Survival analysis

Introduction ‘Survival of the Fittest’ continues to be a confusing phrase, perhaps because it is often envisioned as individuals competing against individuals, where the fittest species collectively sends the other species to extinction. In ‘The Origin of Species’, Charles Darwin uses the term ‘Natural Selection’ to describe the key evolutionary process. The phrase ‘Survival of the Fittest’, although typically attributed to Darwin, was introduced by Herbert Spencer and then adopted by Darwin…

Community Means Survival When it comes to survival Leah A. Murray in her article, “When They Aren’t Eating Us, They Bring Us Together: Zombies and the American Social Contract” suggests that individuals that have a community built on a common goal gives these people the best odds of surviving a Posthuman event. The episode “Killer Within” of The Walking Dead shows Rick, Carol, Maggie, Glenn, and Daryl acting individualistic towards members not in their pre-established community in an effort to…

Using the National Latino and Asian American Survey (NLAAS) dataset, I conducted a discrete-time survival analysis to investigate the effects of sexual orientation and immigrant generation status on the age of smoking onset among Latino/as and Asians. Findings show that first generation immigrant status among Latino/a and Asian sexual minorities has a protective…

The proposal of Y and Z’s survival lottery can be seen as being problematic because it follows the principle of utilitarianism. This essay will show how the survival lottery develops the ideas of a utilitarianism/consequentialist argument and will seek to critique it. Firstly I will look at how the survival lottery and utilitarianism see people as merely a means to an end and how this goes against Kant’s categorical imperative. Secondly, I will explore how the survival lottery looks at killing…

The amazing penguin rescue and The seabird chronicle According to “The amazing penguin rescue” and “The seabird chronicle”, the oil spills are hurting more than 41,000 little penguins. When the penguins were getting sick in the oil spills tons of thousands of people started helping to save the penguins. “The amazing penguin rescue” and “The seabird chronicle” have similarities and differences such as the conflict and how the setting creates a specific mood of the story. One similarity…

to survive. Sustain himself, withstand each other, and survive the obstacles provided by the island that he encounters. Survival of the fittest, the smartest and the bravest. In the book, Lord of the Flies. this is what the author, William Golding, was trying to portray. A case of survival in what seems like a helpless situation. There are many different tactics used for survival, how the characters interact with each other in order to survive, the book setting, placing itself in between realism…

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To me, survival means steadily persevering in front of challenges where you might face adversity and even death. Today survival is a lot different than it was 200 years ago. Anne and Krystyna had to face death because what they believed. But today surviving is in our area is staying out of dangerous areas and staying with good influences. The story that I think represented Anne’s the most was Krystyna’s story. Anne and Krystyna were able to use vital survival skills during the tragic and…

The continent of Antarctica has been set aside as a preserve in 1959. Since then, many people have argued over whether or not to explore the continent or leave it be. The stories, “The Last Wilderness Preserve” and “A New Land of Opportunity” both have contrasting ideas about Antarctica. The first passage provides the argument of how people do not belong on the continent while the other explains the complete opposite. The first passage, “The Last Wilderness Preserve” explains how humans should…

Yann Martel once said, “Survival is a state of mind”. In The Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses the theme of survival. Mans duality is demonstrated through facing his fears, psychological survival, and constructed reality. At the beginning of the novel, Pi’s father instills a lesson is to be learned around big animals such as Bengal tigers. Pi’s father makes Pi and his older brother watch as a goat is thrown into the cage of the tiger as a meal. Growing up at the Pondicherry zoo, Piscine had a love…