Why do we laugh? Where did laughter come from? Is laughter good for our health? These questions come out of my mind whenever I laugh or hear someone laughing. Laughter is to the heart. It raises spirits‚ eases life’s challenges‚ refreshes and heals. We may came from different countries‚ have different cultures and beliefs‚ but we are all human‚ and share the universal language of laughter. The magic of laughter is that it is contagious. We don’t need to know or understand what we are laughing about
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Why Do We Dream? No one knows the true answer as to why we humans dream. Probably no one ever will truly know but there are many theories concerning this topic. One theory brought about by famed psychologist Sigmund Freud is that dreams are secret wish fulfillments of the dreamer. Another is the information-processing theory. A third theory is called the activation-synthesis theory. All three are valid theories that deserved to be looked at and discussed with a little more detail. Sigmund Freud
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find out the truth even if you don’t tell them straight up. So why do we lie? We all have done it and we know its not right
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The one who ventures into the woods of the mind alone will soon come to find that they do not belong to anything at all‚ except the barenaked connection between the usage of plants for sustaining life‚ water for us and those plants so they can grow‚ the connection with the sun for energy‚ and the connection with the animals for various recreational and living purposes. Belonging‚ this thing we think is needed to feel happy and at ease in social situations‚ is just a pure pulling of the cultural strings
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Why we should consume less of McDonald’s Every year McDonald’s comes out with many new great foods‚ We always wanted to try all the new fast food that comes out because of the way they advertise it making it look so delicious but do we know how the McDonald’s fast food is actually affecting us?. McDonald’s food is tasty‚ delicious and is sold cheap‚ making it affordable for everyone and attracts many customers including teens our age but this will result to extreme consequences. Consequences that
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Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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Why do we age? I recently took part in 5 experiments undergoing everyday activities to see how it feels to be; • Blind • Bone density problems • Hearing difficulties • To have limited fine motor skills • Memory loss First activity I took part in expected us to try clothes on (that required buttons) to be able to fasten the buttons wearing thick mittens and gloves. The mittens and the gloves resembled the elderly and the limited fine motor skills (finger movements required to fasten the
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Courtney Anderson Public Speaking T/TH 4:00 22‚ April 2014 Persuasive Speech- Why Should We Eat Breakfast Every Day? Specific purpose: Significant changes need to be implemented to benefit our health. Thesis: In order to address this topic we will examine first‚ what exactly the problem is‚ second‚ it effects‚ and finally‚ what we can do to make this change to our lifestyle. I. Introduction: Attention Getter: How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? Some of you may say really tired; others
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1101 0K1 4 November 2013 Let Us Eat Meat There is always that time in our life were we ask ourselves “Could I actually be a vegetarian‚ could I actually go without eating meat‚ milk‚ cheese and all those yummy foods?” Well most people say they couldn’t do it‚ and I’m right there with them! Why on earth would I deprive myself of meat and many other delicious foods on PURPOSE? It is truly instinctual to crave and want meat‚ so why would we force ourselves to do otherwise? Not eating meat is unnatural
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With countless diets hitting the market each day‚ it can become impossible to know the best route in order to properly fulfill our nutritional needs without wreaking havoc to the world around us. The philosophical book The Ethics of What We Eat by Singer and Mason explores the lasting impact our dietary preferences pose on humans‚ animals‚ and the environment‚ as they offer suggestions on how to improve our ecological footprint through our choices. A lasting theme of the book puts a light on the
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