Reality distortion field

My inquiry project conveys how the good life portrayed on social media is so easy to fake, but these unreachable goals push people to try and reach these impossible levels of perfection. My inquiry project is a combination of photos showing how easily I can change myself to influence what other people think of me. Through social media I can show the world any version of myself I want to, even a fake made up version. Clothes, makeup, good photographers, good backdrops, etc. are all things that…

Thee Units: Self-Assessment I've learned one thing throughout my life: I need to grow and strengthen my Faith muscle. As a Christian, I don't want to be weak and just another one in the crowd; but a leader who inspires others to strengthen their Faith muscle too. Isn't that what He called us to do? This Bible class, has turned out to been the gym where I've grown my Faith muscle. It's been a pleasure to be challenged about things that were not knowledgeable at. I've learned more than I thought,…

retell oppressive legacies of slavery, instead of creating a piece of artwork for passive viewers that romanticize and help desensitize the realities of slave-based societies. Her artwork is designed to get audience attention, thereby ensuring they do not walk away, but making them reflect and realize the relations of how this era has shaped current reality and knowledge. However, The art is not as progressive or uplifting, and this highlights the controversy of Walker’s art because of its…

In Labor of Fun by Nick Yee, he discusses the idea that interactive online games are essentially a convergence between what we do in real life and our digital world. He touches also on the idea that it odd that there is so much overlapping between the activities we do when working in comparison to what we so for fun online. Throughout is writing he compares the roles we take online in these games to the different career paths that we can take in life. He explains that at a very basic level all…

Analyzing The “Uncanny” The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives two definitions of the word uncanny. The first definition defines it as being something that seems to have a supernatural character or origin. The second definition defines it as something that is beyond normal or beyond what is expected. In Sigmund Freud’s The “Uncanny,” Freud describes “uncanny” as a term that brings a feeling of “dread and creeping horror” (Freud 1) to a person. Freud further explains in his description that the…

are exposed to and what the world really is. The lesson to be learned from the reading focus on perception and reality. The prisoners play games within the cave to guess which shadows will appear next. These prisoners believe these shadows are of the world and what goes on in the world. As people, we should not always believe the first thing we see and hear.…

There are multiple suggestions on how to live an authentic and purposeful life in Plato’s “The Simile of the Cave” from The Republic. In the opening paragraph of the allegory, it begins painting a picture of prisoners who are tightly secured within their chains. “In this chamber are men who have been prisoners there since they were children, their legs and necks being so fastened that they can only look straight ahead of them and cannot turn their heads.” Through reading the description that…

a group of humans are imprisoned in a cave where they believed that reality was the shadows that were cast upon the cave wall. These prisoners can be compared to the humans in The Matrix. These people were living in the matrix and did not see what reality truly was; instead they only saw what the machines programed the matrix to show them. Just like the cave has people casting shadows, the matrix has agents controlling “reality”. Resembling the prisoner who broke free from the cave, Neo broke…

“You do realize once you join, there's no going back,” Rocco said. “I know that just don't let me get caught!¨ Imani said rudely. ¨Imani, actually you don't...if you die in there you can die here!¨ Rocco shouted. ¨Well then say your goodbyes now,¨ Imani said, you could tell she was over it. Imani laid on the flat table. Rocca brought over the head gear and cords. He placed it on Imani’s head. ¨Oouch! That's tight!¨ Rocco ignored it and continued to hook her…

actually one of the most outstanding features of his arguments that he bases his claim on the fact that everything must have a cause. He argues that the idea of perfection has an objective reality therefore the cause must have at least as much reality as the effect of that cause holds. He argues that the objective reality of the idea cannot come from…