First‚ watch this video:MythBusters - surprises Then‚ copy and paste the questions below into the submission box and answer the following questions as completely as possible. Complete answers will be at least a paragraph long (a paragraph is at least three full sentences!) or longer. 1. Isaac Asimov‚ a famous science fiction author‚ once said "The most exciting phrase to hear in science‚ the one that heralds new discoveries‚ is not ’Eureka!’ (I’ve found it!)‚ but ’That’s funny...’." Based on
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Through the short story‚ Is Google Making Us Stupid‚ the author‚ Nicholas Carr suggests that the Internet affects how human beings process literary works. He begins to illustrate this point by using a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey where the man purposely disassembles HAL‚ the supercomputer‚ in order to disconnect its ability to think for itself. Carr personifies HAL‚ and describes how it could feel its brain being taken away as the man stripped it of its memory circuits. Carr
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about the effects google has on our b rains. Carr’s writings about technology made appearances in the New York Times Magaz ine‚ Wired‚ the Financial Times and Diee Ziet. The intended audience for his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is general and it’s about if google is effecting our abilities and the way we think. Nicholas Carr uses narration‚ explanation and cause / effect modes to exp lain to readers about how using the internet has changed our abilities‚ inform us on the changes of
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less efficient. It may be true that technology provides us with time-saving devices like push to cars‚ cell-phones that consist of 4G internet access‚ and washing machines with built in dyers; however most of us still complain about not having enough time. Like everything else in the world‚ technology has its pros and cons; it affects peoples’ concentration‚ writing skills‚ and what we consider
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In the article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. He talks about the influence the Internet has on people. How easy it is with the click of a button and you can get thousands of results. This is the power of Google. It’s having effects on the brain but not quite like you would want it to. As a writer Carr would spend time reading lengthy articles. It was easy for him to do. He says that it’s not the case anymore. His concentration starts to bored after two or three pages of reading
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“Dave‚ stop. Stop‚ will you? Stop‚ Dave. Will you stop‚ Dave?” This essay‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr‚ starts by quoting‚ and then talks about a scene from a popular science fiction movie‚ which is not only a good hook‚ but also leads straight into his topic about the issues of technology‚ though he quickly turns to jargon and larger words‚ making it harder to read the essay‚ which is irony as the topic is about how it’s becoming harder to read in bigger chunks. He explains that
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deeply how people learn. The invention of the computer as well as the Internet has‚ in many ways‚ offered new ways of learning. Today‚ children can learn by surfing the Internet and more particularly by “googling” the information needed. Google has succeeded in making the Internet a far more efficient informational medium. Google’s search engine has been engineered to produce better results as the web grows and thereby offer children information needed for their education or for their personal leisure
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2/21/13 Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - Stephen Marche - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/ 1/8 Print | Close • SUBSCRIBE • RENEW • GIVE A GIFT • DIGITAL EDITION Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? SOCIAL MEDIA—FROM FACEBOOK TO TWITTER—HAVE MADE US MORE DENSELY NETWORKED THAN EVER. YET FOR ALL THIS CONNECTIVITY‚ NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN LONELIER (OR MORE NARCISSISTIC)—AND THAT THIS LONELINESS IS MAKING US MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY
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chapters 13 through 15 from the point of view of a critic or an audience member. If I wanted to find fault‚ where would I look? If I wanted to diminish the work and the role of the artist‚ how would I do it? In this essay‚ I’ll use the 1997 graphic Not Stupid Enough from Barbara Kruger‚ as the progressive example‚ and the 1979 sculpture “Dinner Party‚” from Judy Chicago‚ as the not so progressive example. I will compare and contrast each work from the point of view of the progression of women artists from
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In "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Nicholas Carr argues his deep concern on the use of the Internet and how it is affecting our brains. Carr feels like he has built upon the habit of skimming through articles for research. As a frequent user he has built such a strong habit of this that he can now no longer have the patience to sit down and read an actual book. For it lacks the instant gratification he is so used to getting from the Internet: "What the net seems to be doing is chipping away from my
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