Randomness

It was around 3:00 a.m. on a thursday night when my friend Trey turned from the T.V. and looked at me with awe on his face. “Dude.” he took a long pause, “I just figured out the answer to everything.” I was a bit confused and suprised by the randomness of his apparent realization, but I was intreagued, “Um, you did? What is it?” “Just because. Thats the answer to everything, just because.” He then proceeded to tell me how any question could be traced back to the answer “just because”. Why do…

As Christof presents the idea of Sea Haven being a utopia, it becomes more of a dystopia for Truman. For Christof Sea Haven is an ideal place for a person like Truman to love in since there seems to be little crime, Truman has a good job, a house in suburbia, and good materialistic possessions like a car and lawn mower. When it comes to Truman however it seems that the idea of a “perfect” world like Christof believed Sea Haven to be, but that couldn’t be farther away from the truth. Christof…

underwater in Pompeii-like situations. These new fossils included many organisms, including arthropods. Some species could not be matched to an existing phyla. All existing phyla were created during the Cambrian explosion. There is also a sense of randomness that helps create the history of…

Please Fix the Rio Norte (Central Themes in Chapter One: The Theme, of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged) The world is viewed by many to be a great resource for wealth, happiness, and survival. Pessimistic and optimistic lenses blur the subjective understanding of how the physical planet and humans interact. All will say sacrifices must be made to reach progress, but the priority of what can and what cannot be sacrificed is a deep and polar divide between many groups of people. Ayn Rand is known for…

of the omnipresent darkness in the film emphasises the absence of civilisation and civility and the unfamiliar uncertainty foreignness provides. Additionally, Heller utilises a stilted, somewhat arbitrary structure to demonstrate the unnecessary randomness of war. Heller furthermore demonstrates the…

What is intelligent design? How does it differ from other contemporary origin theories? Intelligent design is the relatively young theory of how there may be more to the origin of our, and every, species then just a collection of random chaotic event. Darwin insisted in his theory of natural of natural selection; that individuals, amongst various species, with optimal survival traits would outlast and thrive in contrast to those with less beneficial traits. Lamarck, father of evolution theory,…

achieved. Just as if you attempt to get in the head of a criminal try to do the same as if you were that terrorist first realize they are ordinary people then begin to analyze and think of areas of poor defense, because terrorist’s attacks tend to lack randomness and actually are more planned in…

have the right to choose their own destiny, but it is apparent that parents will be able to choose this role for them through their own premeditated life choices. In this manner, Sandel provides a more compelling understanding of the freedom and randomness of birthing a child, which should not be constructed around the personal whims of the…

The Escape of the Freeway in Didion 's Play it As it Lays The absence or termination of life or existence provokes an act of escape. Escape from a life of nothingness can be both a healing mechanism and the discovery of purpose in an individuals life. Maria Wyeth 's intensity of denial and passivity devour every single one of her actions throughout Joan Didion 's Play It As It Lays. It seems as if nothing really gives genuine meaning in Maria 's life, however, something she does possess is…

are content with an imperfect society if it is perceived that changing leads to instability. Many of the older villagers references this feeling when a similar village quits administering the lottery. Some have expressed their displeasure of the randomness of the lottery. Even though their system has a greater cost of one life out of a group of four hundred people, the value they get in return is much greater. It allows everyone to quench any criminal intentions in a way that the village can…