Daijie Qi Nov 16 1. Steven‚ P. (2010). Mind over mass media. (2nd ed.‚ pp. 199-200). New York: The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html The article “Mass over Mass Media”‚ written by Steven Pinker for the New York Times in 2010‚ shows that the new technology are “the only things that will keep us smart” instead of making us stupid (p 200). Even though many media critics argue that Power Point‚ Google‚ Twitter and other technologies are
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The blank slate‚ written by Steven Pinker; an experimental psychologist and cognitive scientist‚ examines the ideas behind the ongoing debate regarding human nature and the theories of nature and nurture. The book begins with and in depth outline of the three doctrines of the nurture debate‚ the first being “The blank slate” which asserts that individuals are “born void of all characters without any ideas” as stated by John Locke (1632-1704) and that behavior is learnt from society and those around
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Steven Pinker writes about the criticisms that media has on our minds. He disagrees with the statements that say media take a toll on our knowledge and intelligence‚ but in fact states that they improve it. His article‚ “Mind over Mass Media” also states that we have control over our minds to not become distracted‚ hence the title of the article. Pinker persuades the readers by using his own experience as a professor of psychology‚ reputation and scientific evidence to support his argument. Pinker
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a punch? Does it surprise you? Well‚ that is how Steven Pinker‚ a professor of psychology at Harvard‚ decided to start his article “What the F***” in The New Republic. It seems inappropriate that a Harvard professor would start any piece of writing in this way; however‚ as the piece goes on‚ his stance on cursing loses its initially crude air and becomes a more credible‚ scientific argument. By introducing cursing in a new scholarly light‚ Pinker is able to morph the reader’s initial repulsion to
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Genomes‚ Transcriptomes‚ and Proteomes 1 1.1 DNA 1.2 RNA and the Transcriptome 1.3 Proteins and the Proteome When you have read Chapter 1‚ you should be able to: Define the terms “genome‚” “transcriptome‚” and “proteome‚” and state how these are linked in the process of genome expression. Describe the two experiments that led molecular biologists to conclude that genes are made of DNA‚ and explain the limitations of those experiments. Give a detailed description of the structure of
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REBUTTAL TO STEVEN PINKER’S PRESENTATION IN “THE GENDER AND SCIENCE DEBATE BETWEEN PINKER AND SPELKE” Steven Pinker’s presentation on the gender and science debate brings into foray the controversial and the somewhat touchy topic of under representation of women in the field of physical sciences‚ mathematics and engineering concentrating on the elite universities like Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. In a niftily presented staging of his points‚ Pinker keeps the
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Myself. From the very start I should say that it is not an easy thing to write about ‘Myself’ as it is hard to look at yourself from aside‚ but at the same time who knows you better than you do? I was born on 17th December 1992 in the town of Taiping which is located in Perak. Born in a small family of six and leads a simple lifestyle has really taught me‚ how significant it is to be a knowledgeable person to survive in this competitive world. My respected father is a retired principal and my
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Functionally‚ eukaryotic genomes can be described as much larger and more complex than prokaryotic genomes. This means regulation is a lot more demanding and intensive within the eukaryotic genome. Due to its complex nature‚ eukaryotic gene regulation can bring genetic changes in its product that affect gene expression‚ phenotypic outlook‚ and advances in biotechnology. This can be thought of as an evolutionary advantage to organisms in an unstable environment. Gene regulation in eukaryotes is a
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Yuanruo Xu Language Development March 15th‚ 2015 Culture and Language Whether language acquisition is a human instinct or not has been discussed by linguists for a long time. As human beings are able to respond and learn all kinds of language patterns that expose to them‚ and children can come up with their own language‚ it is obvious to say that language is a human instinct. However‚ children are not able to learn and master a language without being exposed to a normal language-speaking environment
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The Human Genome Project (HGP) was one of the great feats of exploration in history - an inward voyage of discovery rather than an outward exploration of the planet or the cosmos; an international research effort to sequence and map all of the genes - together known as the genome - of members of our species‚ Homo sapiens. The Human Genome Project was started in 1990 with the goal of sequencing and identifying all three billion chemical units in the human genetic instruction set‚ finding the genetic
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