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Journalism has held an important role in society since the seventeenth century; people have depended on journalists to provide new and important information concerning a wide variety of topics. This dependency has led to a great deal of trust in journalists and their word and allowed for journalists to publish what they please. Mencken took advantage of the people’s trust when he published the article “A Neglected Anniversary” in the New York Evening Mail. Mencken created his own history of the bathtub and released it to the public in 1917. The manner in which the article is written completely deceived the readers; many truly believed Mencken’s account was true, and the story was believed for quite some time, even after Mencken revealed the truth. The developing trust in journalism and a journalist’s word during the early twentieth century created for the instant acceptance and longevity in belief of Mencken’s hoax.

There are many causes of self-betrayal in today's society. Accordingly, Self-Betrayal comes from an individual who fails to recognize a fault within themselves, then obtains a sudden realization of said fault which affects the person in a negative manner. Before one can change others, one must change themselves. These causes of self-betrayal are seen in the article Great Betrayals by The New York Times. “Discoveries of such secrets typically bring on tumultuous crises. Ironically, however, in my clinical experience, it is often the person who lied or cheated who has the easier time.” ( Fels. A Great Betrayals). Indeed, it is true that in some circumstances the act of betraying one's self can lead to a positive outcome. With this acknowledgment

Through the analysis of the major televised debate, held February this year, between the popular science communicator, Bill Nye, and the US-based Australian creationist, Ken Ham. It has come to light that through careful analysis and research it is my belief that scientists should not be involved within any debates “scientific” or otherwise regarding topics pertaining to creationism or any other religious perspective. The inappropriate use of the loose definitions of science and religion lead to the intertwining of the two subjects that are extremely different in methodology, leaving the audience up for misinterpretation. While the debate did bring about the topic to the forefront of the public, which in itself was a positive, I do not believe that the post debate result was a win for science. Bill Nye’s derogatory demeanour represented post debate towards Ken Ham was in turn a representation of institutional science. Leading to which the validity of the debate and post debate could be brought into question.

In “How to be a ‘Woman Programmer,’” first published in The New York Times, Ellen Ullman argues that there is great prejudice against women in the workplace. Specifically, Ullman thinks that such prejudice exists in the deeper parts of the more technical fields such as computer programming. While encouraging women to avoid confronting men who show their prejudice against them, Ullman nevertheless points out the idea that women should stick to their passion for their work. For Ullman, it is the next best thing that women can do, apart from being a practical solution. However, I think that women should not be afraid to call their male coworkers out whenever women experience sexual prejudice in the workplace regardless of their position. Today, there are laws that equip women with the power to bring erring male coworkers to justice. After all, if the point is to make the genders equal, women should learn to assert their rights.

Early in the month of January 1936, a young sixth grader named Phyllis sent a letter to Albert Einstein. She asked if scientists pray, and if so, who they pray to. When he received the letter, Einstein wrote back days later with a logical and trustworthy response. Because of Einstein’s response, there have been controversy over relating issues. With rhetorically effective phrases and sentences, Albert Einstein answered the young girl’s letter.

In 1936 Albert Einstein wrote a letter to sixth grader Phyllis Wright answering her question do scientists pray and if so what for? In the letter Einstein is confusing and changes his point of view on the matter. He uses language and vocab no ordinary sixth grader could understand and wasn’t even sure if he got his own point across.

In the New York Time Article by Timothy William, Inquiry to Examine Racial Bias in the San Francisco Police Department, first thing to remember known as implied social perception, implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. Another key point of argument is that there is no systematic bias in the criminal justice base on race. To point out, in performing their policing duties, police officer are able to exercise a high degree of discretion. This means that they have a have a broad freedom to make a decision about how to act on the given situation. For this reason some police officer deliberately use their wide power of discretion and their authority to perform acts of misconduct. In this article it is generally agreed that discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin is morally wrong and a violation of the principle of impartiality. In fact impartiality principles requires that those who are equal be treated equally based on similarities, and that race not be a relevant consideration in the assessment. However, in May, District Attorney George Gascon appointed a three-judge body of distinguished jurists to look into bias in the department following a series of misconduct scandals, the most troubling being a group of police officers who were caught sending racist text messages. Now, the scope, aim, participants and timeline of the ongoing investigation have been revealed in a series

The author says that to be a scientist, we must have the courage to face doubt, and he backs up his idea with a 19th century French physiologist, Claude Bernard, “Science teaches us to doubt.” Saying that a scientist must be open-minded to the fact that their findings are not always correct, the author describes Einstein’s process and how he goes about it. There is sense of knowledge that Claude Bernard seems to have as he is titled, “the great French Physiologist”. Also, the qualification and power that comes with Einstein’s name is known worldwide and clearly apparent. Both of these names and titles, which are very credible, come together to make Barry’s argument more

When dwelling into the explorations about science and religion, one can find it quite amusing. "If science and religion are to continue to coexist it seems opposed to the conditions of modern thought to admit that this result can be brought about by the so-called

There are many topics that science and religion have opposing views on and continue to debate. One of these subjects that has received a great deal of attention and has placed an enormous wedge between the two realms is the varying opinions concerning the creation of the universe. For nearly a century, scientists have explained this phenomenon with the Big Bang theory, whereas spiritual thinkers have long placed their faith in the Genesis creation account. Both submit valid arguments, however, it is ultimately up to each individual to decide which testimony to accept as truth and to consider if it is possible that both opinions could co-exist.

After a meeting everyone piles in an elevator and nobody is saying anything. That is strange thing about elevators, it’s like they have the power to make you not talk. You’ve been in a meeting and everybody has shared details of their lives to strangers but, yet don’t say a word. According to Augusten Burroughs, author of “Dry” The New York Times. “When group is over, all pile into the same elevator and nobody says a word. That’s the strange thing about elevators, it’s like they have the power to silence you. I’ve just been in group therapy where people will reveal the most intimate details of their lives to complete strangers, yet in the elevator nobody can say a word”(122). Basically, Burrough is stating that once they leave the therapy room

It would be difficult to find any two individuals on the planet who are able to agree on everything. Because of this, there are many different issues in which any two people are going to fail to see eye to eye on. Differing viewpoints lead to arguments that are created by people in order to argue their points. While some arguments that are created are based in fact, some arguments are based upon false assumptions and trickery, with these unsound arguments being known as fallacies. A study of fallacies reveal the true nature of false arguments, and better equips an individual to identify invalid arguments.

The concept that marriage can occur, endure, and succeed without the factor of love seems to be common in many other places in the world. “Who Needs Love! In Japan, Many Couples Don’t,” by Nicholas D. Kristof published in the New York Times in 1996 explores the aspects and success of loveless marriage in Japan beginning with Yuri Uemura of Omiya, Japan.

In Rick Wingrove’s article he takes scientific materialism as his worldview, arguing that most of the claims of God have been disproved. He claims that science has been closing the gap between what we know and what do do not and that before science became advanced, people used God to fill the gaps of what they could not explain. Suggesting that science will grow to such an extent that it will eventually close all the gaps until there is no need for God. However this belief is completely false. In Wingrove’s paper he writes “I am atheist because I love science.” But there is no scientific theory that defines love. He has just made a philosophical statement and not a scientific one. Claiming that science and explain everything is simply an ignorant statement. For example, theres is no scientific law that tells an individual to be honest or true in their findings, it is a philosophical argument. Science is undoubtedly beneficial to the this world in terms of advances in the medical field and much more, but the ultimate question of life is going to be one of meaning, purpose and loving relationships which will not be derived form a scientific single vision of life but rather from a theological view. David Berlinski, one of the worlds leading physicist and an agnostic, wrote a book titled the The Devil’s Delusions. In it he writes;

Thirteen year old Megan Meier befriended and began exchanging messages with someone who she thought was a cute 16 year old boy named Josh Evans on Myspace. The messages from Josh started out complimentary but quickly became hostile, soon leading to other forms of cyberbullying. Meier, already struggling with depression, grew even more depressed as the online harassment continued. On October 16, 2006, Meier hanged herself in her bedroom closet, dying a day later. Soon after, news surfaced that the “Josh Evans” Meier had been communicating with was not an actual person, but simply a fake account. A mother in Meier’s neighborhood ran the account, claiming that she made it in order to ascertain how Meier felt and what Meier was saying about her daughter. Due largely in part to a mother’s deep entrenchment in her daughter’s personal life, Megan Meier committed suicide, serving as an extreme example of the dangers of an overbearing parent. George Saunders’s 2009 short story first published in The New Yorker (later republished in his 2013 collection of short stories The Tenth of December: stories) also relays the dangers of overbearing parenting, but in a more direct manner.