Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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Why People Choose Religion One of the most debated ideas in the world is religion. There has been bloodshed in countries over religion. Religion is a sensitive topic to some people because it is the reason people live their lives like they do. What is the reason people really choose religion? Is it because they truly believe in every detail of a religion or is it because they were told to believe it? It is a question I have thought about for a long time. So‚ what is religion anyway? According
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“Why do I love”‚ you sir? - A Critical Analysis - When a person thinks of 19th century poetry‚ he thinks of a transitional movement towards romanticism and the type of meter it brought to poetry. During this time there was an expression of emotions accompanied by flowing imagery and excellent choice of similes. Many poets that are famous today of what they composed then‚ arose during this time and paved the way for a poet unlike any others. Her name was Emily Dickinson and though most of her
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Why do we laugh? Where did laughter come from? Is laughter good for our health? These questions come out of my mind whenever I laugh or hear someone laughing. Laughter is to the heart. It raises spirits‚ eases life’s challenges‚ refreshes and heals. We may came from different countries‚ have different cultures and beliefs‚ but we are all human‚ and share the universal language of laughter. The magic of laughter is that it is contagious. We don’t need to know or understand what we are laughing about
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Why Aliens Do Not Exist There are several different meanings to the word “alien.” An alien could be a resident born or belonging to a different country‚ a foreigner‚ a person who has been excluded from something‚ or a creature from outer space (extraterrestrial). For this argument‚ a creature from outer space would be the appropriate definition. Many believe extraterrestrials do exist. Many even claim to have seen aircrafts belonging to these extraterrestrials. There have been thousands of
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Why people become vegetarians? According to the growing population on Earth‚ there are approximately 17 million vegetarians in the world. Vegetarians are people who have decided to say “NO” to products of an animal origin. Today vegetarianism also is considered a slimming diet. But in origin‚ about a thousand years ago‚ the idea of animal origin product refusal had more religious character. The first vegetarians were ancient religion and the philosophical representatives‚ which supported
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Why are people living longer? The fact that people today are living longer than in the past is obvious. A certain number of people can live over a hundred years these days. But why is that? There are many factors contributing to this which I would like to describe in the following paragraphs. It is commonly known that the cause of most deaths is illness. Thanks to technological and scientific advancement‚ we have discovered lots of ways to prevent them. Medicines‚ medical
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Taking Risks What I Already Known/What I Want to Know While reading Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air‚ I began to wonder why individuals take extreme risks. Over the course of this novel‚ a team of highly trained mountain climbers attempts to climb Mount Everest in 1996. Several die‚ get injured‚ and go missing. Death becomes very familiar to the team of climbers. In the book‚ Hall and Hansen get stranded‚ Hansen runs out of supplemental oxygen and cannot continue; Fischer also gets stranded‚ Hansen
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Why People Shouldn’t Smoke Do you think smoking is “cool”? I don’t … because if you think smoking is “cool”‚ then I suppose you think jumping off a building is “cool” too? Because when you smoke it’s harmful to your health just like how jumping off a building is. Most people think it’s “cool” to smoke but it’s really not. Why would you choose to live a unhealthy life by smoking rather than to live a healthy life without smoking when they’re no benefits to smoking? I think
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WHY PEOPLE KEEP PETS Today owning a pet is a widespread phenomenon and is also becoming a trend in our society. Pets always have something to offer whether it is companionship or protection. Some people even have pets just for the sake of it. As stated in the dictionary‚ pets are a domesticated or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure. The reason why people keep pets is pets can improve your health‚ a source of exercise and provides companionship. There are many benefits from
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