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In his book Civilization and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud delves into the topic regarding the relationship between an individual and the civilization that surrounds them. Freud’s overarching theme revolves around the intrinsic need of humans, specifically children, to plot their own path and society’s constant demand for conformity. Freud talks about how people desire to commit many evil acts, such as killing or inappropriate sexual relationships as harmful to the civilization and as a result,…

We should not have to pay taxes for both Therapeutic and Reproductive cloning, especially if some of us do not agree with them. They both may seem like a fine law to pass, especially Therapeutic, but good things always come with a catch. It’s understandable why people would gladly want to have this law passed, but they are not seeing the black side of cloning. Us taxpayerstax payers should not pay for anything that can damage our bodies, including putting our health at risk. They state that…

Linus Pauling was a very facile scientist. He is known by his colleagues to be the most influential chemist since Lavoisier (who was, in the 18th century, recognized to be the founder of the modern science of chemistry.) For a man that lived on this earth only 93 years, he made many strides in his areas of expertise. This was mainly chemistry, physics and molecular biology. He studied the nature of the chemical bond; also with Vitamin C, which he proclaimed could be a preventive for colds.…

scientific research and as what many people have dubbed "The War on Science". Society and Science has butted heads throughout history from the science of genetics, to the shape of the world, even to something as simple as washing your hands to prevent the spread of germs. Society and Science has never been on the same page. We as society improved both technologically and efficiently yet why do we still deny and reject science? We live in a society where vaccinations and climate change is…

You hear about ghost stories all the time, they’re always on TV, there’s even a show called celebrity ghost stories. Many people believe in ghosts, they believe they can talk to and see people (that have died) on the other side. They believe they have a special gift that allows them to do this. Typically people don’t believe in ghosts because of their religion, personal beliefs, or just because it sounds so bizarre to them. This is where people become skeptic. They start to question how a…

In this paper, I will try to make an understanding of how social media, like Facebook and Twitter, can affect the six degrees of separation. The six degrees of separation is a theory developed by Frigyes Karinthy, which states that every human being, or phenomena, is linked to every other, in five connections or less (five connections link six human beings). This theory started with the following mind game created by Frigyes (1929), How can I link, with three, four, or at most five links of the…

Animals are there for people to enjoy and have fun with. They come in many different shapes, sizes, and types. Yet not all animals are not treated by the same standards as other animals. Animal testing is wrong because of the effects it has on the animals such as the harmful side effects, the reduction of life expectancy, and the lasting effects it has on the animal. Most of the time the test subjects are harmed in some way. Subjects often come down with some down sort of sickness or rash.…

According to the Belmont Report there are general ethical principals in research involving humans: Respect for persons, privacy, confidentially, autonomy concerning the capacity of the individual to understanding and the appreciation consequences of participation resulting in the free power to make the decision to participate, sufficient information provided to individuals along with informed consent. Concerning the promotion of well being-beneficence. In order to gain the maximum benefit the…

Throughout human history scientists have discovered and published theories and ideas which are often shared by other scientists and the general public, some of them more widely accepted than others, whilst others were simply rejected. At times, because of ethical and moral differences in the way different people view the same things, these theories are controversial. Today there are many controversial concepts or theories, some of which are the use of uranium (to improve mankind’s quality of…

The Natural Man (A Discussion of Colin Wilson’s Quote) Colin Wilson once said, "The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain." What Wilson is stating is a very debatable topic; is the average man a stoic that simply goes with the flow? Wilson is noting that man seems to become dull in society, many slowly begin to blend in, losing their originality and falling to the monotonous rhythm of everyday life. This conformism…