I In The Art Of Intelligence By Henry Crumpton

The writer accomplishes making the writing more interesting by, using three of many expectations for a ninth grader which are, connotation, syntax, and imagery. He used all of these categories various times throughout the story/memoir. All of these helped in making the memoir more emotional and what makes it impacting. In this memoir we are given a true and emotional impacting words that make us feel various emotions inside. This memoir succeeds in using connotation, syntax, and imagery to create a bigger impact when it comes to the reader’s

In “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, the author speaks about how schools should use students’ interests to develop their rhetorical and analytical skills. He spends a majority of his essay on telling his own experience of being sport loving and relating it to his anti-intellectual youth. He explains that through his love for sports, he developed rhetoric and began to analyze like an intellectual. Once he finishes his own story, he calls the schools to action advising them to not only allow students to use their interest as writing topics, but instead to teach the students on how to implement those compelling interests and present them in a scholarly way. In perspective, Graff’s argument becomes weak with his poor use of ethos, which he tries to build with his own anecdote but, through the same means he is able to build his pathos and in the last few paragraphs, with his use of logic he prevents his argument from becoming dismissible.

When asked about spies, most people instinctively think of James Bond, a member of the British Secret Service. Most people don’t know however that this classical character was inspired by the true events, of places like Camp X, where 007’s creator, Ian Fleming, was trained as an intelligence officer. Most stories of the Second World War revolve around the great battles, such as the Battle of Normandy. While these battles were remarkable, the critical victories of the Second World War may not have been possible without the vigorous and fearless effort of spies and operatives, who can influence the result of crucial operations for the betterment of their own objectives. Training camps were vital for producing

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a piece of literature that asseverates that perhaps intelligence is a seamless fundamental. Precisely, for 34 old Charlie Gordon who initially wants to attain intelligence because he has been dimwitted throughout his whole entire life. Mr.Gordon is given an opportunity to be chosen for an operation. Fortunately for Mr. Gordon he happens to be the perfect candidate for the operation that will result to be semi-successful. As for Charley a 1968 film that portrays a 34 year old who seeks

In the reading, “Writing About Yourself: The Memoir” by William Zinsser, the author uses organization, examples, and direct advice to develop the purpose and message of the selection. The message of this piece is that writing about oneself and delving into what has made the author who they are gives the writing individuality and distinction. Like the message, the purpose is to encourage writers to write about themselves and what has shaped them without hesitation. To begin with, the author uses a pattern of organization where he introduces an excerpt of a memoir by stating a quality that makes this memoir exemplary. After the excerpt, he will further comment on what makes this memoir memorable for him. For example, the author states, “One secret of the art [the memoir] is detail… a sound or smell—as long as it played a

Aldrich “Rick” Ames was born in River Falls, Wisconsin on June 26th, 1941. Like most children, his childhood did not reveal a disposition for betrayal and apathy, but rather held promise. I chose to learn about Ames and his crimes against the CIA because of the relationship he had with both them and the KGB. The CIA is frequently described as becoming another family for the men and women operating within its power. Ames however, not only forsaked the agency’s secrets to the KGB, but continued to work for both agencies without hesitation. None of his colleagues, nor the the CIA’s effort to protect the nation as a whole held value for him. What’s more startling than the fact that Rick doesn’t regret what he’s done, is the that the close-knit

I gained a new perceptive during class, when reading “George Saunders Explains How to Tell a Good Story”. The reading of this article help me understood how to use more details to makes my story’s more meaningful. The reading of this article help me build up my paper on “No such Things” to use details to descipbe a story. Through the reading of the article, it help me to use experience through my life to build on my topic “…memory is an unreliable traveling companion through the years”. The reading of the article help me to create a meaningful story to blend it in with experience in my life and also to blending in with the topic of my paper.

Crenshaw is a magical and real-life scenario book with themes of fantasy, realism, and imagination. A little boy named Jackson who lived with his mom, dad, little sister Robin and dog Aretha is the narrator. Jackson is the main character, is in fifth grade and likes things based on facts yet has an imaginary friend who is a giant cat, named Crenshaw. He wants to be a scientist who studies animals when he is an adult. Robin is five years old, is very imaginative, and is happy-go-lucky. Robin came into the story when she and her brother were playing cereal ball in the living room of their apartment, before moving into their van. Cereal ball is a game they invented when they were hungry but there was nothing to eat. Their dad called living in their van car camping. Aretha is their a puppy and is very playful. They don’t want to lose her if they have to move back into the van. Jackson did not want to have to leave his friends and the house they called home but heard his parents talk about no money to pay rent.

Thoughts can be fleeting, however some of the feelings resulting from thought and can have a long lasting impact on the mental state of a person. In my metacognitive exploration I found an interesting comparison between the way in which I think and approach my past feelings and the methods which Tim O’Brien, from The Things They Carried, and Paul D from Beloved express their thinking about the past. I have discovered that the expression of thoughts, including memories and feelings, is the key to a healthy mental state of a person.

As scientific and medical advances weave their way into modern society, science fiction sketches ways to interconnect the present with the future and to prepare for revolutionary breakthroughs. In the science fiction novella, “Understand,” Ted Chiang creates a world with a scientifically devised medical innovation that can possibly be used to shape and prepare the future of humanity. In this short story, Chiang employs rhetoric to push readers to question their attitude on superhuman intelligence. He uses mimesis in a manner that provides the audience with insight into philosophical issues with extraordinary hyper-intelligence and concludes that the benefits are worth taking on despite the risks. The story follows Leon Greco, a freshly-minted mastermind, as he journeys from a vegetative state to a medical advancement after being treated with an experimental drug. In this context, Chiang uses mimesis to mimic Greco’s growth in knowledge in the dialogue, structure, and diction of the story. As Greco develops a fondness for greater intelligence, Chiang guides his readers to question their philosophy and to understand that intellectual advancement can beneficial to humanity.

“What Is Intelligence, Anyway?” by Issac Asimov, in this essay, Asimov talks about different types of intelligence. Such as book smarts versus mechanical aptitude. Issac Asimov talks about how he scored the highest on the intelligence test in the army. He also compared himself to a fellow army member that works on auto-repair and couldn’t score more then 80 in his eyes, but always went to the auto-repairmen to fix his car because he didn’t know nothing about cars. Intelligent Issac Asimov, was smarter than majority of people around him, but that was his gift and he couldn’t do other things they could do, for an example in the text, Issac said “My intelligence, then, is not absolute but is a function of the society I live in and

The actions of human beings during dire situations for both themselves and others is what sets our species apart from any other species in the universe. The mind of humans is designed with the instinct of survival. There are those that will cower in the face of danger, and manifest the stereotype that deep down, all humans are selfish. However, there are also the people that in such parlous situations, will abandon their instinct of survival in an attempt to save others around them. One situation where this is extremely evident is during war, where the true character of a person bleeds through. The actions of brave and selfless men and women who put their lives on the line for others everyday are exemplary illustrations of what our great country stands for. Such actions are typically rewarded with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which is the most distinguished award of heroism that can be achieved by a soldier. One preeminent example of such a person is William D. Hawkins, who was a U.S. Marine during WWII, and First Lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines. Hawkins contradicted the common stereotype that people only look out for themselves in order to survive by exemplifying his courage, sacrificing his life to help others, and demonstrating commitment to his country during his service.

In his paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” Alan Turing sets out to answer the question of whether machines can think in the same humans can by conceptualizing the question in concrete terms. In simple terms, Turing redefines the question by posing whether a machine can replicate the cognition of a human being. Yet, some may object to the notion that Turing’s new question effectively captures the nature of machines’ capacity for thought or consciousness, such as John Searle. In his Chinese room thought experiment, Searle outlines a scenario that implies machines’ apparent replication of human cognition does not yield conscious understanding. While Searle’s Chinese thought experiment demonstrates how a Turing test is not sufficient to establish that a machine can possess consciousness or thought, this argument does not prove that machines are absolutely incapable of consciousness or thought. Rather, given the ongoing uncertainty of the debate regarding the intelligence of machines, there can be no means to confirm or disconfirm the conscious experience of machines as well as the consciousness of humans by extension of that principle.

My thoughts on “What is Intelligence Anyway?” In the essay “What is Intelligence Anyway?” the author Isaac Asimov shows how despite what popular consensus is, whether a person is considered “intelligent” or not will depend on the subject at hand. There is no denying that he is right about this. Asimov talks about his conversations with his auto-mechanic and how he was considered intelligent due to how he scored on some tests while his mechanic would do poorly on the test.

This distinctive book called, “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman, is one of very few exquisite readings I’ve completed so far. Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist in Princeton University, and due to his research, he won a Nobel Prize in 2002 in economics. In the beginning of his book, he speaks of our cognitive System 1 and System 2 ways of thinking. System 1 generates feelings, impressions, and memory. It is very instinctive, automatic, and is considered quick thinking. System 2 on the other hand, is alert during complex problem solving, while dealing with facts and knowledge, and is attentive while working with difficult calculations. For example, a problem such as 24 x 13, this takes more time and knowledge to figure out (System 2), rather then recognizing an emotion from face expressions (System 1). When System 1 is strained, your System 2 steps in to help you process through that specific instant. Now aside from the psychological portion of this book, Mr. Kahneman divulges about a consolidated economic analysis with elemental intuitions from the psychological perspective; such as, luck and skill, overconfidence, risks in the stock market, factors of success and the decision making process. This book is overall concluded with the understanding of behavioral economics, which is the social and cognitive components on economic decisions that are defined by individuals and have consequences that reflect from making those decisions and taking those risks.