Imitation and Authenticity Humans can be distinguished in many features from animals. Some might ask what are some unique characteristics that only humans have. While some people believe that the learning differentiates between humans and animals‚ others think that souls and spirits differentiate humans from animals. In “Strange Creatures”‚ Susan Blackmore talks about the idea of imitation and the way that humanity creates “memes” that are a collection of cognitive units of information. Memes
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NO.102/1 Marker Code Student Personal Identification Number (SPIN) South Pacific Form Seven Certificate BIOLOGY 2009 QUESTION and ANSWER BOOKLET Write your Student Personal Identification Number (SPIN) on the top right hand corner of this page and on the fold-out flap on the last page. Answer ALL QUESTIONS. Write your answers in the appropriate spaces provided in this booklet. If you need more space for answers‚ ask the Supervisor for extra paper. Write your SPIN on all extra sheets used and
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Report on the distribution of slaters in different level of soil pH Introduction Slater (woodlouse)‚ Biological name Porcellio scaber‚ is probably the most common species in New Zealand. They belong to the biological class Crustacea. Their size is about 17mm in length. They have rough exoskeleton and usually in dark grey colour. They have 7 pairs of legs‚ each pair is attached to the underneath of each thorax segment. Their body consists into three sections: head‚ thorax and abdomen‚ these are
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Aim. The aim of this investigation is to find out how Slaters react to an increase or decrease of the temperature in its surroundings. Hypothesis The speed of the Slaters will increase when the temperature of its environment is increased or decreased from its preferred range‚ so it ensures that they spend less time in unfavorable conditions to avoid desiccation. Method 1. This experiment is done using a water bath to change and control the temperature being trialed. The water bath will have
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explain this phenomenon in their essays. “The Flight from Conversation”‚ by Sherry Turkle‚ explains how and why people are shying away from real life conversations because of gadgets and the internet. “The Multitasking Generation”‚ by Claudia Wallis‚ explores the same subject‚ but she goes a step further and discusses a more serious problem: Multitasking is actually making us more distant and less efficient. Turkle and Wallis share the same attitude in the direction that society is heading towards
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Alone Together Book Summary Alone together by Sherry Turkle‚ a MIT technology and society specialist‚ explains her negative take on the growing technological realm of society‚ and the drastic changes in social norms. She proceeds to back up her theories with real life observations and quotations from people through interviews and tests which she’s conducted in favor of learning information about their personal experiences with technology. Turkle offers different examples of the negative impacts technologies
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that they do not know and can not see? In Sherry Turkle’s article “Who Are We‚” Turkle talks about all of the benefits of using MUDs‚ such as building the gamer’s self-confidence‚ building their self-esteem‚ and allowing the gamer to be themselves. However‚ do these MUDs actually accomplish what Turkle claims in her article? Do her so called benefits work in the real world? In her article “Who Am We”‚ Sherry Turkle states that playing multiple MUDs can be beneficial in building self- confidence
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whatever technological device we have in our possession is due to our need to connect. Sherry Turkle‚ in her article “The Flight From Conversation”‚ makes the following observation on this issue: “We expect more from technology and less from one another”. The increased emphasis on connection rather than conversation has caused a sense of dependency on the technology that connects us. In the words of Turkle‚ “I share‚ therefore I am”‚ portrays that we have become reliant on technology to define who
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These strategies need to be implemented constantly or else context will regain power. Those who disagree would argue that individuals never have the ability to gain an extent of control over one’s context. However‚ the strategies presented by Turkle offer ways to gain power through active spectating. Without ways to overcome “the age of extremities” humanity will be sentenced to Nelson’s expectation that humans will be bound by two destinies of constant banality or terror. In the current state
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Quiksilver‚ Inc. (NYSE: ZQK)‚ based in Huntington Beach‚ California‚ is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment. Its logo‚ inspired by Hokusai’s woodcut The Great Wave off Kanagawa[citation needed]‚ consists of a large wave with a mountain on a red background. The company also markets a line of apparel for young girls and women‚ under the brand Roxy‚ named after the daughter of one of the founders.[citation needed] Its logo consists of two copies
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