Like a Freak? Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book with the self-proclaimed purpose of engaging their readers to “retrain their brains.” They say that to think like a Freak is to think more productively‚ more creatively‚ and more rationally. The authors of this book were effective in accomplishing their purpose by engaging readers with various examples of interest and out-of-the-box thinking methods. In Chapter One‚ titled “What Does It Mean to Think Like a Freak
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Can machines think? Turing didn’t describe the human vs. machine game right away‚ to make a point. He didn’t just flip a coin to see what he was going to write about. His point is simple. If you can distinguish between a man and a machine‚ in the game‚ you could come to the conclusion that the machine doesn’t think‚ right? WRONG! He introduced the idea of the man vs. woman game to prove that making such a conclusion is not in fact a conclusion‚ but an assumption. If it was a fact that‚ if you
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Scientists have been studying animal intelligence since the 1960s and most are coming to the conclusion that animals are smarter than most previously thought. In the article “Can Animals Think.”‚ Eugene Linden makes a compelling argument that same animals have the capacity to reason and feel. Many animals are smarter than people give them credit for. The first creative example is Fu Manchu’s incredible escape. The article states that the orangutan used a piece of metal to “slide a wire into the gap
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10 Tasty Brain Foods to Enjoy Now Delicious brain foods to give your energy‚ help you learn‚ think and move. By Philippa Norman MD‚ MPH 1. Quick! Think Avocado! Avocados are smooth and creamy because of their fat content. They are rich in a fatty acid called oleic acid‚ which helps to build the coating of insulation‚ known as myelin (found in white matter of the brain.) Myelin helps information travel at speeds of up
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Advert Analysis Recently we have been asked to choose an advert and analyse the chosen advert. I have chosen a TV advert by the ’Think!’ campaign‚ it is the campaign called ’kill your speed‚ or live with it’‚ which is also the slogan of the advert. The purpose of the advert is a threat to drivers‚ scaring them into not speeding. The audience is targeted at all drivers‚ it focuses on what happens to you‚ as the driver if you are speeding and kill and innocent child. This spine chilling advert
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IF WE THINK GLOBALLY‚ DO WE OPPRESS LOCALLY? Our society is experiencing nowadays a budgetary crisis that prompts it for early solutions. This awful situation is affecting many countries which are trying to withdraw to early times. Nevertheless‚ things don´t seem to keep very well. Might it be because of thinking globally and therefore oppressing locally? I will try to give my opinion using some examples drawn from our culture‚ starting from the highest level of it. In order to solve the crisis
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Nursing: Think in Practical way Nursing is an exciting and challenging field to study. Nursing uses a scientific process to plan care for people in acute illnesses and teach them how to stay healthy or cope with their illness. Nurses basically the helper of the doctors. They assist the doctors by giving medicine‚ treatments‚ tests‚ injections‚ or draw blood as directed by the physician. They also observe patients for mental‚ physical‚ social and or emotional changes and record changes. There
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“THINK BEFORE YOU POST” This is really the golden rule of online communication. Online communication is instant‚ wide-reaching and difficult to retract‚ so you need to be sure you want it out there before you put it out there. A couple of seconds re-reading your post‚ thinking about the photo‚ or running the worst-case scenario through your head can save you a lot of real-life pain. The only person you can trust to keep your private photos private is you. Once you send them to someone else‚ they’re
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In their third book‚ Think Like A Freak‚ authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner are back with their unorthodox writing style to divulge the secrets to “thinking like a freak”. Levitt and Dubner‚ authors of the international best sellers Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics‚ have developed a new paperback toolkit towards thinking differently in order to solve ones problems. The secrets to “thinking like a freak” are reveled by distinctive themes inside creative anecdotes that challenge the norms
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Ryan Powers Dr. Benita Dilley CATA 235: Small Group Communication March 21‚ 2006 Book: Janis‚ Irving L. Groupthink. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1982 Executive Summary: In this book Janis writes about the group phenomena known as groupthink. He breaks down the some of the reasons why groupthink occurs and gives theories‚ implications‚ and applications of groupthink. Also‚ he connects his findings on groupthink to political fiascoes and demonstrates that groupthink is the leading cause behind these mishaps
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