Word Count: 1213 In today’s day and age‚ the question “Can a Machine Know?” is very important and relevant to what we are doing with machines in making them more and more humanlike and capable of human functions. A machine‚ as defined on Dictionary.com “is an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions‚ used in the performance of some kind of work.” That seems simple enough‚ not very complicated at all. But then if
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“Can the Subaltern Speak” Response Spivak’s article‚ while difficult to get through‚ brings up many interesting points. She ultimately comes to the conclusion that the subaltern cannot speak. Yet in coming to that conclusion she explains reasons why they cannot. Early into the essay‚ Spivak asks the question‚ “Are those who act and struggle mute‚ as opposed to those who act and speak?” (70). She asks this question in response to Deleuze’s pronouncement that‚ “‘[a] theory is like a box of tools…
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Fruit can make electricity!? Title: Fruit can make electricity!? I. Purpose The purpose of this activity is to find out if electricity can be made from some fruits. II. Hypothesis Fruits can generate electricity III. Procedure A. Research Electricity Is one type of energy or power. The electricity in one form or another is all around us. For example‚ our bodies and other living things have electricity in them. By controlling the electricity around us‚ by making it work for us‚ we have changed
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The modern technology is all making things easily available. Internet has provided us the easy downloadable versions of most books we need. Can internet world replace the world of books and words? Give your own views in not less than 250 words. Most people are discontinuing the contemporary practices of attaining education‚ and they are keener towards acquiring knowledge by the use of technological innovations. Books have acted as a true asset in imparting knowledge‚ but now the reliance on internet
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Entrepreneur Essay: Is entrepreneurship genetic or can it be learned? Introduction This essay is about whether entrepreneurship can be learned or whether it is in built in someone’s character. I will explore this by using economic‚ entrepreneurial‚ as well as a recent Wall Street Journal article entitle‚ ‘Can Entrepreneurship be taught?’ “It is well established that‚ while only a small proportion of all entrepreneurial firms grow rapidly‚ this small minority delivers a disproportional
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best interest to pursue it. Sometimes stubbornness can be a good thing‚ but sometime it can also be a bad thing. For instance‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ a man who was rejected from positions of leadership eight times‚ out of stubbornness‚ continued to pursue his dreams and ultimately rose to become one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States. However‚ although stubbornness can be beneficial to many people like Abraham Lincoln‚ it can also be detrimental in many instances as well. If
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How Shakespeare’s Juliet can be recontextualised The original play by Shakespeare and Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s interpretation of the play are all different versions of the classical tragic story of Romeo and Juliet. When reading the play or seeing Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s film we can observe various differences between them. Juliet‚ being one of the dominating characters of this story can be seen to be recontextualised differently through her personality‚ looks and role in society. Juliet’s
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of the benefits or because we believe we don’t have any options for anything better. Staying with a job merely because we’ve found a level of comfort there through familiar faces‚ routine tasks or a level of salary that we can survive on doesn’t mean we’ve found what can ensure a lifetime of happiness. Many with a college degree who restricted their vision to openings only within their field of expertise have discovered that. Yet‚ you might be surprised to learn that the percentage of people who
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Catch me if you can! By: Marco Donis In the beginning of the story Frank’s parents decide to get a divorce‚ resulting in Frank becoming emotionally distraught‚ he becomes a very lost and confused teenager looking to escape the feelings of sorrow Frank decides to run away for he can not choose which parent t olive with being so Young and innocent to the real World he figures the easiest way to make money is to scandal people and banks for his survival‚ this talent comes easy to frank. When
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portrayed‚ she is put in the second position below the man. She is always kept silent. Identifying this issue‚ Indian critic and feminist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak asks— can the subaltern speak? in her essay ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’. To answer this question‚ she says: “There is no space from which the sexed subaltern subject can speak . . . The subaltern cannot speak” (Spivak 103-104). The reason‚ Spivak shows‚ is that Indian woman is always given a label of Sati or good wife. “Sati as a woman’s
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