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Scientific Progress Essays and Term Papers
Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging An Honest ConsensusVisiting Researcher, The Foresight Institute
P.O. Box 61058, Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA
hanson@charon.arc.nasa.gov 510-651-7483
To appear in Social Epistemology, 1992. (version appeared: in Proc. Eighth
Intl. Conf. on Risk and Gambling, London, 7/90.)
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Our World Or Brave New WorldAldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in the 1930’s. During this time the world was making its first steps in scientific and technological advances. These advances were seen not only as evidence of man’s progress but also as a tremendous hope for mankind. People began to become more and more ...
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"The Religion That Fears Science Dishonors God And Commits Suicide"In a modern and constantly changing world like ours, we are always
moving forward, progressing, and learning. Our growth and development is
made of scientific progress that expands our knowledge and abilities. This
science is what makes us what we are today, and everybody, whether a
creator or ...
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An Analysis Of The Philosophy Of ScienceIn my analysis of the philosophy of science, I will attempt to give an analysis of Aristotle’s demonstration and scientific knowledge starting points and how they apply to his theory, his definition in sciences, and scientific enquires of the various questions posted as well as his ideals of ...
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A Review Of Huxley's Brave New WorldBrave New World (1932) is one of the most insidious works of literature
ever written.
An exaggeration?
Tragically, no. Brave New World has come to serve as the false
symbol for any regime of universal happiness.
So how does Huxley turn a future where we're all notionally ...
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Is Progress Inevitable?For most of my life I have been trying to relate my personal experiences to ideas I have absorbed from others–both during my formal education, and later on. It was like assembling a whole series of massively complicated jigsaw puzzles, and then taking the puzzles themselves and fitting them ...
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Did Duhem Show That Scientific Theories Can Be Neither TrueThe question as to whether scientific theories can be shown to be true or false is a complex one. The answer depends on one's interpretation of the meaning of theory. To what does it refer? Is its role to reveal the nature of reality, or is it merely a human construct? In which case what do we ...
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Animal ExperimentationIntroduction
has been a part of biomedical and behavioral research for
several millennia; experiments with animals were conducted in Greece over 2,000
years ago. Many advances in medicine and in the understanding of how organisms
function have been the direct result of animal ...
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CancerThe articles “The Killer,” “Insurance,” and “The Enemy
Within” all highlighted many concerns and problems that arise with .
They not only introduce medical aspects, but also the societal aspects as
well. The articles also told of many procedures and ideas that are
currently being studied and ...
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Illuminating The Path Of ProgressThomas Alva Edison is the most famous inventor in American History.
Edison designed, built, and delivered the electrical age. He started a
revolution that would refocus technology, change life patterns, and create
millions of jobs. He became famous for his scientific inventions, even though ...
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Descartes' Skeptical Argument And Reponses By Bouwsma And MalcolmIn this essay, I will examine Rene Descartes' skeptical argument and
responses by O.K. Bouwsma and Norman Malcolm. I intend to prove that while both
Bouwsma and Malcolm make points that refute specific parts of Descartes'
argument in their criticisms, neither is sufficient in itself to refute ...
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Young Goodman BrownI began my Hawthorne reading task with The Birth-Mark. I picked this story because I am familiar with the Maypole of Merrymount and , and I wanted to try something different. I was pleasantly surprised with The Birth-Mark, in my mind it far surpasses the latter two stories. I think one of the most ...
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Television Born KillersThis essay attempts to evaluate the view that television violence is a cause of real world violence. Several studies supporting and opposing this view are examined as well as Gerbner's cultivation theory, which provides an alternative view. The critique offered by Cumberbatch has been applied ...
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Bartelby The ScrivenerI began my Hawthorne reading task with The Birth-Mark. I picked this story because I am familiar with the Maypole of Merrymount and Young Goodman Brown, and I wanted to try something different. I was pleasantly surprised with The Birth-Mark, in my mind it far surpasses the latter two stories. I ...
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Impact Of Television Violence In Relation To Juvenile DelinquencyWhen children are taught how to tie their shoes, it is because of how
their parents showed them. When children are taught how to do math problems it
is because how their teachers show them. With all of the role models how does
television effect our children?
Many adults feel that ...
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Tension in the 20's and ManifestationThe firestorm of the Great War revealed an American society rife with conflict and opposing values. Americans reacted to the legacy of the war with new political doctrines, contentious views of religion, and emerging social and artistic trends. Heightened tensions were demonstrated by how ...
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: AnalysisBenjamin Franklin's Autobiography: Analysis
Benjamin Franklin's life can be summed up in two words, reading & writing. From loving reading since childhood to helping draft the Declaration of Independence, his life earned him the title of The First American. In the autobiography, we get a full ...
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Louis XIV Had A Greater Impact On European History Than Peter The GreatAlthough Peter the Great was possibly the most magnificent Russian Czar of all time, I believe King Louis XIV of France had the greater impact upon European history. At the time of Louis XIV’s rule France was the most populous country in Europe with an estimated 18 million people. Under his ...
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Stranger Than Fiction Brave NeThe task of predicting the future is as impossible as finding a needle in Texas. Huxley’s predictions of the future has proven to be eerily accurate in several areas; his predictions with regards to sex, our obsession with youth and beauty closely resemble societies' views on these issues ...
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