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All have different views and opinions on the universe and the study of the cosmos. Some eagerly learn all they can about the universe, whilst others prefer to focus on the events right in front of them. The pros and cons to having a wide understanding and perspective of the universe vary depending on prior knowledge and opinions. While some would rather halt space exploration entirely, many still hunger and yearn to learn more about the universe around them. The human race needs to gain more…

As technology continues to advance with every passing minute, it seems as if the idea of robots taking over human jobs, whether it be physical or intellectual, no longer seems too far off from reality. While it currently seems likely that machines are on a path to take over human jobs, many still feel uncomfortable with this becoming their reality. Kevin Kelly in his persuasive essay, “Better than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must-Take Our Jobs, assumes that his audience is anti-machine job…

Fixing society, it’s a commonly discussed topic with many many different opinions, but who really holds the key to unlock our full potential. In Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure by Daniel Quinn, he claims to know the answer. He claims that our society is doomed unless we make drastic changes, and flip what we know upside down. Daniel Quinn goes on to say how we need new minds to come up with a solution, rather than old minds coming up with programs and how we need to orient…

Tragedy of the commons,” his foundational ideas are derived from the question: is there a technical solution to the population problem(Hardin 1243)? He argues that there is a not a technical solution to this problem, which means that the natural sciences will not be able to provide an adequate solution, and thus, a change must be made to human morality and values(1243). This lack of a technical solution tied with society’s current values revolve around Adam Smith’s idea of laissez-faire and…

Within Modern society there is a large trend towards consumerism and a wasteful behaviour of spending and reckless advancement in technology only for leisure purposes. David Suzuki in his essay titled “It Always Costs,” not only lays out the facts about the damage that reckless advancement has on Earth, but also outlines some methods of testing and caution that should be put into practice for the benefit of humanity. Witnessing the recklessness of the human race through detrimental untested…

When it comes to Nicholas of Cusa and Rene Descartes and their ideas of the infinite, the differences are many while the similarities are few. Nicholas of Cusa, who lived from 1401 to 1464, recognized the open-ended, positive aspect of nature which later led him to view the infinite as a never-ending circle; a changing and developing circle that is. In contrast, Rene Descartes, who lived from 1596 to 1650, struggled with trusting whether or not the world even exists outside of the private ego—to…

The Scientific management theory was created by Frederick Taylor, developed in the early 20th century. He believed that labour and productivity was greatly inefficient because the majority of the labour pool functioned according to the “rules of thumb’. He proposed to replace the traditional “rule of thumb” by factual scientific knowledge. Taylor’s theory was a great improvement in the traditional approach to the management process. In the modern-day workplace with elevated level of…

Makes Public Administration a Science? Or, Are Its “Big Questions” Really Big”, Francis S. Neumann (1996) discusses flawed research questions posed by Robert Behn (1995) in his essay, “The Big Questions of Public Management”, where Behn (1995) identified three major subject areas, micromanagement, motivation, and achievement measurement, to be addressed in the field of public administration research for it to be aligned as a science, as he stated “any field of science is defined by the big…

Zamir De Jesus September 10, 2017 Chapter 3 Reflection John Christesen This section focusses on attempting to find out about history that way we don't commit similar errors for present and future. This chapter takes you on a visit through the history of research on media effects. It sparked an enthusiasm for the feeling that most research should be firmly comprehended of its advancement of time. As clearly portrayed on the section of research. Generally speaking history is one of those…

As humans, we may think that our mind is our own personal space; that we have our own unique ideas,behavior and thoughts.In fact, that is contradicted by the existence of memes. As a matter fact, our ideas have their individual representative that evolution has over time copied into other human brains. As a result that is what makes us different from animals and even technology; our ability to have memes control us as Susan Blackmore explains in her essay “Strange Creatures”. For instance, Susan…