Randomness

Allen Ginsberg didn’t start as a poet, in fact, he was actually about to go to jail. That is until they came up with an alternative. He was sent to study under William Carlos Williams. He was interested in poetry at a young age, but didn’t start to become interested around the year 1948. He had created other poems after working with Williams. Most of the poems that he wrote were about his life experiences. He wrote about the places that he had been to, whether he was with another person or…

Crito: My Argument With Socrates I would first like to start my argument with capitulation; for I do not believe that Socrates, at the heart of his argument, was wrong. Although my knowledge of that heart may be false, thus so may my beliefs, I must still put in the effort and play my role as devil’s advocates by trying to convince a long dead man to do something I believe would have been wrong. My first argument with Socrates is whether he ever truly intended to be swayed, or if his mind had…

when Clyde isn’t in the range of Pac-Man, but doesn’t follow Pac-Man when he is in range. What a strange personality. As for Blinky, the change which have been made in Pacman 1945 is to allow more randomness. Since there are already three ghosts trying to follow Pacman, making some kinds of randomness would be a good choice. Making situations where Pac-Man would be able go in the course of Inky or vice versa. This would made a better experience for the player, without making them pressured of…

At one point a kid no older than thirteen years old was cussing out a security guard, probably because he stole from the store. I found that too be hysterical, and it points out the randomness of the city. I didn’t have much money on me to spend, which was a good thing because the stores are so gigantic which I never realized until actually going to Times Square. Visiting Trump Towers was also a notable part of the trip, and the beautiful…

Makina is literally dead. “Makina was saved,” (11) but her life was not. The first page of Yuri Herrera’s Signs Preceding the End of the World describes a sinkhole that settles into a perfect circle as Makina “flailed her feet frantically backward” (11) away from it, saving her. However, Herrera notably never mentions that the sinkhole stopped expanding before reaching her. Makina hated her “slippery bitch of a city” and death was her savior from it. (11) The Cambridge English Dictionary defines…

I have gained knowledge pertaining the connections and differences between the concepts of free will, determinism, indeterminism, compatibilism, and fatalism as well. Now, I can distinguish between them clearly and I have a good background regarding these concepts. The first thing I have learned is about the contemporary philosophical language in utilizing the concept of compatibilism as big category instead of soft determinism or hard determinism. The concept of compatibilism is crucial to…

cosmetic edits, just twenty-four-seven reel of actual drama. The scenes where Maria, Carter, BZ, Helene, Susannah and others live in their agony, fight for their survival through the ways they just accustomed to. Maria’s haphazard life illustrates randomness like a crap game, she can win or lose on the role of the dice. But again, nothing applies to her concept of reality. Porterfield accentuates Maria’s life as…

offers some comfort to those dealing with grievances. However, to say that God is in control of everything in the universe is hard to fathom. In saying so, one should take cognizance of the idea that some things do happen for no reason, that there is randomness in the universe. These pockets of chaos aren’t God’s handiwork, it’s simply the universe following the firm laws of nature, but every now and then, there are events that happen that seem to break outside the laws of nature. Nonetheless,…

as we have seen in the past, the “best team” doesn’t always win the Super Bowl, but for the most part, outside of a few outliers the teams that dominate during the season usually end up in the Super Bowl. Adding two more teams would only add more randomness and chance in determining the Super Bowl champion, and in my opinion that is not good for business. Sure, it would be fun to add a few more playoff games, but at what cost? How far is the league willing to go to make a few extra million…

However, some researchers feel that a sudden momentum shift is a “fallacy” because a random event cannot determine a longer pattern of success as the driving psychological factor for this behavior pattern. I find that the randomness of a “hot hand”, especially when shooting basketball, can definitely provide a greater sense of self-esteem that can set a standard for experiencing success in a sporting event. Psychologically, I believe that the “hot hand” has a significant effect…