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    beings life‚ especially in that of a human. Many people choose to believe what they see‚ and believing links with knowing as it is a component of knowing. We also choose to see what we believe and therefore both statements are complimentary. Human beings tend to believe with evidence rather than believing in something blindly. Belief is usually based on evidence and the evidence is usually linked with our senses. If we see something‚ we believe in it because we are able to back our assumption with evidence

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    Guilt By Association The first fallacy is an example of Guilt by Association (no Latin name). Guilt by Association is when a stereotype is used as evidence to support an argument. The character who committed this fallacy in Twelve Angry Men was the Stockbroker. The Stockbroker said‚ “He is from a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals.” The Stockbroker committed a fallacy when he brought up the fact that the accused man is from the slums because his argument was that this would give him

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    Crimes that harm business versus crimes committed by business Name Institutional affiliation Date Illegal activities emanating from individuals and business corporations are on the increase. Violence and illicit drugs for instance have are of the major issues of concerns for business leaders and policy makers (Cavender and Cullen 2006). In the history of the world‚ the criminals who involved themselves in drugs and violence belong to certain group of criminal ethnic groups. However‚ with

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    How Do I See

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    How I would like to see myself in the next 10 years? For the next 10 years I want to see myself succeed in every aspect such as self‚ family/social‚ economic‚ and spiritual. I would like to see myself still in service‚ growing in my profession and continuous my study / schooling. So‚ I will improve more in the areas of my weaknesses and make use of my full potential and ability in achieving my personal goals. By that time‚ I am continuing practicing my profession as Psychologist and perhaps

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    Social media and Media Education in the 2000s 1. Social media and Media Education in the 2000s Media Education can be described quite enlightening and protecting sector in the education field. Social media is seen as a lurking‚ horrible threat‚ which could make an inexperienced follower’s worldview easily distorted. The victim of social porn is usually thought of as a helpless‚ growing child‚ but recently we have begun to pay more attention to the media education of adults too. The subject

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    In the book‚ All the Light We Cannot See‚ by Anthony Doerr‚ many of the characters stories can seem fascinating to the modern reader. Marie’s story deals with her blindness‚ and how her father attempts to assist her by making a model of the neighborhood they used to live in‚ making puzzle boxes for her to solve on her birthdays‚ and even traveling with her on his back through the French countryside to Saint-Malo when the Germans attacked their town. Werner’s story‚ which is quite fascinating‚ deals

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    How I See Myself

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    How Do I See Myself in Ten Years? Where do I see myself in ten years?   Thinking about this question gave me a chance to analyse my goals‚ wishes‚ and ambitions.   In ten years I know I want the basic things of life‚ love‚ family‚ and happiness and the opportunity to pursue my dreams.   I would like to be honoured with having children with my future wife. I will be employed by a top automotive company.   I will own my own business; either still live in Melbourne or in another state and be able to

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    Mass media doesn’t tell you what to think‚ but it tells you what to think about Body 1 According to Stanley J. Baran’s (2002) definition of Agenda setting‚ it is a theory that argues that the media may not tell us what to think‚ but the media tells us what to think about. Since the media cannot tell us what to think‚ it cannot dictate ones’ opinion on a subject. An example of this is the subject of taxes. This issue is commonly discussed by the media‚ but it is up to the audience’s interpretation

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    According to Gary Curtis‚ a logical fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. (Curtis‚ 2012) There are‚ at least‚ ten of them that we know of. Many dieting commercials‚ like Nutri-System‚ can lay claim to a few of them. I believe that Nutri-System uses appeal to popularity and appeal to emotion. The appeal to popularity comes from the use of Jennifer Hudson and Marie Osmond touting them and the appeal to emotion comes from the need of obese women to lose weight. The fallacy comes in because a normal woman

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    Thursday‚ 8:30 - 11:15 pm In the article “ Why you need social media” by Patrick Gillooly gives feedback to Cal Newport’s article‚ which describes various effects of social media in this modernized world. Patrick Gillooly talks about not to quit social media‚ which according to his research helps many people in getting employment‚ which is too essential for an individual in his professional life. On the other hand Cal.newport clarify that how bad social media reflect to people in this society. I strongly

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