1) He brought up the words might, may have and guilt by association. I believe, by saying this, that he was trying to say that people will believe what they want to believe. People always have assumptions about other people, places and things. If evidence is provided to them they will still somewhat believe what they believe to exist. When Jon Stewart said might, might have, and guilt by association he was just saying what a lot of people are thinking. By thinking this, you are assuming that your thought process is the truth and what you are being told is false.
2) “Right now evil people are planning evil thing,” “America must stop its predictable pattern of reaction.” These are two quotes from the video by Charlton Heston. I believe these
two statements are comparative inferences in the fact that they are both statements that involve the discussion of ethics. The statement about evil people is horrifically true. There are a lot of of good people out there, however, there are twice as many bad people planning evil things to hurt people. Things like personal attacks, home invasions, etc. are being planned right now. The statement about America is also horrifying but true. I believe Americas actions have become so predictable over the years and it is hurting their attack procedures. Americans now know that when something happens in America that we know how the government will take action and respond.
Comedian Jon Stewart gives a speech on the Daily Show during the “Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear”. He wants the viewers of the Daily Show to realize the difference between the real and fake threats and to take a humorous perspective on most of America’s “problems”. Stewart also emphasizes to his audience not to take every person on the media by his word and not to overreact to everything they hear. He uses metaphors, comparisons, and hypothetical examples to get his point across.
The play, Doubt: A Parable written by John Patrick Shanley, is based purely on uncertainty. Throughout the whole play, all I felt was uncertainty and I have still not come to a firm conclusion about what Father Flynn has done. There are many pieces of evidence proving his guilt and proving his innocence. I did enjoy reading the play and I think my favorite part about it is that I will never fully know what happened and who was right. I like being able to create my own ending to a book because you get to use your imagination. Today during the debate I started out as defending Father Flynn’s innocence. I do stand by what I was defending because there is no certain evidence against him that can prove him guilty; it is all based on assumption.
Our five senses –sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch help the ways in which we perceive the world around us. And while they seem to work independently at time they can effect each other and the way we comprehend something. Seeing something pretty, touching something soft, eating something cold and smelling something rotten are the sense we use to connect with the world around us and will all effect how we move forward in that situation. When you look at the top picture say the color of the word not the word itself. It is harder than it seems and takes a little practice to do it efficiently. It is because we see the spelling we were taught not the color it was written in. It is hard to process it the other way, but not impossible. Take the bottom picture for another example is this a
Young-Helmholtz trichromatic (three color) theory: The theory that the retina contains three different color receptors-one most sensitive to red, one to green, one to blue-which when stimulated in combination can produce the perception of any color.
According to Osmond & Darlington (2005, p.3), as a professional social worker that critical reflection could be a fundamental approach to contribute to their work. Besides, the best value of the critically reflective approach might have a chance to engage with different ideas, knowledge, feelings and theories. Thus, critical reflection is a necessary approach to every social work to contribute them to be professional.
For AIX160, which is called Introduction To University Study. That means based on this unit, we can learn different strategies to improve our learning skills. For example, on week 1, the lecturer taught us how to management the time, and how to listening/note-taking from the power point. And on week 2, there are some librarians taught us how to using the library database to search the key information then can write the essay or report, there are also have another different strategies in this unit, however, there are three important strategies are very important as my future’s learning skills, which includes time management, elevation information and critical thinking.
Hanson’s op-ed piece “Heavy Price Of Defense Spending Cuts: nations that choose butter over guns atrophy and die” contains significant thinking shortcomings. Using Gerras’ paper, “Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking: A Fundamental Guide for Strategic Leaders,” one gains insights to analyze these shortcomings.
During the earlier times of America, many people had different opinions on the forming country, debating if it was free or not. It was called “the land of the free” and many other important documents backed up the argument. Yet, there are many concepts that go against that and really show what America was. A particular slave named Dred Scott, African-Americans, and new immigrants can all testify that America was not independent, but was in fact very restricting. Juries would go against previously made laws to make sure that what they wanted would always be insured. Multiple regulations would be formulated to be beneficial to the Americans. People that were not truly American were seen as property not people. Many were pushed around and harrased and it
Myth is often falsely misunderstood as fake; however, when using myth in a religious studies atmosphere, it takes on a new meaning. Myths are stories created by a group of people which believe the stories are true. These stories are understood to be “narratives concerning sacred reality and its relationship to humanity” (Cunningham and Kelsay 59). There are numerous types of myths which people have created; for example, how humans, religious figures, and Earth came to be. Not a great deal is known about Earth’s origination to humanity since people were not around when the universe began. Countless myths focus on creation of someone or something, since humans have an abundance of questions about how life
What technological advances do you think will arise in the next decade? How will these advances influence citizens, crime, social control, and criminal justice?
Chris had just been promoted as an Executive Assistant for Pat the CEO, Chief Executive Officer, of Faith Community Hospital. Pat had given Chris her very first assignment on her first day of work as an executive assistant and that was to gather information so that Pat can present the issues to the board of directors. Faith Hospital is faced with issues that needed attention and the board of directors must be notified of the issues so that a solution can be remedy to help the hospital stay in business.
Reasoning is not enough in and of itself, it must be based on “data, information and evidence” (Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2007). The third step in Dr. Paul’s model of critical thinking is to collect the data present in the argument to solve the question at issue. Mr. Managadze’s email details his personal thoughts, beliefs and observations and how these ideas are in direct correlation of why he chose not to pursue his college degree with only two weeks left in the semester. The information presented by Mr. Managadze as evidence is as follows:
“We fight each other for territory; we kill each other over race, pride, and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now, but soon they’re all going down, war has been declared.” Abuse, Pain, Violence, Racism and Hate fill the streets of Long Beach, California. Asians, Blacks, Whites and Hispanics filled Wilson High School; these students from different ethnic backgrounds faced gang problems from day to night. This movie contains five messages: people shouldn’t be judgmental because being open-minded allows people to know others, having compassion for a person can help people change their views in life, being a racist can only create hate, having the power of the human will/goodness to benefit humanity will cause a person to succeed at any cost and becoming educated helps bring out the intelligence of people.
Over the years, I had developed my critical thinking skills to allow myself to be prepared for the best and the worst of a situation. In my past life, I was not afforded the ability to not be prepared for every situation. I mentioned this to my husband and he reminded me how he is always working to improve his critical thinking skills. He reminded me of a time when he was 16 years old and his critical thinking skills were lacking. At 16 my husband was trying to find his way in life and decided the best way to do this was to figure it out on his own. This is what most people would consider the hard way. This decision although it was difficult, was also life changing for my husband. He was able to reassess his critical thinking skills and his life choices, to start him on the path the he is on today.
Dennis Hayes, a professor of Education at the University of Derby. Citing philosophers such as John Passmore and John Anderson, as well as the Victorian cultural critic, Matthew Arnold, the article discusses the impossibility of teaching students critical thinking without a critical spirit. Furthermore, the article cites common misconceptions that all do disservice to critical thinking, namely, that it is a skill, that it entails indoctrination, and that critical theories are uncritical theories. Hayes takes a controversial stance on the issue, but his lack of evidence and failure to clarify his terms render his arguments questionable.