Discussion 3

I would like to share my thoughts about evidence and how it plays a strong part in our everyday life. I feel like without evidence nothing can ever be proven or there will be no meaning to it. People make decisions everyday without evidence and I believe that is wrong because people make the wrong choices in the end. Evidence should also be analyzed all the time in order to make good choices. There are much different evidence used and each one has its own special function. Using the right evidence is important when persuading a crowd because of the facts included in the evidence. Such as who said it, the reference is important because if the person has experience in that field for a long time it might persuade a person to believe you. Therefore evidence is important in deciding what is true and what is false.

Discussion 2

Condon does not believe in the existence of UFO or any other living creatures, which is not identified at this moment of time. He feels like any study made on this topic is just to get people or the public worried or anxious to know what else is out there. Hyena believes that there are definitely more living thing outside the world. Believes further scientific research should be done to make sure their predictions are right. He believes more data and analyzations should be processed to show a stronger point in why he believes it is real. Paynter is a realist so he doesn't believe it unless there is hard evidence on it. He doesn't agree or disagree but with the right proofs he will make a decision to believe it or not. I agree with painter the most because I believe everything needs hard evidence to prove something. Without the right evidence there is no reason to believe it because in my mind it doesn't exist. Therefore Paynter definitely has a stronger argument by seeing it and have hard evidence.

Knowledge vs Wisdom

The way I look at wisdom and knowledge is wisdom is more of the what we get through experiencing something. Knowledge is more of what we get by learning something through a text or simply being taught by someone else. I feel like in college we get both sides of this because college is very open as in you get to make yuour own choices. There are many activites in college and many different things you can be a part of. things such as being in a fraternity helps you get more wisdom in the process. When you get this wisodm you will be able to apply it later in life. You get knowledge in class when you are learning from a teacher. We all go to class everyday and learn things we don' always have interest in but in the end we get a new kind of knowledge into our brains. Therefore I feel like we get both knowledge and wisdom in college because there are many things we learn and many activities we become a part of.

Language

In this weeks lesson I would like to talk about the certain language we use in our everyday life. There are many different types and each has a certain function to it. Informative language is phrases that are said which can be either true or false. Directive is also used often because it a phrase that is directly towards someone which causes an influence. I use this a lot because I talk to my friends that way especially when we call each other out to hangout. One of the strongest deliverance to your language would be the expressive language, which requires you to express yourself. This delivers more of an impact towards the listener because you’re expressing yourself to them. I felt like expressive and emotive is a bit similar because they both show emotion. If we all learn how to utilize these different types of languages we will be able to reach out to many different people. Our communication will be stronger because we know when to use it. 

Rhetoric Devices

If you know me very well I can be a very sarcastic person. I don’t use it in a mean or offensive way but more of a way for humor. I can say I use it a lot in conversations with friends or even paper I write. The sarcasm just shows a deeper understanding to the topic and in the end we all just laugh at it because we think of the most ridiculous way to make each other understand what were talking about. I probably used it in my speech in the past week because I didn’t know how to demonstrate my topic so I kind of acted out a scene from a movie. Which turned out to be a great tool and the audience was definitely on the same track as me. Another rhetoric tool I use is a hyperbole. This I use almost everyday such as phrases like the “ the weather is hot as hell”, we all know it can’t get that hot. But I say it to show how hot it is and people understand that I'm burning in the sun and its time for a quick stop at the beach. Therefore I use many rhetorical devices in my everyday life just to express myself to others in a stronger way.

A True Critical Thinker

Sally ride definitely show all the qualities of a critical thinker. As she goes on talking about how she is a good problem solver. Which means she has a strong point of analyzing a problem and providing a solution to this problem. She also has skills in research because it made her goals come true. She kept focus on the goals she wanted to achieve and never lost focus. With her good communication and people skill she was able to learn more and more about her future career and how to utilize these skills. In the end she gained these skills by communicating with others and doing some of her own research on the side. She is definitely a strong role model for other people because she literally took what she believed in and made it happen. She analyzed, communicated with others, and researched in order to accomplish her goals. 

Sampling

In this weeks lesson I was most interested in the many different sampling people take when trying to collect data for a certain claim. We take samples in our everyday life, the question is how accurate is it and if its bias towards other people. Some examples would be like people who prefer which type of Phone Company to use. The surveys could be taken from a group of people using that company already. Which gives the data some bias because it’s not completely fair to say which company better. That is why they developed random sampling so everyone has the equal chance of being a part of the particular sample. Therefore there will be no bias in the data because it is all random. If the sample was to be a random sampling the generalization made will be more accurate. The main goal of sampling is the population and the variation in the data. 

The Five Proofs

After reading the five proofs I would have to agree with Aquinas because he provides many facts into his claim. On the other hand I disagree with how Dawkins believe evolution and belief in god is incompatible because his reasons are not strong enough. He has no proof in how everything was created. Honestly if it was based on natural selection there is always the question of how everything started. There had to be a creator to everything, with the reasons Dawkins provide I don’t believe it is strong enough to say there us no god. If Aquinas was still alive he will definitely disagree with what Dawkins is saying. I feel like he will explain more about the design of that god has come up with because I feel like Dawkins don’t understand about the design of the world. I feel like everything in the world happens for a reason, could be a certain balance. Natural disasters and miracles happen for a reason, we will never have a strong enough argument to support it. But I believe that will be something Aquinas will explain more about if he was alive.