Bacon

Imagine living in a world free of materialistic judgment, where your flaws would go unnoticed and your personality would shine. In Ted Chiang’s short story, “Liking What You See” he introduces a unique fictional procedure called Calli. Calli modifies the way we view one another by altering our brains reaction to physical appearance. One can still see perfect and imperfect faces, however, the aesthetic reaction that a person feels when they look at a perfect or imperfect face is nonexistent.…

considering they were “God’s creation” as some will say (Monamy 10). On the contrary, British Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon thought that animal testing is an excellent way to learn more about our bodies and how it works (Monamy 10). However, this controversy made animal testing rise. An additional amount of scientists started using different types of animals such as monkeys, rats, birds, dogs, cats, and the list goes on and on. With animal testing in use, scientist found out how the digestive,…

The Michelin review guide is a compilation of restaurant reviews. The guide is often seen as the benchmark of restaurant success in France. Contrary to its current worldwide exposure, it began as added feature to early Michelin atlases. Since a tire company creates the guide, the scoring is based off of making stops on a road trip. One star means that a restaurant is worthy of a stop. Two stars means that a restaurant is worth a detour, and three stars indicate a place is worthy of a special…

our class.” Mrs. Danish said with a smile. Page 4 Suddenly, one of the children said something really mean about Patty Pancake. “She is so round and fluffy,” joked Sammy Sausage. “Yeah, she’s probably too round to fit in the desk,” laughed Benny Bacon. Page 5…

Descartes introduced metaphysical considerations: the immutability of the lawgiver God, whose action is always constant because otherwise would be imperfect, and imperfection is unthinkable in relation to divinity (Henry, 2004, p. 100). In other words, laws of nature are causal because they derive from God’s immutable character. This God, however, differed from the voluntarist God of Ockham’s tradition. In fact, when Descartes founded his laws of nature upon God’s immutability, guaranteed that…

I walked into Jeanette Lener’s house with pencil and paper in hand and was welcomed into the house by the sound of her dog, Wookie, barking. Jeanette greeted me at the door dressed casually in a red T-shirt and blue jeans with her long brown hair worn down. Seeing her now, she does not look like a person who had to change their diet because of an intolerance to food, but then again who does? A few years ago, Jeanette had to find out how much more difficult it is to get the nutrients you need…

there are many heart diseases, some can happen because of high cholesterol. High cholesterol blocks the flow of blood in the veins causing Heart attacks. there are two types of Cholesterol, Good and “Bad” Cholesterol, and “Good” Cholesterol. Rheumatic heart disease is caused by one or more Rheumatic attacks, this will cause damage to the heart. Specifically to the heart valves. This fever normally occurs during childhood. A streptococcal infection will ensue, which is what will generally…

“And the rockets red glare, and the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night, that our flag was still there.” Wrote Francis Scott Key, while witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry. Rockets have been used for nearly a thousand years, and will most likely be used for thousands more for entertainment and war. Many historians believe that chinese are responsible for creating rockets. A weapon call the” Arrows of Flying Fire” has been traced back to 1232 AD. This weapon was used by…

The men who volunteered in 1914 to go to war thought it would be a great chance to see the world and go on an adventure. What they didn’t think of, or could have even possibly imagined were the horrible conditions they would face. There were many factors contributing to making the Gallipoli battlefield an unbearable place for all soldiers, some are: the constant noise, cramped unsanitary conditions, disease, foul smells, daily death of your mates, terrible food, lack of rest and thirst. The on…

as important as it drives the need for more knowledge. She expresses some examples of times when the prevailing conscious felt like knowledge and information was in abundance. The most ironic of the examples include the anecdote regarding Francis Bacon, when she stated “the pre-Enlightenment father of the scientific method” and on to expand “complained in the 1600s of how the mass of accumulated knowledge had become unmanageable and unruly” (Firestein, 2012, p. 14). What would Francis think of…