In the articles, "Are These Stories True? (Nope)" written by Kristen Lewis and "The Story That Got Away" written by Debby Waldman, they give reasons as to why fake news can sometimes be appealing. For example, in the article "Are These Stories True? (Nope)" written by Kristen Lewis, it explains how fake news sellers use big headlines and click bait to attract users to their website. The articles states that websites "put out made-up stories with sensational headlines to lure people into clicking
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The Reality of Imagination Reality. Imagination. As taught in school, the two terms are antonyms of each other as they occupy the domains of the physical world and the physics-defying, almost magical realm respectively. From the differentiation of the two settings arise idioms such as the lyrics from hip-hop giant Eminem in his single “Lose Yourself: ‘Snap back into reality!’” However, as much as dictionaries, and even physicians, can differentiate between the two words, imagination and reality
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What exactly is the truth? What is true and how do we determine this? Although these questions offer great similarity, they are two completely different questions. In order to determine what is true, we must evaluate what is considered the truth. Absolute statements are often relative to context such as language, setting, culture, and belief, however, although absolute facts might exist in theory, do we really have access to them? I believe that Absolute occurence is indeed irrelevant, just because
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Cole Schneider Beth Barnes UC1000 Mastering the University Experience September 23, 2017 Career Research Project Have you ever heard of John Holland? John Holland was an American Psychologist during the 1900’s who created a theory that stated, “most people are one of six personality types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, or conventional.” The first one realistic meaning that you enjoy working with your hands. Realistic people can build
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However, I believe that Street’s claim that either realism is false or we are unjustified in our moral beliefs is unsound. Firstly, I wish to show that some moral beliefs are independent from the influences of evolution. From there, it does not necessarily follow from her argument that if moral beliefs are influenced by evolution and have no link with independent moral truths, realism is false and we are unjustified in our moral beliefs. In the ancient Greek society, it was common for males to
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If you have ever watched the news in the past year, I’m sure you have heard Donald Trump utter the famous word “Fake News.” Whether you are a fan of our new president or not, it seems undeniable that fake news is truly a real occurrence in our society. The article named “Fix the Algorithm” written to for the Daily Aztec, the SDSU school newspaper, attacks this issue by talking about the effects fake news in our world, with a specific concentration around the computer programmed algorithms that
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and justifies their beliefs. People like such portray overconfidence, and make an effort to convince others that what they know is correct. These individuals are under the impression that what they’ve known previously is a fixed concept, when in reality; any concepts that they’ve come to learn of can be refuted with new data and observations. People can’t always use their
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If we were to erase all the knowledge we had about the world around us then, recreate the things we know about through our own knowledge and beliefs how do we know that what we recreate is real or fake? Can one really trust their senses without the reasonable doubt that there may be a chance that our perception of the world may not be how it actually is? Furthermore, how are we to know if the world we experience is nothing but an illusion itself and even more importantly, how do we know that we even
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onslaught of devastating natural disasters this year are strong evidence to prove that we are living in a malfunctioning computer simulation. This may sound crazy, but many respected scientists agree that we are likely living in a simulation of reality. Neil deGrasse Tyson, renowned astrophysicist and author, claims that there is a 50-50 chance that our existence is a program on someone else’s hard drive. Even though humans and chimpanzees share more than 98% of their DNA, there is a significant
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Social Construction of Reality Your teachers name Your name The date How would you describe my inner mind? Crazy? Genius? They say that both are two sides of the same side. Through my experiences, I shape the world around me, developing a unique perspective from my worldview. When it comes to how I perceive reality you can summarize it in these six concepts: Culture, Meaning, Self, Self-fulfilling prophecy, and scripts, and self-serving bias. My Culture defines me down to my very genetic
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