Viruses of the Mind

human-invented distinctions. They are all memes.” Richard Brodie is the author of Viruses of the Mind and within this book he reveals what he believes is the truth about human life, and the root of our being. Two films connect to Brodie’s opinions, forming a realistic visualization of what he attempts to explain. Sam Mendes’ American Beauty and Mike Nichols’ The Graduate bring together Brodie’s concept of being. The films show how the mind controls one’s actions, along with pleasurable…

widely as it needed to be. Colleagues of Salk didn’t approve much of what he was doing, they said “he hadn’t found anything new; he had just applied what was there” (pbs), which was not true. He came up with something that no one else really didn’t pay mind too. The timing of his successful vaccine was at the peak of polio devastation which of course made everyone blind to what was going…

Regulation of certain sites on the schools’ servers will need to be put into place to help keep the students from getting on websites that are not beneficial to their learning. Because it is so easy to share anything using technology cheating could be a huge problem when introducing technology into the school systems. The honor system is not very reliable but many schools use this system. According to Alice Armstrong in “Technology in the Classroom it’s not a matter of ‘If’, but a ‘When’ and…

brands and logos as more than just images companies utilize to identify themselves with; they possess souls, manipulating consumers. This idea of companies having “corporate consciousness,” a sense of awareness that allows corporations to tap into the mind of the individual in order to win sales and influence consumers, alters the meaning of brands in our culture and lives (30). As this idea evolves, Klein notices a shift in the adman’s role. She states, “the adman ceased to see himself as a…

thoughts or behaviors, brain chemistry could be the contributing factor to this. The environment is another factor that is believed to play a role in the onset of Schizophrenia. An increased risk for Schizophrenia is linked to the exposure to viruses or malnutrition before birth, particularly in the first and second trimesters (CITE). Studies have also shown that stressful incidents often precede the onset of Schizophrenia (CITE). It is evident that environmental stressors play a role in…

It is right for human beings to manipulate nature for their benefit. Without doing such things humans would not have lifesaving medicines or other beneficial procedures. Also, the act of altering nature is in itself a natural phenomenon, common to many species other than human beings. In addition, without the manipulation of nature we would not have anything other than the very basest of lifestyles; therefore, we would never have progressed past our ancient B.C. ancestors’ way of life. Finally,…

Android vs IOS Technology has many controversial topics and the OS battle is one on top. Around the world people are choosing weather to go with android as there first smart-phone or IOS. There are many factors that new buyers tend to look for when choosing there first smart-phone. When a new smart-phone user chooses there first phone they look for how the phone will work in day to day operation, what kind of apps can you get, what and how can you customize it to make it yours and how secure it…

been working on the very vaccine portrayed in the movie; he is genetically modifying the measles vaccine to cure cancer. Lee’s research claims that the “Reovirus… self-propagates and multiplies when it attaches itself to a host cell. With ordinary viruses, they can cause sickness due to infection. Reovirus, though, kills cancerous host cells and leaves healthy cells alone” (Dalhousie). His research published nine years prior to the movie showed promise in mice. The Reovirus not only worked in…

get unpurified water from many places such as; river, lakes, ponds, sewers, buckets filled with rain water, and many other places. The effects of drinking unpurified water can be devastating. Drinking water that has not been purified can lead to viruses, diseases that cannot be treated, and even could lead to death in extreme situations. When there is no water clean enough to drink, people will have to resort to the second option, even with the substantial risk that comes along with it, if they…

Do you think that animal testing could possibly save a life? Or are you more worried about the animals being handled roughly, or suffering? Animal testing is an educational experiment to try to improve and solve unanswered question. Different animals mainly, mice, rats and birds are used for these testings. It is a huge part in medical research. These experiments take place in labs, weather it is in a university/medical school or a medical lab. During these experiments the animal is not injured…