Superstition: A wider perspective needed In ‘Defense of Superstition’‚ Hutson (2012) asserts that humans inevitably exhibit some amount of superstition in their behavior and thought and that it is instinctual and acceptable to do so given the psychological benefits that they bring. Hutson justifies his claim with two reasons. He first postulates that belief in superstition can boost self-belief ahead of performance-based tasks‚ as people perceive that they are better able to influence the
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Environmental protection has become a major concern for society. Admittedly‚ with the rapid development of economy‚ our environment is faced with new challenges. People increasingly attach importance to the protection. So it has been common that teachers and students discuss environmental protection in class. City planners take environmental problems into consideration as well. Factories are no exception. They begin to try reducing pollution to meet the needs of environmental protection instead of
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Nature protection Our planet is only a tiny part of the universe‚ but nowadays is the only place where we can live. Since ancient times‚ Nature has served Man‚ being the source of his life. For thousands of years‚ people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization‚ man’s interference in nature began to increase. Large cities with thousands of industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The offals/rubbish
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could make that process better for Aboriginal people by placing them on government reserves or in church missions where they could die in peace. This new approach to Aboriginal affairs was known as ’Protection’ policy. Unfortunately like many other initiatives to help Indigenous people‚ the protection policy did not protect their freedoms or their way of life - it only helped to further destroy them. See image 2 From the time they first arrived in Australia the white settlers had attempted to ’civilise’
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The Earth Is Our Only Home! The Importance of Environmental Protection & Practical Steps to Support It By Ven. Jampa Since the second half of the 20thcentury‚ the results of environmental destruction and the exploitationof natural resources have become increasingly obvious. Now‚ 7 billion people are sharing this planet‚ and scientists predict that the population will increase to 10 billion people in this century. However‚ we already face difficulties with dwindling natural resources and environmentalpollution
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* Environmental protection * Environmental protection is one of the main problems of today. Industrial civilisation is characterised by numerous factories and power stations‚ automobiles and aeroplanes. Technological progress improves people’s lives‚ but at the same time it causes numerous problems that were unimaginable in the past centuries. Through their daily activities people pollute and contaminate land‚ water and air. Today pollution has become a universal
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Environmental Protection Many centuries ago people lived in harmony with nature because industry was not much developed. There was no ecological problem until people built lots of plants and factories which sent wastes into the air‚ water and land where they didn’t disappear but lasted forever in one form or another. Nowadays people live only according to their wants and requirements‚ they ignore the laws of nature. That’s why today the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic. People
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Protection of Environment Until recently the planet was a large world in which human activities and the nature were in balance. But there are a lot of problems facing people on the planet Earth nowadays. The most urgent problem concerning the people of the whole world is an ecological one. Environmental protection is the main problem facing humanity nowadays. What is the environment? It is everything around us. Unfortunately millions of people on our planet live in areas in which air is not safe
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What are historical explanations? Historical explanations are another term for ultimate explanations which are concerned with the entire existence of a group of organisms as opposed to just the explanations of a specific individual. 2. How are Freudian concepts historical explanations? What mistake do such explanations make to manufacture an immediate cause of behavior? Freudian concepts are historical explanations because of the use of childhood experiences as explanations for adulthood behavior
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Introduction Human rights protection is one of the most important and most discussed topics in the present. It´s very difficult to define what are human rights and freedoms. When you ask ten people‚ they will probably give you ten answers. But there is also important to define the human. Human is every human being - every men‚ women‚ child and they have got human rights from his conception to his death. We know many kinds of rights‚ but only human rights are applied on absolutely everyone whatever
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