Part A: Confirmation Bias - This week, a student was writing an IA for history. During that time, this student had cognitive bias because they only looked at information surrounding their thesis even though there were facts and primary sources that were against their thesis. Another example would be a reporter saying things that only apply to their view and the point they are trying to make, when again, there is evidence that says otherwise.
Part B:Intuition, or knowledge that we harness from within, can help us both see the truth and prevent us from seeing the truth in regards to moral and ethical decisions. Intuition can help us see the truth by being our first thought on subjects, that we may have not even known we have. Just through observing the world around us, our mind is constantly making notes on different aspects of life, though we may not consciously be aware when this is happening, this results in pre-stored areas of knowledge in our brain called schema's. Some people go by the saying "do what your gut instinct is" This "gut instinct" is similar to our intuition in that it is pre-stored knowledge from within us.
Part C: The possession of knowledge does in fact carry a responsibility. People who have knowledge of ethics should have an unbiased view on decisions being made. Looking at the ethical dilemma problems, most people would kill the fat man if he was not innocent, but if he was an innocent bystander, a lot of people would not push him off the ledge. "Knowledge is power" meaning people with knowledge have the most power when it comes to decisions and ethics. They carry a responsibility because power comes with responsibility. No one wants a president that will make bad decisions for the nation. We want someone who will make good decisions but at the same time make ethical decisions.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Culture
America V India
This slide is about when a friend shows up at your house uninvited in India vs America
Section 1)
1) Culture is how people go about doing things in life. It's pretty easy to define culture if someone has visited more than 1 country, but to a person who's been living in Massachusetts their whole life, they would have a hard time describing culture.
2) I agree with all the slides about singularity and individuality. United States is based on individual votes and rights, while eastern civilizations are all about community.
3) If I had to describe US culture in 4-5 sentences, the first thing I would think of is false security. People come to United States because they want to become rich or famous, and they think our culture makes it easy for them to do that, because we are supposed to be welcoming of new ideas and new things. However, US culture states its hard for someone to be very successful because of millions of people competing to do the same thing.
Section 2)
1) We might use our memory to make sense of a foreign place because we could use our outside knowledge or try using our culture to make sense of whats going on.
2) When I was in France, i ordered a soda and it came out to 5.50 euros, which is around 7 dollars. I didn't know why it was that high, so I remembered that Spain has an import tax on coke. They did this to stop people from gaining weight unless they had a lot of money and didn't mind spending it. I assumed this was why it was so expensive in France too.
3) We can use our memory to decipher something because we've learned a lot in school about other cultures so if we assume something its safe to assume. There are lots of limitations to using our memory because we cannot make sense of something by just using what we know. We have to learn new things or find a way around it.
Section 3:
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This slide is about when a friend shows up at your house uninvited in India vs America
Section 1)
1) Culture is how people go about doing things in life. It's pretty easy to define culture if someone has visited more than 1 country, but to a person who's been living in Massachusetts their whole life, they would have a hard time describing culture.
2) I agree with all the slides about singularity and individuality. United States is based on individual votes and rights, while eastern civilizations are all about community.
3) If I had to describe US culture in 4-5 sentences, the first thing I would think of is false security. People come to United States because they want to become rich or famous, and they think our culture makes it easy for them to do that, because we are supposed to be welcoming of new ideas and new things. However, US culture states its hard for someone to be very successful because of millions of people competing to do the same thing.
Section 2)
1) We might use our memory to make sense of a foreign place because we could use our outside knowledge or try using our culture to make sense of whats going on.
2) When I was in France, i ordered a soda and it came out to 5.50 euros, which is around 7 dollars. I didn't know why it was that high, so I remembered that Spain has an import tax on coke. They did this to stop people from gaining weight unless they had a lot of money and didn't mind spending it. I assumed this was why it was so expensive in France too.
3) We can use our memory to decipher something because we've learned a lot in school about other cultures so if we assume something its safe to assume. There are lots of limitations to using our memory because we cannot make sense of something by just using what we know. We have to learn new things or find a way around it.
Section 3:
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Why TOK?
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