The article Stop Raising Awarenesss Already talks about the effectiveness of public campaigns, as well as their risks and the mistakes they make. The article highlights various mistakes made in the process. The article addresses the issues in many points. One of the most prominent point is “When Awareness Campaigns reach the Wrong Audience.” This point highlights the idea that a campaign must know their audience. Knowing one’s audience can help cater to them and fulfill the point of view each one of them has. The audience you should avoid is: “an audience that is unsympathetic to the campaign’s goals or one …

As I observe my headset, I notice many things about it. It looks like two circles connected by an arc above them, with another arc attached to the left circle facing forward. There is a cord attached to the right circle with a rectangular box in its middle. My headset is colored black, and the part the covers the ears can extend. Every time it extends, it makes a snapping noise, as it makes sure to be steady while worn. The cord for the headset has a sort of textile feel to it. In the middle of the cord, there …

While reading this assignment, the first thing that came to my mind was cooking. Cooking has is a process to get delicious food to eat. My favorite food is New York style pizza. I got this recipe from a Youtube video by Adam Ragueda. How do we make “New York style” pizza? First we need to get dough for the pizza. We can start by pouring a teaspoon of yeast and salt each, two tablespoons of sugar, two and a half cups of water, a quarter cup of olive oil at most, and around five cups of high protein flour …

The article “A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked” is an article about debunking a certain phenomenon in the brain that has been used to argue against the concept of Free Will. The article begins by describing the argument behind us not having free will. By using a phenomenon in the brain known as bereitschaftpotential, or readiness potential, scientists argued about the lack of free will we have, as our brains indicated that they made a decision for us without our awareness. To be more specific, Benjamin Libet makes the case that “not only that the brain shows …

The article provides many points which I can use to help me in my writing. The article “How Beauty is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution” is an article that explores the evolution of animals and why they evolve through beauty instead of what we see as natural selection. The author uses arguments from both sides, allowing his argument to be balanced and somewhat impartial. The article’s exploration of the advantages beauty has that would make certain animals evolve geared toward looks over practicality gives insight on the positives and negatives of both sides of the argument.  By using Darwin’s theories to help explain what …

     A major issue that has popped up due to humanity’s actions has potentially caused one of the most dangerous threats to humans: climate change. The rising climate has caused numerous different issues throughout the world. One blog post from HealthAffairs breaks down the issues that have risen from the warming earth. David Introcaso, the writer of the article: “Climate Change Is The Greatest Threat To Human Health In History”, describes the problems that can or have already occurred as a result of climate change.      The article falls under the genre of a blog, as the article was posted under …

Introduction: In my group, we played around with the topic of Mars’s colonization. What are the risks present? Is it even possible to make Mars into a habitable place for humans? These questions came to mind when thinking about colonization. However, I decided to look into the question: is it possible to colonize Mars on a short-term basis? Three articles help to illustrate parts of this question, with the first being A Low-Pressure, N2/CO2 Atmosphere Is Suitable for Cyanobacterium-Based Life-Support Systems on Mars, “Mars environment and magnetic orbiter scientific and measurement objectives”, and “How Safe Is Safe Enough? Radiation Risk …