miércoles, 24 de marzo de 2010

Political Cartoon


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinion/ssi/images/Toles/c_01292006_520.gif

Origin- United States
Purpose- To show how the people who controlled the war, like Dr. Rumsfeld here, did not experience and did not feel what it was really like to lose your life fighting for your country. The soldier has lost his arms and legs and the Dr. only says he is "battle hardened"
Value- It shows people how the United States really cares for their army, and the only thing they want is to be powerful, and people to fear their army.
Limitation- Not a primary source, and it is biased against the people who controlled the war. We don't know what war is it.


domingo, 21 de marzo de 2010

mathematics blog

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/417281079_7abe5ddc59.jpg
This leaf is an example of a fractal in nature, we can see it is a fractal because it has the same little leaves over and over again.

Before we learned about fractals and that they are everywhere, we would only see leaves as leaves, just a natural part of nature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLBZ7A7uiTA



martes, 16 de marzo de 2010

Unethical Science Experiment

The Aversion Project
South Africa's apartheid army forced white lesbian and gay soldiers to undergo 'sex change' operations in the 1970's and 80's and submitted many to chemical castration, electric shock, and other unethical medical experiments.
This experiment was unethical because it meant sex change for males and females.

http://images.google.hn/images?hl=es&q=the%20aversion%20project&lr=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

jueves, 4 de marzo de 2010

"Doubt is the key to knowledge. To what extent is this true in perception?"



1) I do believe doubt is they key to knowledge, because without doubt, we would not be inspired to learn anything new. It is totally true in perception, because the knowledge you gain is put in your perception on how you view things.
2) Cultural Example- You may have a single story about some place, let's say Irak. You can believe everything they say on the news about Irak, on how everything has been destroyed, and the war, etc, or you can doubt what these people on television say, and find out about Irak, and see the beautiful places it has to offer, or the beautiful and friendly people that live there. Therefore, what you find out thanks to your doubt, becomes your perception about the world, in this case, Irak.
3) School Example- Your teacher can tell you something you may believe differently, therefore your doubt will take you to find out something your teacher may have said wrong. You correct your teacher and help both of your perceptions.
4) Personal Life- The experts are usually right when they say the world is round, or when they tell you about the planets, etc, so based on the experts' view of things, you gain your own knowledge and perception.