Essay 1771 The importance of stupidity in scientific research Martin A. Schwartz Department of Microbiology‚ UVA Health System‚ University of Virginia‚ Charlottesville‚ VA 22908‚ USA e-mail: maschwartz@virginia.edu Accepted 9 April 2008 Journal of Cell Science 121‚ 1771 Published by The Company of Biologists 2008 doi:10.1242/jcs.033340 I recently saw an old friend for the first time in many years. We had been Ph.D. students at the same time‚ both studying science‚ although in different
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Will Carnes Into to Education My thesis statement was developed after reading Herbert Kohl’s book‚ Stupidity and Tears. Mr. Kohl wrote this book after years in the education field. He reflects on his experience as a young teacher in the inner city systems of New York‚ his sabbatical year in Italy stretching himself to write about his experiences‚ many of them about students that he had taught. He then describes his current efforts to create a new kind of teaching program associated
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The Importance of stupidity in Scientific Research This essay talk about how two students from graduate school reunited with each other after many years for the first time. They were both Ph. D students at the same time and they were also studying science. One of the friends later dropped out of graduate school. The reason why she dropped out of the school was because she felted stupid in the program. After feeling stupid for a couple of year she decided that it was time for a change. After
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“Father Steals Best: Crime in an American Family” This particular story is about a family of criminals in Oregon and received attention throughout the United States and has been cited by politicians‚ law enforcement agencies‚ and researchers in criminology‚ and psychology. Dale Vincent “Rooster” Bogle‚ taught his children to steal‚ so that by age 10 his sons were already breaking into liquor stores or stealing tractor-trailer trucks. His daughters turned to petty crimes in order to support their
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In the article “Artificial Stupidity” linguist Geoffrey Pullum states his opinions on artificial intelligence and how his every day interactions with simple technology affect his opinions on this. He starts his article by reciting a log of the redundancies of specific user-interfaces that he encounters throughout a five day period. Most of these interactions are with simple appliances such as a projector giving a notification that it will go to standby mode in “one minutes” or a self-checkout machine
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Knowledge of human experience effectively represents a strong aspect of power upon an individual in terms of understanding their morals and personal ethics. The poems Mother Who Gave Me Life and Father and Child by Gwen Harwood explores that an individual with plentiful knowledge is likely to have the upper hand‚ representing a strong aspect of power in society. Dawe’s use repetition “You’re dead dead dead” emphasises the message the officer wants to drill into his soldiers so they won’t go out and
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Christopher’s mother and father have many similarities. There are also important aspect and or trait that Judy and Ed Boone share‚ such as they both love Christopher very much. In the story‚ Ed shows that he loves Christopher when he came and rescued him out of jail.” He was shouting. ‘I want to see my son’ and ‘Why the hell is he locked up?’ and ‘Of course I'm bloody angry.’”This shows that he loves Christopher because a parent that doesn't love their child wouldn't go to the extremes
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independent. His advice is directly related to his history and experiences‚ and it has been with this which he has taught me discipline throughout my life. It is an honor to have such a father. My father and I share the same birth place‚ but totally different upbringings. His childhood was dominated by my grandfather’s poverty which nearly inhibited his formal education. If it was not for his prioritized ambition‚ his fate would be similar to his four brothers: fastened to the lower middle class tier
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Minority‚ Crime-Involved Adolescent Fathers Katherine Valek Eastern Michigan University Experiences and Reflections from Minority‚ Crime-Involved Adolescent Fathers Adolescent parenthood is often a struggle for everyone involved. Oftentimes‚ the mother must decide if she wants to keep her child‚ abort it‚ or give it up for adoption. If she decides to keep the child‚ her parents may or may not become involved in their grandchild’s care. However‚ there is often the struggle for the father of the
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overty as a Social Problem: We have all felt a shortage of cash at times. That is an individual experience. It is not the same as the social problem of poverty. While money is a measure of wealth‚ lack of cash can be a measure of lack of wealth‚ but it is not the social problem of poverty. See "Principles." Poverty as a social problem is a deeply embedded wound that permeates every dimension of culture and society. It includes sustained low levels of income for members of a community. It includes
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