Diamond

Both the softball and baseball field are in the shape of a diamond, hints the name “baseball diamond” or “softball diamond”. In baseball there is only one first base, where as in softball there is two first bases. The two bases in softball are for special things, for instance one of the bags are for the runner (this bag is orange), and the…

called the diamond-water paradox. This asks why diamonds are more valuable than water. But what is more useful to use, diamonds or water? Obviously water is much more essential to life, but if you were to have an ounce of diamonds and an ounce of water, which would have a higher price? Diamonds. Why is this so? Menger answered this with his theory. What we are doing is not comparing all the diamonds in the world and all the water in the world, but instead we compare the next unit of diamonds to…

publishing his book Collapse, Jared Diamond offers an explanation to the public about mysteries on Easter Island. Within a few years, his theory has been accepted widely. However, we can see that there are obvious flaws in his evidence, as well as wrong use of diction which creates a biased tone. Furthermore, the new theories which came out proves that Diamond’s explanation lacks of supportive and concrete evidence. To begin with,…

The wealthy have always profited off the rich. As Chris Rock put it, “Shaq is rich, the white man that signs his check is wealthy(Very Funny Chris Rock About Wealth).” By coincidence, this also happens to countries that can be wealthy, but are forced to be in poverty. The way wealth is measured in countries is by the death and birth rate. It is called the demographic transition model and it has 5 stages (Rowntree, Lester 24). The First stage is preindustrial which has high birth rates and high…

Almost one year ago today, while a family was returning home from the grocery store, they were pulled over for a traffic violations. In the cr was PHilando casile, his girlfriend Diamond REynolds, and their 4 year old daughter. What went from a simple traffic violation went to the tragic shooting of a man in front of his daughter. When Philando was pulled over, he was asked to provide license and registration. After handing this, he calmly told the officer “Sir, I have to tell you that I do…

In contrast with John Moneys ideas, Milton Diamond believed that nature could override nurture. While being a student, Diamond organized an animal research by using guinea pigs that were pregnant and injecting them with different hormones to observe how their sexual behavior would be affected later. Diamonds evidence showed a connection between the hormones that were injected into the fetus and the sexual functioning later…

Published in 1868, Wilkie Collins’ detective novel The Moonstone is unique in the mystery genre in that it does not have one primary detective. Instead, the story unfolds through the writings of eleven distinct characters. Approximately half of the story is narrated by Gabriel Betteredge, a man who is decidedly Anglocentric. Throughout the story, biases play a role in its deeper meaning with regards to India and its relationship with Britain. Gabriel Betteredge’s biased narration, Mr.…

Geographic Determinism Geographic Determinism is when you have a favorable climate zone, healthy nutritious crops, and large domesticated mammals. Jared Diamond went to Papua New Guinea. He met a guy named Yali. Yali asked Diamond “Why do you white men have so much cargo, and we New Guineans have so little?” Diamond started thinking about this question. He started to analyze their lifestyle and compared it to other countries. He noticed that they were hunter-gatherers, had no large…

proven through philosophers such as Sartre Mappes, and Kant. The focus instead will be to verify that not only slavery being immoral and unjust, but rather the act of association with slavery. Countries purchasing from these areas that are using blood diamond workers are also committing immoral acts, that are contributing to slavery and acknowledging the use of slaves, therefore with their understanding of the use of slavery and not stopping and condoning such acts, their actions coincide with…

should be thankful for what they have because money has to be earned with hard work. Mme. Loisel did not realize how hard her husband worked and learned the hard way to be appreciative. In “The Necklace” written by Guy Maupassant Mme. Loisel borrows a diamond necklace and ends up paying for her lies she told, literally. This story is fictional, and many people can learn a good lesson from it. Mme. Louisel caused her own downfall because she was greedy, envious, and selfish. Mme. Loisel…