agenda’s‚ truth is sometimes ignored or becomes irrelevant. The question is if truth has become so twisted that it doesn’t really exist in its original meaning anymore? If truth has been lost there must be a substitute‚ this is where post-truth originated. Post-truth is when decisions are based upon emotions rather than facts‚ this is dangerous because each person feels a different way and therefore can justify melding a subject to fit their own liking. Post-truth has caused all truths to be called
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Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)‚ Karl Popper suggests that no scientific theory can be classified as truth. The only thing that can be done is to attempt to falsify the theory over and over again reject the theory repeatedly in different situations. Each failed attempt will strengthen the theory and bring it closer to the truth. Hence‚ Popper claimed that the truth of a hypothesis can never be confirmed. A hypothesis is an “if-then” statement‚ which that is an assumption of causality
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The Diary of Anne Frank ! This summer I read The Diary of Anne Frank. This book was a diary written by Anne Frank who was a young Jewish girl living during the German occupation of Holland‚ and was translated by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday. In her diary she writes about what her and her mother‚ father‚ and older sister Margot went through because of their culture and beliefs. In 1942‚ Anne and her family went into hiding to avoid being sent to a concentration camp by the Nazi’s. !
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There are six elements of intrinsict of Ugly Duckling. The first element is theme. Theme is the underlying meaning of writing. The theme of this prose is man vs. society. It is man vs. society because the ugly duckling is being left out and made fun of by society. He is being treated differently because he looks different than a normal duckling should look like. He was so stressful and he decided to run away from society and live on his own to try and find his place in the world. The second element
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The message behind Scott Westerfeld’s novel ‘Uglies’ is that we should not focus on external beauty‚ rather look further into an individual’s personality. The novel demonstrates this message by exaggerating the effects of only focusing on external beauty through the Pretties‚ how they only care about having fun and how it lines up with our society. Uglies creates the idea of lesions in the brain to account for the way humans act when only focusing on external beauty‚ oblivious to the world around
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Running Head: COMMUNICATION VIA “THE KID” 1 Interpersonal Communication as lost from the movie “The Kid” COMMUNICATION VIA “THE KID” 2 The interpersonal communication in the movie “The Kid” is unique in some aspects. Russ‚ the middle aged character‚ has an indifference to everyone he communicates with at the beginning of the movie. As the movie progresses‚ you can see how Russ’s interpersonal communication
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Kids gain knowledge best by watching conducts of adults and replicating it is a contentious one. Many people think that this is the most effective for the children to learn. However the opposites are not few in numbers. In this essay I’ll discuss some argument for and against of the given topic. The behavior of the adults plays a significant role in shaping children’s inclination and character. After the baby is born the first and the nearest adults are his/her parents. Then the little baby starts
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you ever wondered what would it be liked if where you live and what you do was based on your looks? Well in the book Uglies‚ by Scott Westerfeld which has 425 pages you can find out how it would be. In the book‚ Uglyville is where all the people who are under 16 live and Pretty Town is the place where everyone older and who has the operation live. Tally Youngblood is your average Ugly who can’t wait to be a pretty where the only thing you have to do is party all night. Her friend‚ Peris is already
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“Ugly” is something I said I would refrain from during my campaign for office. I’m going to hold true to that through the election and afterwards‚ win or lose. My reasoning for that is; I know whoever is elected must move forward and serve the citizens‚ regardless of what happens during the campaign‚ whether that be me or one of my opponents. It is a hard enough job with the amount of hatred already surrounding police officers. Adding insult to injury is bad for our community. Tough questions have
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Leslie an Ugly Caterpillar Once upon a time‚ there was a little caterpillar called Leslie. She was an ugly caterpillar. She was fat and couldn’t walk quickly. The only beautiful thing about her was she had agleam eyes. It was like two shining jewels. Leslie didn’t live alone in Neverland‚ she lived with Bufo the bee‚ Pincher the locust and Binks the bumblebee. But no one wanted to be her friend. They always derided her as an ugly and fat insect. One day as usual in the morning she started
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