The book “Weaponized Lies” was written by Daniel Joseph Levitin the author of “A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age” book, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer. The main idea is how people using information against everyone and how to think critically to avoid “fake news” around us. In 2016 the Oxfords Dictionary’s Word of the year was post-truth, which means “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public
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manage to find an exit from their reality. Is everyone successful in escaping? Walter Mitty, Truman Burbanks, and Tom Wingsfield all suffered from the same thing, facing reality. So instead of facing reality they found a way to escape from what they were going through in life. Truman Burbanks and Tom Wingfield had a plan, and that plan was to escape their life and restart a new one. Many people like Walter Mitty, Truman, and Tom try escaping from reality because they didn't like the lifestyle
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CRANES, COUNTRIES AND COUNTRIES 2 Reality vs. illusion The origami crane reflects the ideas expressed in the Allegory of the Cave. In the process of creating an origami crane, one witnesses the idea of amassing knowledge and information. There is this revolving idea of automatically believing what someone tells you of an unknown object, just like believing that it is how a crane looks like, the reality of what it is. Additionally, the idea of ignorance plays a significant role in
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There is such a concept residing in the world that is equally ambiguous as it is abstract; this concept would be the notion of truth. To define truth, would be defining something that is invented. Nothing can be absolute truth; rather, there are levels of truth. These variant levels range from more to less true, based on how interpretive one concept is over the other. In “Homo religiousus,” Karen Armstrong delves into two classifications of truth, the symbolic and the logical truth, and provides
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Ayn Rand’s theory of Objectivism states that reality exists regardless of human consciousness. In other words, human beings don’t shape reality – but are shaped by reality. Rand believed that human knowledge and values are determined by the nature of reality and that human beings may only acquire said knowledge through sense perception. In other words, humans learn by way of senses (hearing, seeing, feeling) and logic. Subsequently, Rand also believed that the purpose of an individual’s life was
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First off, if you downloaded and are reading American Hypocrites: The Politician, thank you! The American Hypocrites series delves into real life situations and shows us possible outcomes. The possibilities are real, however unfortunate, unattractive, or even impossible they may seem at the time. When people are pushed to the limits even the most innocent could turn into criminals and there’s no telling what someone would do when seeking revenge for lost loved ones and lives gone wrong. You are reading
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penetrates literature and allows the female characters to utilize storytelling and writing in order to maintain magic away from the reality. Magical realism is deemed as a genre of literature and art, so the forms of writing, storytelling, oral traditions, and art enrich its significance and meaning. The customariness of these forms was adapted and became part of the reality, which allowed magical realism to grow and spread. The readers start to see how literature becomes a fundamental aspect when the
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Do you believe that reality is subjective to the people it applies to? The authors of "To build a fire", "The jungle" and "food production design" have different and similar views on reality. Although they may have similar views, these three authors all express their versions of reality differently. The author of "to build a fire" explains this through survival of the fittest in his story. He believes that reality is set in stone for people and will not change. The author of The Jungle helped explain
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Have you ever wondered why not only one citizen, but a mass, becomes effortlessly fooled into believing fake news and pseudo-events? The current United States society enables the ability to avoid trickery in presuming untruths and pseudoscience by analyzing news, researching a plethora of information, and looking in depth to a topic. The articles “‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theorist Who Shot Up DC. Restaurant Sentenced To 4 Years” by Ryan J. Reilly, Hidden History: Exploring Our Secret Past Chapter 21:
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In the novel Feed by M.T. Anderson, most people in the future have a technology in their brain called “Feed.” It allows anyone who has it the ability to search data, chat, and receive advertisements. Also during this time most people have legions which are considered a fashion statement like a necklace or tattoo. In the beginning of the novel Titus and his friends Marty, Link, Loga, and Quendy go to Mars for spring break, where they meet an out of the ordinary girl named Violet. They
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