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    In the book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is a mad scientist who gathers human corpses’ body parts which he acquired from charnel houses and graveyards. He composes a creature so hideous that he himself refrains from being anywhere near him. Everyone is frightened of the creature and the creature realizes that it is because of his appearance. He reminisces how even Frankenstein – his creator, his God – ran away from him. The creature feels rejected and promises to exact…

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    Self-love is healthy; self-devotion, on the other hand, is not. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, told primarily from the point of view of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who discovers the secret of life, illustrates this idea. Following his discovery and fueled by his desire for fame and glory, Victor decides to put his newfound knowledge to the test by creating a living being from dead flesh. However, when the Creation does actually come alive, Victor abandons him immediately. This is a…

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    to tell you. Before the incident Dawn was feeding Tilikum fish after all of the tricks that Tilikum did Dawn ran out of food and Tilikum was begging to eat. When Tilikum finished another trick he was waiting for his fish and got frustrated and got mad at Dawn. Then that’s when it all happened, Tilikum’s frustration turned into anger and pulled her down into the water. The only reason this death happened was because of the frustration of the whale. If you still believe that the people are…

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    criminological diagnosis. There is a sense in which this genius is psychologically abnormal in the stories; Holmes is first encountered in a medical environment, the chemical laboratory at Bart’s, a setting which is more immediately suggestive of the mad scientist than the detective. His medical knowledge is described as “desultory and eccentric” (16). He, Sherlock, beats the cadavers in the mortuary with a walking stick “to verify how far bruises might be produced after death” and…

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    We all know the phrase, “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong said this as he took the first steps on the moon. This moment was an immense one for humans. We had finally reached the moon, something scientists had always dreamed of. Although, what if it was fake? What if everything we learned about this great moment was not the truth? The moon landing conspiracy theory is one that is greatly followed and believed by many. It states that the moon landing was, in fact…

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    Steroids And Transhumanism

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    Think back to when you were a young child and how you imagined you were one of the many superheroes you watched on the Saturday morning cartoons. In your mind you were a perfectly chiseled titan, strong enough to lift a skyscraper right out of its foundation. Or maybe you were able to run at the speed of light, or read minds. Children everywhere have dreamt of having supernatural strength and abilities. As adults, those who study advocate for, and work towards enhancing human abilities are…

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    however, made her lose her footing on the uneven earth. With a whoop, she tripped over a half-buried tree root and crashed into a tumble on the ground, the ball rolling free and ahead of her. Velma heard the fall, stopped, and turned back, hearing the mad chirping getting closer and louder, as she returned to a still prone Marcie. "Marcie, are you alright?" she asked. Marcie pointed to the ground by Velma's feet. Velma looked down to see the round object resting. "What is it?" "A pepper…

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    This quote is from the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. This quote clearly demonstrates the theme of the book. It shows how the concept of good and evil is the predominant idea stated. Dr. Jekyll is your mad scientist type of character, he loves to experiment and sometimes his curiosity may be lurking in the wrong fields of science. One day, he comes up with a potion to make him a dual person, and Mr. Hyde is born. Jekyll and Hyde are two completely…

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    able to become the heroic girl from District 12, psychologists share the unconscious reasons as to why people have the personalities that they do. Through the four major personality traits, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Trait, and Social Cognitive, scientists have identified the personalities that help distinguish the reasons why Katniss…

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    Football is something that is learned at a young age. It starts out as flag and then progressively turns to contact. When we start the contact portion of it, we are taught how to tackle correctly, how to do it without hurting ourselves or the other player. But what happens when we do not tackle correctly? We can get broken bones, bruises, or concussions. What Happens when you receive a lot of concussions? You can develope a CTE over time. What exactly is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)?…

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