ARTICLE REBUTTAL: Can we trust what we read? ARTICLE REBUTTAL: Can we trust what we read? When reading an article people do not normally question the credibility‚ reliability‚ validity or the fallacies of what is being read. People are constantly exposed to information through media outlets such as radio‚ internet‚ and/or television. But where does the public draw the line on what they can trust? Readers rely on the author to give them correct information. The article “What Two Pediatricians Say
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internet‚ the government‚ and science have an effect on your eating habits. The reason I’m bringing this up to you is because our class is finding out why we eat what we eat. If you read this blog you will already know about what’s going on once you get to high school. How do your friends‚ family‚ and your lifestyle have an effect on why you eat what you eat? Your family might only eat certain foods on holidays or special occasions. For example my family only eats turkey on Thanksgiving‚ and only eats
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What am I eating? Food is one of the great blessing by God for all his creation. We need food and water to be alive. From the beginning of the world the demand of the food is increasing day by day. The global food chain was already quite extensive by 1701- to the point where affluent English consumers could be oblivious to the costs of sweetening their tea and peppering their sausage.
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Today‚ most American’s do not acknowledge the past‚ we concern ourselves with the present and the future. That must change. The Holocaust was a time of great despair and discrimination. Two thirds of Jewish individuals from Europe died during WWII‚ due to the Holocaust; this is something to never forget. Thankfully‚ there are survivors‚ like Israel Arbeiter‚ who are willing to teach future generations and remind us of the terrors that can happen‚ if we do not make a change. People had to withstand an
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What Can We Be Sure Of? Humans cannot be sure of anything. The idea that we can know everything about our surroundings is absurd. The possibilities of everything we perceive being an illusion are endless‚ and there is frankly no way to distinguish the truth. To understand what our world really is‚ we must first understand ourselves‚ rather‚ our own thoughts. Yet in saying that‚ the mind itself is too complex for a mere human to understand‚ let alone to understand the entire world. “If our brain
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nature‚ we begin to notice a reoccurring pattern. Whereas faith is often constructed based on a person’s initial perception of a situation‚ it is this faith that‚ once finalized‚ goes on to limit perception of new situations‚ therefore resulting in a downward spiral of limited understanding. Many prominent examples of this gradual digression have presented themselves throughout history providing as support to the general statement seeing conditions what we believe: believing conditions what we see’
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Chapter one in the book “The Achievement Habit‚" by Bernard Roth‚ explains how nothing is what we think it is. Bernard Roth is a professor of engineering at Stanford University. He has been teaching there for over 50 years. He wrote this book to teach us how to get a better handle on our perceptions‚ emotions‚ and behavior. I agree with Roth’s statement of “nothing is what we think it is.” Bernard Roth is a very knowledgeable writer. He starts off chapter one by saying life has no meaning. This set
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What (and How) We Should Eat It is no surprise that with the increased popularity in fast food chains‚ America’s obesity rate has dramatically increased. In a survey done by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)‚ obesity is the number two cause of preventable death‚ with approximately sixty-two percent of American adults overweight‚ up from thirty- two percent in 1994 (Profiling Food Consumption in America). In Susan Brink and Elizabeth Querna’s article “Eat This Now”‚ they discuss
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decade or more before his heart and lungs fail‚ for example. Meanwhile‚ interest in the availability of transplantable organs has provided an incentive not to delay unnecessarily in determining that a person has died. Nowadays‚ we have technology that is so improved that we can bring dead people back to life. That there is no medicine for death – not true! In fact‚ there are drugs being developed‚
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The Anti-hero is What We Want The anti-hero is becoming more popular on television. It is easier to access television series by using Netflix and streaming episodes back to back. Some of televisions big name characters are Dexter Morgan‚ Jax Teller and Tony Soprano who are all anti-heroes. An anti-hero is a dramatic protagonist who can be downright evil and is more flawed than other characters. They magnify the frailties of humanity and they may be a badass or a screw up. According to Stephen
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