Corruption Perceptions Index

experiment was able to be conducted allowing people to compare moon at different position of sky without physically moving their head and changing angles. The result of the experiment disproved the previous experiment. Even though the factor of perception angle was eliminated, the illusion still existed. People still perceived the artificial moon posed at the horizontal position in the sky as larger. Built upon the analysis of their precedent in the topic, Rock and Kaufman proposed an…

Don Delillo, the author of White Noise, wrote an incredible story about the invention of plots, and explains how naming things correlates with the idea of certainty and uncertainty. He does this through the main character of the novel, Jack Gladney, along with other characters that are in Jack’s life, such as his friend and co- worker, Murray Jay Siskind, a neuroscientist and another co-worker, Winnie Richards, and the creator of Dylar, Willie Minks. White Noise teaches us that naming things are…

Identity: The Sculpture of Self There are over seven billion people in the world, each with a different identity. Some choose what they want their identity to be, while some come to accept what others identify them as. But since identity is such an essential factor in someone’s life, it is useful to know how someone can construct it. In the chapter “Son”, Andrew Solomon talks about understanding his sexuality, which allowed him to accept and even feel pride in his identity. While, Oliver Sacks…

My motivation to study machine perception is my long-term passion for mathematics, programming, and the human brain. Before knowing much about machine perception, my main motivation was to participate and securing the first prize in Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad for three times. Following this achievement, I graduated in Electrical Engineering taking major classes on theoretical signal processing and accomplishing a bachelor thesis on the modeling of brain hemodynamics. This made me…

In “Mediation III”, Descartes establishes that the idea of clear and distinct perception rest on the foundation of a perfect God. Yet, Descartes proof of God appears to be grounded in the the idea that we clearly perceive this supreme being. His appeal to the “natural light of reason” isn 't any different than us perceiving clearly and distinctly. Descartes is relying on his reliability of perception of God in his attempt to prove that God exists. This circular reasoning is what is known…

How does this music make you feel? What do you think of the music being played? What is your mind telling you? What is your heart telling you? These questions are some of the most frequently asked questions in not only the music world, but also in the world itself. Such questions categorize your emotions, identity, and aesthetics into two categories: how you mentally and emotionally interact towards one thing or the other. Such inquiries demonstrate the separate complexities of the mind and the…

When thinking about how women are perceived in America 's society today, many different conceptions appear. However, one main conception is how they are viewed and known for their bodies. Check out a recent video fighting game, and one will discover that all of the women fighters are barely clothed. For centuries women were considered inferior creatures to men. There have been many battles throughout the course of history to get the same respect and treatment as men. Unfortunately, some women…

Perspective is important. Perspective can be equated to perception, and our perception is how we see or understand things. These things hold great power over how we see our lives. In Rory Sutherland’s Ted Talk “Perspective is everything” he talks about how powerful perspective is and how changing your perspective can the enrich the livelihood of your life. His main ideal is that most people are happier when they feel they are in control of their life. There is power all around us, we hold power…

Touching the Breeze: Sue Goyette’s Ocean “Objects are the way things appear to a subject – that is with a name, an identity, a gestalt or a stereotypical template. … Things, on the other hand, … [signal] the moment when the Object becomes the Other, when the sardine can look back, when the mute idol speaks, when the subject experiences the object as uncanny and feels the need for what Foucault calls ‘a metaphysics of the object, or, more exactly, a metaphysics of that never objectifiable depth…

Discourse in Favor of the Reality of Time: An Argument against McTaggart’s Unreality of Time In this paper, I will first begin by explaining J. Ellis McTaggart’s argument and reasoning to why he believes that time is unreal , followed by my opinion on his defense of the argument and conclude with a rejection of his premise to prove the reality of time. Before attempting to explain McTaggart’s argument, it is necessary to first establish certain basic concepts that drive his arguments, A series…