1. In Chapter 5‚ of Supercrunchers‚ "Experts versus Equations"‚ the author makes a great case for the fact that equations predict better than humans. What reasons does the author give that illustrate why a human cannot make predictions as well as an equation? Reason 1: the human mind tends to suffer from a number of well documented cognitive failings and biases that distort our ability to predict accurately. Reason 2: Once we form a mistaken belief about something‚ we tend to cling to it. We are
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Human society fears what they do not understand. When we observe something as unfamiliar we perceive it as a threat. This is what occurred in Salem‚ as dozens of people were hanged after being convicted of witchcraft. During Miller’s era Americans were persecuted by their own countrymen for believing in Communism. America feared Communism would take over the world just as the inhabitants of Salem thought evil spirits would overwhelm their mind‚ souls and eventually Salem itself. Fear can quickly
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Monica C. Sangco Due: 4/21/2014 CST130B – Book Review: The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen The book The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen is a historical fiction‚ creating a fictitious account of the life of Jesus through a narrative of a third person. This story brings an interesting‚ more relatable version to the reader as they go through the thoughts and travels of Andreas‚ a Jewish merchant‚ the protagonist of the book. Most events of this story are historically accurate
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Book Review: Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution- and what it means for America Today What kind of country is the United States of America? Is it really the land of the free or are the Americans controlled by an imperial presidency? Is America peaceful and prosperous? Is it possible to identify the source of America’s economic problems? Some people have a clear picture of how things really are; while others are never able to see the entire scope of
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Book Review: “God of the Oppressed” James H. Cone “God of the Oppressed” is a history of the African American Struggle through the complex account of its author‚ James H. Cone. Written in 1975‚ “God of the Oppressed” is the continuation of Cone’s theological position‚ which was introduced in his earlier writings of‚ “Black Theology and Black Power‚” (1969) and “A Black Theology of Liberation” (1975). This final account was put together and published as a response to the continuous dismissal of
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Quarter 1 Book Writing Imagine the worst dog possible. That dog has a name‚ Marley. There’s only one person I can think of to take care of him‚ John Grogan. John Grogan‚ in ¨Marley and Me¨ written by John Grogan‚ is a natural at dog training‚ even though you wouldn’t know from his appearance. Actually‚ you really can’t tell anything from his appearance. John has a pretty casual look to him. He wears casual clothes‚ has an average body‚ as well as height. The only thing that would really stick out
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Mo . [Email address] Mo . [Email address] ANTH 3330 S. Metress ANTH 3330 S. Metress Slaughterhouse Blues: Book Review Michael Farhoud Slaughterhouse Blues: Book Review Michael Farhoud In Slaughterhouse Blues‚ anthropologist Donald Stull and social geographer Michael Broadway explore the advent‚ history‚ and implications of modern food production. The industrialized system behind what we eat is one of the most controversial points of political interest in our society today. Progressions in productive
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the East the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) lurked with its communism. Having started soon after the Second World War‚ and ending with the fall of the Berlin wall in 1990‚ the Cold War spanned 43 years. Coinciding with this “war” was John Wyndham`s career of being a writer of full-fledged literature. In those days‚ every news outlet ranging from television to radio broadcast‚ from printed media like newspapers to simple word-of-mouth‚ reported the latest antics of the two ideological
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Austin Smith Book Review Killing Lincoln This past month I have been reading Bill Oreillys killing Lincoln. This book shows Lincolns process of ending slavery and dealing with the civil war. The book tells the story of our president trying to do good things‚ while John Wilkes Booth is planning to do a really bad deed by killing Lincoln. This book shows us that Lincoln had a lot on his plate dealing with the Civil war and the criticism from the south. He was obviously not supported in the
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Honors 15 November 2016 Founding Brothers Book Review Founding Brothers‚ whom the author is Joseph Ellis‚ had six sections that are used to show how the leaders of the Revolutionary Generation reveal their uncertainty about the ability of the new republic to survive and the two issues that threaten the nation‚ slavery‚ and the parties’ differences. The book is focused on Aaron Burr‚ George Washington‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ James Madison‚ John Adams‚ and Thomas Jefferson. The six sections
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