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$700”, is one fact the documentary stated. One last detail is advertisements actually can and do affect children’s health. According to “Facts About Marketing To Children”, “rising levels of childhood obesity track an explosion of junk-food ads in recent years.” Meaning in the last few years the childhood obesity rate has gone up because of advertisements. Also the emotional well-being of children is going down. Author and Boston College sociology professor Juliet Schor, from “Facts About…

In “35 Soul-Crushing Facts about American Income Inequality”, the author, Larry Schwartz, makes it clear that the ever-increasing income and tax cuts the wealthiest Americans receive, as well as the decline in labor unions, results in the rest of the nation’s citizens to fare worse economically than those of previous generations. The writer shows that economic inequality, the difference between incomes across a population, has currently reached peak levels unprecedented since the Roaring…

understand the minds of individuals. All the knowledge gathered on brain mechanics and functions can be attributed to studies. Although what a person may know about a subject or object is a fact, facts cannot always be proven to be true in the mind of a person. Sometimes people acquire what they think is a fact and refuse to admit it is a fallacy. For example, researchers get a group of students that have opposing views on capital punishment. Half of the group was in favor of it, the other half…

The article “Facts or Critical Thinking Skills? What NAEP Results Say” by Harold Wenglinsky discusses how state officials would want teachers to teach on a basic skill curriculum (which is more fact driven), rather than teaching students both a basic skill curriculum and a teaching for meaning (which involves more critical thinking) type of curriculum. Wenglinsky presented a research that indicates that teaching for means has improved test scores according to the NAEP results. In general,…

The article “9 Shocking Facts You Need to Know About Sugar” by Larry Schwartz was published on alternet.org on 24 August, 2014. The author reveals shocking statistics about today’s sugar consumption in relation with the increase of certain diseases and explains why most people have a hard time controlling it. I have a weakness for sweets. Chocolate, candy bars, cakes with frosting, ice cream, and soda; I crave all the sweet stuff. Not only did the variety of new sweetish products grow, even the…

Humans are hardwired to form opinions and defend beliefs even if they might not be true. The article, Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds by Elizabeth Kolbert argues that humans are miss-led by false information. The rush humans feel when they win an argument supporting their beliefs is a feeling unreplicated by anything else, even if they argue with incorrect information. The article also states that humans tend to make quick judgements without fully understanding a situation. Wide media usage,…

Elizabeth Kolbert's article, “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds,” in the New Yorkers February 2017 issue looks at some main ideas in three different psychological books about patterns in human reasoning and attempts to connect them to today’s politics. Her explanation of the studies and their outcomes were superb, though she could have done a better job at connecting these points to her political conclusion. It is difficult to distinguish what her main point is. She starts the article by…

Both Harman and Mackie give arguments that bring into question the existence of moral facts. Both Harman and Mackie approach the subject as moral skeptics. I will be using their arguments to argue against the existence of moral facts. Introduction Are there any moral facts? Are there good reasons to believe in the existence of moral facts? To answer these two questions it is necessary to look at the views of the two groups of people who answer them positively - moral realists- and…

enter their afterlife. The title translates to The Book of Coming Forth By Day and referred to as “the Ancient Egyptian Bible.” Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. "Book of the Dead." Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. Bloom's Literature, Facts On File, Inc. www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=100893&SID=5&iPin=ELOE033&SingleRecord=True 900-700 BC Psalms: The Book of Psalms, is thought to be one the most generally read and highly treasured of all books…

cognitively independent, but do insist that such concepts are distinctive from facts entirely. According to Loar, “phenomenal concepts” are recognitional/imaginative concepts” (Loar, 87). Jackson is correct in stating that Mary lacked conceptual knowledge about the experiences of others. It is clear that Mary learned something upon her release and that she gained knowledge, but that knowledge and understanding points toward the same facts she already knew in physical terms. For example, imagine…