People marry to get company that they would not get if they were single. Nobody wants to return to an empty home‚ which is what happens if you do not marry. Isolation can be killing. Studies have shown that isolation can be harmful to health as heavy smoking or drinking. It is only in the movies that bachelors look young and carefree. If you see men who are single‚ after the age of 28 or so‚ you will find that they look older and more worn out than married persons of the same age. Scores of studies
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Our environment faces many problems today‚ and as we advance into the 21st century the problems that we face become more and more evident. Inflation on luxuries that we house today like gasoline and electricity have increased dramatically over the past half century. Other problems faced such as population and hunger‚ not only in 3rd world countries‚ but right here in the United States as well‚ have struck hard as the population of people have increased so greatly that our world cannot control the
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When Should We Trust Our Senses to Give Us the Truth? Sight‚ smell‚ sound‚ taste‚ and touch make up the five senses that we have all become very familiar with. We have been able to depend on your senses for years. The question I pose is; when can we trust our senses to give us the truth? An account of what “true” means does not have to tell us what is true‚ nor tell us how we could find out what is true‚ therefore we must wonder if our senses can give us the truth. It is first important to
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Our choices change our identity Our identities are mainly shaped our own decisions and concerns‚ whereas external factors create opportunities to change our identity. Do we choose our identity or is it chosen for us? With infinite opportunities around us‚ we are given a path that leads to a new adventure‚ all determined on whether to follow or refuse. The opportunities around us are often formed from the basis of our family‚ as they make decisions for us when we are born. An individual’s parents
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Internet; Beneficial or Detrimental? The general argument made by Nicholas Carr in his work‚ “From The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚” is that technology is dangerous to the brain‚ conditioning the body that they need more technology‚ and less of anything else. More Specifically‚ Carr states that‚ “I used to find it easy to immerse myself in a book or a lengthy article...Now my consideration starts to drift after a page or two” (Carr par. 2). In this passage‚ Carr is suggesting
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Our Universe Our universe was created billions of years ago and no one is exactly sure of how. What will come of it in the future? Religions‚ beliefs‚ and scientists all have different perspectives of what will happen in the future to our earth and universe and they all have different views of how it all started. Once we know definitely how the earth was created‚ then we will find out most of the mysteries of the planets evolution. There are many different thoughts of what is to come of our earth
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full with the feeling of hatred and anger to a German and couldn’t think clearly. The other example of the influence of emotions on our knowledge and its gaining is art and what we feel about it. Mainly those feelings which we experience‚ for example‚ in front of a painting or while reading a book. In my opinion‚ a good attempt to explain this would be an example from real life situation. Once I was in the art gallery‚ and it was a modern art exhibition there. The pictures were pretty weird (that’s
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How Languages Shape Lives Learning new languages may shape our ways of talking and thinking. Also every language to another has many different ways in how we communicate with other people who speak the language we have learned. In “How Does Our Language Shape the Way We Think?” Lera Boroditsky explains how a new language can affect the way we are thinking. The new language (second language) is one of the most important things that can change the way of thinking. Most of people who speak more than
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In this world we say that our fate and destiny is already predetermined‚ we think we have zero control of our life. What would you‚ as a conscious being think‚ if you could have 100% control of your fate‚ or “theme” so to speak‚ when Theme is used‚ it is used in the term or in place of the word “fate”. Such as a destiny which is what is explained or experienced throughout a beings life. The idea of fate and free-will‚ or destiny and self-will if you wish‚ are tied together in an interesting point
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have argued its effects on the human mind have been turned away‚ but now we have a better understanding of its effects. We now understand that language affects our visual perception‚ spatial knowledge‚ and the way we see certain genders in inanimate objects.In the passage “How Does Our Language Shape The Way We Think” by Lera Boroditsky‚ states “Some make many more distinctions between colors than others.” Color is one way that our visual perception is affected by language. The language that one speaks
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