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enabling them to work in large fields with minimum labor without facing any major problems. Due to the lack of farmers need to meet the demand of the market, many people have been able to pursue and branch out into other fields such as business, science and art. Therefore, many people lack the knowledge of how to properly take care of the land they live in and how to grow food. As Mason writes, “I think this dependence on nature was at the core for my rebellion” (Mason 82). Mason argues how many…

the size of the NEA” (Morozov 26). Johnson’s claim does not take into account important differences between the federal agency and the online platform. While Kickstarter grants the public control over which arts are funded, it reserves funding for popular or “viral” ideas (Morozov 27). The NEA, on the other hand, ensures that a wide range of art forms have the opportunity to manifest, and has legal support that would encourage artists to take more risks in their crafts. Kickstarter has the…

“Truth and Method”, Hans-Georg Gadamer analyzes and breaks down the process of understanding. He writes “Truth and Method” to respond to a philosophy of using a scientific approach to understanding. In the 1960’s, the Scientific Method was becoming popular and Gadamer believes that understanding and truth are beyond objective and subjective methods of understanding. Gadamer believes that the goal of understanding, should ultimately be to reach an agreement, however if agreement is the ultimate…

The term “alien” deters people from even considering the existence of these beings due to the extremes and stereotypes placed on them through science-fiction movies and comics. An alien is not an evil, manipulative race that is trying to conquer the earth, which is portrayed in nearly all of the alien resources that are in the world today, but instead a living being with the same curiosity as ourselves. The stereotypical alien is too far-fetched for universal acceptance, but the reality of…

Have you ever heard of the theory of plate tectonics? Around the beginning of the 1960s the discovery of this theory started an uprising in the study of earth sciences. Between now and then, this theory has been confirmed by scientists, who are able to formulate a much better understanding of how plate tectonics shaped the way our planet is today. It is now knows that plate tectonics has or has had at least some influence over almost all geologic processes. AS I’m sure you can imagine, the idea…

“What impact did the renaissance have on medicine?”. I chose this subject because I wanted to see the changes the Renaissance made in a specific field. I thought medicine was interesting since it is an aggregation of many different fields such as science, art and religion. I will focus on the changes that were made and the differences from the Medieval times by investigating the important figures at that time. For this investigation, I will use a painting and a website to show the progress of…

an oddly large portion of his daily life “feeding—and, he claimed, communicating with—the city’s pigeons,” (“Nikola Tesla”), while living in New York. The history books most often portray him as an isolated person who dedicated his entire life to science, but this simply is not the entire story. Surprisingly, he was quite the socialite. In his personal life he was acknowledged as having “a terrific sense of humor,” (“8 Things”). He was good friends with Mark Twain, whom he photographed “in one…

Modern day people have a strange affinity for using aspects of ancient cultures as a basis for their cults, prophecies and as spiritual guides to the future. Perhaps the most memorable occurrence of this affinity was the infamous prophecy concerning the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, an idea created from belief that the world would end or change in some fashion once that year ended. Of all the actions generated by the aforementioned mentality, this prophecy was perhaps the most ridiculous considering…

Around this time, talking about the scientific reasoning behind having sex was not well known. People only knew that sex was a reason for creating life and for pleasure. In 1966, they published their book, “Human Sexual Response,” and it became popular in an instant. Around this time people’s views on sex were changing because they were getting rid of the taboos and repression around their own sexuality. Throughout the video it emphasized how Masters and Johnson were shown going against the…

underway when Isaac entered college, his university, like most in Europe, was filled with the philosophy of Aristotle (“Sir Isaac Newton”, 2014). During his first three years, Sir Isaac studied the theories of other popular philosophers of the time but became very interested in more advanced science. He realized he had no knowledge of geometry and couldn't understand the mathematics in an astrology book he had bought and started to read many books about mathematics and geometry. Isaac finished…