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    I was obviously quite a fair deal apprehensive before using the vanishing cabinets. Knowing that they were quite rare and that no one knew how they came to be, I believed I had fair reason to be so. You can't trust something you know nothing about. The story of Graham Montague wasn't calming my jittery mind at all. Regardless, I stepped forward ready to better understand this form of magical transportation. I first examined the cabinet. It looked very antique and yet very beautiful. I then prepared

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    ideas to the scientific community that would have an impact to many religious communities. The creation of new tools allowed human to test ideas and theories that would confirm or deny previous assumptions. Pseudoscience was a form of science that would introduce many absurd ideas that could be denied with current evidence. However, many scientific theories and assumptions are fallible and could be disproven and thus created pseudoscience. Michael Shermer wrote an article that explains the main problem

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    Theoretical Project: Part 1 By Jared Mundy Looking up the definition of mathematics you will get the simple definition, “the abstract science of number, quantity, and space”. I believe the definition of mathematics to be more than this. I believe mathematics is study of science using basic rules or truths, such as truth 1 + 1 = 2, applying these rules in different ways, since 1 + 1 = 2, we can expand on that and say 1 x 2 = 2, and then extrapolating upon those rules. We then can use these rules to

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    Analyzing Theory After the formulation, development, and implementation of my anti-entitlement theory, I began analyzing my own personality to evaluate this new theoretical perspective. Using integrated schools of thought including aspects of the personal construct theory and social cognitive theory, the newly devised anti-entitlement theory posits a new school of thought that correlates to my perception and attitude regarding both personal and professional life in addition to the environment I’m

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    Not surprisingly, elephants are known for being more emotional and empathetic animals than the rest. According the three articles, “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”, “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task”, and “Elephants Console Each Other” elephants understand when they need each other’s assistance. All two authors describe the studies of elephant behavior differently, but with a similar purpose. As portrayed in “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”, an experiment

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    or predictions in their heads, plan how to systematically test their ideas experimentally, and imagine the consequences of their tests." As of right now, I believe that I am currently in the formal operations stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory. This stage occurs when an individual turns about 12 and continues into adulthood. An example

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    In order to successfully publish an academic article, an individual must be familiar with the expected style and content in their discourse community. A type of community is composed of people who have the same objective, speak the same language, and have the same principles. In other words, they would have to know commonly used jargon, ethics, and attitudes toward different issues in the community. The discourse community that I am interested in joining is the psychology discourse community. In

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    Philosophy Under Hacker

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    reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology. An example that Hacker gives is physicists discover that E=mc2, and then meta-phsycists discover that E=mc2 is true in all the possible worlds. Although there are no theories in philosophy, philosophy is essential for answering many conceptual questions that people wonder about. Scientists can't answer questions such as; whether the mind is the brain,whether human beings are responsible for their deeds while philosophists

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    Why Is Evolution Wrong

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    Internet Expose The Theory of Evolution has been a very controversial topic in the past and today’s world. There are many conflicting views and perception that rises when it comes to religious beliefs, values, and ethics. Many people question the theory of evolution however, these claims and arguments have many fallacies that does not justify or prove that evolution is wrong. In my internet expose I have chosen three topics to research and have provided a full analysis of articles from websites

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    Answer to Dr. Webb’s question All theory needs to be testable in order to be considered valid. They need to able to have repeatable evidence, objective which I believe that my research meet those criteria. Thereby, if my theory was not testable against empirical findings then it will have no scientific value. Akers (2013, p.7), states that it must also be possible for the theory to be also subjected to empirical falsification; in other words it must be open to evidence that may counter or disprove

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