Proof by contradiction

look at the world in a different light. European thinkers were starting to give precedence to secular concerns over religious ones. This was closer to the time when thinkers, like Galileo, discovered the universe was heliocentric, which was “in contradiction to the physical notions commonly held among academic philosophers”. He, and most likely others, knew that the Bible could be “very abstruse” and believing it in totality could result in misinterpretation since it was made purely for “the…

C. “The Jew and the Genius: The World’s Greatest Scientist Possessed Perhaps the World’s Least Predictable Mind. Over the Course of His Lifetime, Albert Einstein Consistently Demonstrated the Maddening Ability to Challenge Convictions, Embrace Contradictions, and See the Error of Everyone Else’s Ways.” Science & Spirit 16.6 (2005): 30+. Academic OneFile. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. Hayden, Thomas. “The Inner Einstein.” U.S. News and World Report 2002: 60+. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 30 Apr.…

small scale barter hunters could trade meat to gatherers in exchange for berries. Documentation of such events occurring in antiquity is nearly impossible to prove, yet modern humans engage in similar behavior daily. A possible reason why there is no proof of barter economies are the severe limitations of barter. If the coincidence of wants is not met, then the transaction cannot occur. However with the introduction of money barter evolves into trade since there is a common interest in money. I…

Bowbly suggested that attachment evolved as an aid to survival. If this is accurate then attachment and the caregiver behaviour should be universal, in all cultures, despite differences in the child upbringing and environment. There are proof to support this (Tronick et al). The weakness reflects the ideal that attachment behaviour has evolved to promote a child's development has a good validity, but evolutionary ideas are very difficult to test, which means that it could be difficult to…

The Arthurian Legend is a collection of various stories which revolve around King Arthur, one of the legendary kings of Britain. These stories vary in their versions, interpretations, and spelling of names but their essences remain the same. They regale us with tales of the time prior to King Arthur’s conception to his rise to kinghood, tales of his adventures with his Knights of the Round Table, tales of the adulterous romance that occurred between his queen, Guinevere, and his knight and…

modern asylum and mental institutions not only opened up the art canon to this marginalized community, but also started a medical and scientific exploration into mental illness, behavioral sciences, the psychology of the brain, and if there’s really proof of the link between creativity and insanity. As Thomas Szaz explains in his article,Intentionality and Insanity, while the sciences have one singular lens for explaining their findings, mental health professionals have two: “one for sane…

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza, Egypt. The designations of the Pyramids Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure correspond to the kings for whom they were built. It’s located on the northern edge of the Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the only one to remain largely today. This gigantic Great Pyramid of Giza was the…

These days it is no longer a surprise to hear discussions and debates regarding to the growing strength of Islamist movements and lives of Muslim women living in the Middle East and south Asia. We see, from time to time, contradictions between a western feminist view of Muslim women as a mistreated, oppressed, and objectified beings, while Muslims themselves see it as a positive improvement for women compared to the times in pre-Islamic era. In some cases, this holds true, but as we saw in the…

prostitution as victimless and a well-paying job. Unlike those countries, sex work is illegal in the United States of America, except in Nevada, because many citizens believe it is demeaning and degrading to sex workers. The government formulated a “full proof” idea that illegalizing prostitution will exterminate its existence, which is inaccurate; it will remain present.…

Left to Tell is the survival story of a Rwandan Tutsi, Immaculee Ilibagiza. Immaculee shares the power of faith in God as she describes the physical, mental, and specifically spiritual obstacles she faced in the 1993 Rwandan genocide. Rwanda consists of three tribes, the rare pygmy Twas, the minority Tutsis, and the majority Hutus. Hutu extremists turned on their Tutsi neighbors after the country’s president Habyarimana’s plane was shot down. After 100 days of slaughter, the death toll climbed…