Actuarial science

Haber and Alfred Nobеl to Science and Society (and humanity) Thеrе is no dеnying that sciеntific advancеmеnts havе contributеd trеmеndously to bring about such a dеvеlopеd and tеchnological sociеty that wе livе in currеntly. Howеvеr, wе must not forgеt thе disastrous and dеvastating еffеcts that it has had ovеr thе coursе of history. Science has playеd a part in many diffеrеnt ways, but hеrе wе will look at thе impact that two particular mеn havе had on thе usе of science: Fritz Haber and…

While exploring the relationship between our shared knowledge and our individual knowledge, we see that there is an influence from both directions. Shared knowledge, in this context, is the knowledge belonging to a particular group of people who may be collaboratively working together, either in a separate ‘space and time’ or different places. On the other hand, personal knowledge can be interpreted as knowledge resulting from the influence of my own individual perspective, which includes…

The concept of utilitarianism gives rise to a question- What do human beings stand to gain from giving autonomous machines the power to make decisions for us? In order to answer this question, we have to firstly, consider the cost-benefit analysis of autonomous machines substituting human beings in the decision making process. “Replace one human worker with a general-purpose artificial intelligence, and the total unemployment of the species is yours for the extrapolating”- Stuart Armstrong From…

Figure 2 : One of Example Pua Kumbu as a Symbolize in Iban Society According to Rodolphe Rapetti in his book “Symbolism” he said that symbolism was part of a work of a wave of reaction against doctirinal positivism, whose backbone had been the scientific analysis of facts verified through experimental. Besides that, according to Edward Lucia-Smith, the symbolist movement, modernism has nevertheless been hostile to the symbol as a means of visual communication. The rise of abstract art, in…

Over the past twenty years, technology has completely changed the way we live. It changed the way we communicate, the way we travel and the way we work. Further, technology has made a big impact on human development. Technology has affected the development in various aspect of human life. However, I will be covering how technologies affected the development in medicine, communication, education and agriculture. Before the 19th century, the average human life expectancy was only 30 to 40 years.…

Montelongo 1 “The Damned Human Race” by Mark Twain is an essay that defines a human as a species at the bottom of the animal kingdom. In it he gives evidence to support his opinion. Many will disagree while others will agree, but being human is complex in every aspect. A human being is a wonderful creature that is cursed with knowledge, struggles and moves forward. Knowledge is an inescapable curse that tricks individuals into believing that a wise man is a perfect man. This curse later…

Joseph Needham’s The Grand Titration: Science and Society in East and West seeks to answer the question of why modern science developed in the Western world and not in China. He answers this question by “titrating,” or essentially comparing, scientific and technological advancements between China and the West. To conduct his comparison, he investigates the relationship, in both civilizations, between science and a variety of topics. The topics that Needham covers include politics, economics,…

Throughout my formal education, I have always been learning about science. It began with relatively basic information regarding the solar system, weather, and other “simple” topics in elementary school. I can distinctly remember being very fond of space and wanting to learn more information in regards to it. For two consecutive years, I made a model of the solar system and gave a presentation on it to my class. Additionally, in the second grade, we took a class trip to the planetarium, which I…

Andrew Niccol presents Gattaca as a world destroyed by the pursuit of perfection and raises the question of what it means to be human. Niccol explores how personal identity and happiness are destroyed by pursuing perfection through the characters of Irene, Vincent and Jerome. Irene and Vincent struggled with their personal identities because of their genetic imperfections and Eugene suffered from the burden of perfection. Nonetheless, Niccol shows that these issues with perfection and…

For thousands of years, humans have wondered what controlled their lives and determined their future—was there a god that set out our paths before we were alive, or perhaps were we the only ones to explore the roads of life? Do we control how our existence plays out, or are we played by the hand of luck or a greater power from the start? Authors Malcolm Gladwell and William Ernest Henley toyed with their beliefs on this subject. Gladwell, writer of the short non-fiction titled Outliers: The…