Alan Silvestri

Tim Burton is well known for his work as a director. He has been nominated for several awards. Among these are; two Oscars, one Golden Globe, five Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, and several Hugo Awards (IMDB). Besides being a director of many of Hollywood's greatest films, he is also an accomplished illustrator, painter, screenwriter, and producer. From his early days at The California Institute of Arts, to his current film projects, Burton has always had an ability to…

As humans, we are only able to understand the world around us in terms of the human experience, through human emotions, feelings, and perception. Authors will often personify other things in order to relate back to the human experience. Most likely of these cases, authors will personify animals. Sometimes this is deliberate and other times the author is personifying animals unintentionally, because that is the only way the author can perceive the animal in his or her own terms of the human…

Veterinarians I’ve always loved animals, I grew up around them all of my life. I have owned animals for as long as I can remember. I can still remember my first animal, a bearded dragon. Animals are my passion, and I have been caring, raising, and breeding animals for as long as I can remember. My family has owned animals from horses to a 6.5 foot Red tail boa. I can already clean and dress wounds and do many other things required of veterinarians. My mother is a veterinarian technician, based…

Biography (Early Life): Alan Turing was born in June 23, 1912. At his early age he was separated from his parents due to the fact that they had been working overseas. When he was 13, he was to sent to Sherborne School which was a boarding school located in Dorset. The education system that was run there meant that his scientific mind wasn’t given any kind of encouragement and so he studied advanced science ideas by himself which was far ahead of the schools’ timetable and what he should’ve been…

In today’s society students are expected to attend college after high school, no hesitation. Other careers and specialties are overlooked. Questioning the direct path to college is considered taboo, and students who do so are treated as if they don't care about their future. Why are students who choose to avoid thousands of dollars of debt yet still attain a career judged? A college education is not worth the cost because there are jobs that don't require college degrees, a college degree does…

without conducting an experiment or collecting any data. I questioned why people came up with these thought experiments, knowing that their answers may most likely be unanswered or incorrect, due to the fact that they cannot be set up in real life. “Alan Turing did not live to see the advances that his work made possible. In 1952, it was discovered that he was gay. For this, the man who had broken the Nazi codes was hauled into a British court, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to…

The mind body problem questions what is the nature of the mind and mental states? How are the mind and the body related? How are mental states related to brain states? Descartes says that there are two kinds of elements in the world, bodies and minds. Descartes believes in interactionism which means minds and bodies intermingle with one another. The Chinese Room Argument was introduced by philosopher John Searle. In this experiment He explains an encounter that a human has with a computer that…

Beauty over Pain: Getting Rid of Animal Testing “The question is not, can they reason, nor, can they talk. But, can they suffer?” -Jeremy Bentham. By a show of hands, how many of you would cause your pet intentional pain? Would you prod them, lock them up, or inject them with possibly toxic products? That is what most reactions would be. Well, it turns out you may be using one or more animal tested products a day without knowing. Today’s society will do just about anything to get rid of basic…

Artificial intelligence is definitely a touchy subject for the human race. The very mention of the term conjures up images of apocalyptic societies where intelligent super-computers have either enslaved the human race or eradicated the inferior species altogether. For some, such as Descartes, the connotation of "artificial intelligence" attacks the very core of the human spirit, the pride of our race. The very thought of an "intelligent" computer that is on par, or more likely superior, to our…

In Alan Baddeley’s article, “Is Working Memory Still Working?” he broke down the components of working memory in an attempt to discover if it still works efficiently. After analyzing multiple studies, the conclusion that working memory has always worked, and still works, was developed. While Baddeley gave a systematic and detailed analysis of applicable research, there are several issues with this article. Throughout the article his tone lacked confidence, tenses switched frequently, figures…