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Post by natbluestar on Mar 16, 2015 1:55:56 GMT
code 765 1. If you had to live your life over and over again (as given in Nietzsche's myth of eternal recurrence), describe precisely those things that you would change and why? - If I could live my life over and over again, I would change the way I take care of myself physically. An example is that I would eat better and do more physical activity. I would join more sports teams in school. Because in this life I am currently out of shape and not happy about the way I look and it is hard for me to change now. I would also change how I look at school and how I study. I would do that so that I would be able to contribute to the academic world. 2. Thinking about your own life (and connecting to the movie, the limits of science), what are the biggest obstacles that you confront in your educational career? More preisely, what limitations do you have that you feel limit your understanding of varying subjects and ideas? - In my own life the biggest obstacles in my educational career are some of my teachers. When I take some classes some of the teachers only show you how to do things only one way. And that way is they only way they know or like. And when we try and find an answer in another way they make us down or do not accept our answer even if it is right. And because of that I believe that they are not allowing our minds expand on that given subject matter. One of the most imitating subjects to me is math. In math there are only a few ways to get some answers and there are math laws we need to obey. I believe that it is hard to introduce new ideas and concepts in that subject. 3. Since the advent of hyper technology, what devices have you become most attached or addicted to? Why? Which ones are your friends most attached to? What are the pros and cons of such devices (connecting, of course, to the movie, "Surfing the User Interface". - Since the invention of technology the device that I have become most attached to is the Television. I am addicted to the T.V. because of the shows that come on to entertain us are so interesting. TV has become so portable that we can now take it with us anywhere we go and have easy access to our favorite shows. I believe that the shows appeal and create an escape to an alternate reality to the one we are currently in. Most of my friends are attached to their phones or computers. Some of the pros are that we are able to get information on just about anything in just about a matter of seconds and some of the cons are that we can get sucked up in these alternate realities that we are missing some important social interactions that are happening around us. sites.google.com/site/niftynatbookworm/into-to-philosophy/film-test
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Post by jlimas2 on Mar 16, 2015 4:21:55 GMT
765 1. If I could live my life over and over again, I wouldn’t change a lot of experiences because they make me the person I am today. However, I would change being an over-thinker. Overthinking what was, what is, and what will or could be. I would just go with the flow and be optimistic. I have definitely spent too much time over-analyzing and over thinking situations when I could just think logically about a situation and have the mentality what will happen will happen regardless how much I think about it. The idea of constant second chances in life would be a comforting idea. 2. The biggest obstacles that confront me in my educational career is the ability to balance stress from life, school, family, etc. Balancing time effectively has been a challenge to me when having demands from various aspects outside of school. Its hard finding the time to juggle each thing at at a time, so I tend to carry all of my stress each place I go, even when I get to class. The subjectivity of certain topics and their sources limit my understanding of various subjects and ideas. For instance, when a subject is taught from only one perspective opposed to others it makes it difficult for me to find value in material necessary to learn. 3. I’ve become most attached to my cell phone since the advent of hyper technology. My cellphone has become a necessity since I always have it with me and I keep track of everything I need to on it. I have my calendar with everything I have to remember on it. I’m able to use gps, listen to music, take photos which makes it very usable. There are many perks from having a cell phone. My friends are also attached to their phones. The cons of being addicted to my cell phone is being too reliant on it. I lose track of everything when I lose my phone. I need it to wake up in the morning or know all my plans. site: sites.google.com/a/student.mtsac.edu/joannalimas/exam-2
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Post by joshm on Mar 16, 2015 4:26:08 GMT
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Question 1:
Everything. How could you do anything but? From birth there are so many things you can do to increase the intelligence and learning capability of a child. How could ou deny yourself those opportunities? A little smarter, a little faster, a little, stronger, all of these things can put you ahead of large percentages of your peers. I would do everything possible to ensure that these subsequent lives had as much power as possible. If that means forcing myself to learn numerous languages or forcing myself to focus a bit more on physical fitness during my childhood, or forcing myself to read more and more. I would do all of that and more. All of us have an intrinsic desire for control, the idea of freedom is rooted in that desire. Power is directly connected to control, things such as money, intelligence and strength translate into power. In the end, I suppose I would want to at least achieve a greater illusion of control or power than I currently have which would in turn cause me to have an even greater illusion of happiness. Concordantly, I would change all that I could, so that I could be the best I could be, and by extension be the happiest I could be.
Question 2:
The biggest limitation that I feel I would have is time. While, the movie, the limits of science provided great insight on the epistemological limits of humanity, I doubt that I will come anywhere near said limits during my lifetime. Ergo, I feel that the biggest limitation that I would personally face would be time itself. No matter what I accomplish, what I achieve, or what I pursue, mortality will rear its ugly head someday. Even now, at the young age of 21, I feel time taking its toll. Knee pain, ear ringing, fatigue. While none of these things have at all affected me yet, I can feel their presence. Who knows how long I will be able run from these adverse conditions. Inevitably, I will run out of time to expand my knowledge, and the irony is that with greater knowledge comes greater understanding of what your lack of knowledge. I can only hope that I will put genuine effort into my pursuit of knowledge, and that I have time to go back and check my answers on life's test.
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I would say that with the advent of hyper technology, I have become most addicted to my smartphone. My friends are probably also addicted to their smartphones as well. Recently, my phone of 3 years decided to stop working. I had to buy a new phone and then unlock my newly bought phone so that it could be used with my carrier. Overall the process probably took 7 days. Those 7 days were some of the most stressful of my life. Not only had I just started the semester at Mt. Sac but I had also been swamped at work. I felt completely lost without my phone and honestly I felt almost helpless without it. It felt embarassing to have to ask coworkers and fellow students for permission to use their phones because such a question subtly asks even more questions. “How are you surviving without a phone?” “How can you work?” “What happened to your phone?” In today's society to not have a phone is to be an outcast. It is a public acknowledgment of your refusal to connect and stay connected with society itself. Smartphones are not without their benefits though. A phone allows near-instant communication with almost anyone on the planet in multiple ways. Calls, emails, video streaming. The reality is that I can talk with relatives in other countries while sitting on the toilet. This is something that was science fiction two centuries ago, when messages had to be passed via travel. Getting a message to someone in another nation could take weeks, even months, if you travel further back in time, even years. Now, I can watch my relatives do everyday things halfway across the world at a press of a button. Another benefit is the availability of knowledge. If I want to know something, I look it up. No longer is there any need for true understanding of many topics. If I want to know how to do something I Google it. I can get step by step instructions from everything to making toast to performing a tracheotomy. Smartphones are not without their vices however. Everyone has noticed the breakdown in face-to-face interaction. The fall of physical meetups and physical relationships. I actually have many people who I consider “friends” that I have only met once or twice in my life. Some of them I have never actually met. Who knows how far down this rabbit hole we will go before there is no turning back.
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Post by victorvargas on Mar 16, 2015 4:49:17 GMT
Question 1
If I had to live my life over and over again, the one thing I would make sure to do is start living my life much earlier. My whole life, I was told that once I get through all my schooling, my real life can begin. It was not until I was about 16 years old that I realized that, If I wanted to be creative, whether that be by writing music or writing short stories, I didn't have to limit my self by a predetermined timeline. If I had the ability to do it over again, I would spend my bored days as a child writing and gathering experience so that when I’m old enough to make decisions with my creative works, I’ll be knowledgeable enough in the field to not make detrimental mistakes
Question 2
The biggest obstacle I see myself having in my education is my creativity. My creativity has always hindered my ability to focus on anything that was not of my own creation. As far as limiting my understanding, I don’t feel as though anything in particular would limit my understanding of any subjects.
Question 3
The device that I would admit I have an addiction to would be my desktop. My desktop holds a very special place in my heart because I built it myself when I was 15 years old. Over the years I've upgraded parts and have done a lot of maintenance on my little machine. Because I have had it for so long, my desktop hold everything in my life, from account passwords, to childhood pictures. My close group of friends don’t have the luxury of a desktop computer so their vice of choice is their cell phones. In my opinion, cell phones are much more toxic to sociability because it can literally be taken anywhere and ready to use at any time. On the bright side, my friends can Google directions within seconds, while I sit in my desk chair waiting for my O.S. to boot up.
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Post by jlimas2 on Mar 16, 2015 4:51:01 GMT
Extra Credit Response "In my educational career, the biggest obstacle I encounter is my lack of what would probably called drive or enthusiasm. This is because I have a very high tendency to only try on something that interests me. If there is a subject or activity that I don’t have interest in, I won’t put forth very much, if any effort into it. The vice versa to this is also actually very true. I put forth a multitude of effort into something that does interest me. This causes me to have a restricted knowledge base." Response: I agree with you when you say taking interest in a subject that isn’t very interesting definitely can become an obstacle in the journey of education. Personally, I’ve experienced the same challenges. It makes it even harder when the professor is even disinterested in the subject being taught as well. With disinterest in the topic being taught, it’s very easy to put in little effort. sites.google.com/a/student.mtsac.edu/joannalimas/exam
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Post by vanessabrianna1008 on Mar 16, 2015 4:51:56 GMT
Question 1: If I had the to live my life over and over again I would make a few changes, first off I would've waited to buy my first car instead of financing a car at the age of 18, I wish I would've waited till I was a little bit older and had a more stable job. I would've bought a car that I didn't have to pay payments on, which would make life a little bit easier. Secondly, I would've been more focused in High school, and received better grades, so that I could've got into a University. Rather than that I wouldn't change anything else Question 2: The biggest obstacle that I have within my educational career is mathematics, I have such a hard time with understanding math. In high school, I had to take Geometry twice and the second time I barely passed with a C. I'm currently in a lower Math class and its going good the work is not that hard and I understand most of it, but I'm not looking forward to when I get to the more tough courses. Question 3: The device I am most addicted to is my phone, I probably couldn't go a day without it which is sad, but true. It is so easy and fast to get a hold of people through a phone.Also, there so much to do other than getting in contact with people, such as social media, GPS, calendar, calculator, music, and a ton of other apps. My friends are also addicted to their phones. The pros is that it is convenient and useful, but the cons is that a lot of times it is a distraction like when I'm driving, trying to do homework/study and even trying to go to sleep. code:765
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Post by n28ramirez on Mar 16, 2015 6:30:01 GMT
-If I had to live my life over and over again I don’t think I would change anything, because I feel like the mistakes each of us has made in their life has helped build the people we are today. But, if my career path doesn’t go as planned then I would change some decisions to make it go the way I have been planning it.
-I believe that the biggest obstacle that I have with my educational career is time. There never seems to be enough time in the world to get everything done. There is work, school, and homework to do all in one day it is surprising that more college students don’t have a nervous breakdown. I have a hard time understanding math, all the numbers and different ways to find the answer can be a little confusing, and that is why I know that I must spend more time studying for math and making sure that I am on top of everything.
-Obviously as a college student I am most addicted to my cell phone of course. I am addicted to social media Instagram, snapchat, and twitter, are the top three. I might not post many things on social media but I like knowing what people are doing or the newest gossip. I would say that my friends are addicted to their phones as well.
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Post by mavila31 on Mar 16, 2015 6:42:22 GMT
1. If I had to live my life over and over again I think I would be really careful of what I would do differently. I feel that every decision you make alters every outcome in your life. If I was happy with my life I wouldn't want to live it over and over again because I would be too afraid to change any detail that can negatively change and ruin my life. If I was unhappy with my life I think I would want to redo life over and over again until I had everything I wanted in life. 2. The biggest obstacles that I confront in my educational career are agreeing with what is being presented to me by certain sources. Some limitations that I have that I feel limit my understanding of varying subjects and ideas is interest in certain subjects or ideas. I feel that some instructors or professors teach better than others that is they have an engaging course material that makes you want to learn more about the subject. 3. The devices I have become most attached or addicted to are my cell phone and stereo. My cell phone is always at hand because I believe that I need it. I need my cell phone for entertainment, form of communication, alarm clock, radio, directions, and to search and find things I might need. My friends and family are also addicted to using their cell phones and more specific to social media. Some of the pros to cell phones are they come in handy in certain situations wether they be emergency or trivial. One con is they can be distracting. sites.google.com/site/avilama23/philosophyspring
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Post by amoreno on Mar 16, 2015 20:37:41 GMT
Question 1: If I had to live my life over and over again one thing I would change are "lazy days." Those days that seem to just pass by, and are easily forgotten. Some days are relaxing yet often consumed by binge watching TV or movies. If forced to live those days over and over again you'd probably count the minutes until they were over. Even if you were tired you would more often then not be proud or accomplished by going out and doing something whether recreational or productive. I think to tend positively about life and live without regret. But if forced to lived my life repeatedly I might regret those lazy days. A day on the couch will probably never be remembered more than a day at the beach with friends. Question 2: The biggest obstacle I face in my educational career is taking classes in which i have absolutely no interest. I have taken several classes that have nothing to do with the career I am pursuing and find it to be redundant. Working full time and going to school full time makes me appreciate the classes that are in my field. My biggest obstacle is accepting my fate of unwanted classes and pushing through them. Question 3:The device I've become most attached to is my phone. I think I'm so attached because it has any information I need in an instant. I would assume tat my friends are also most attached to their phones for the same reason, or because it is also an instant connection to other friends(social media). The pros are that they are easy to use and almost infinite knowledge the cons are that I personally rely on it so much that I often don't remember half of the information I read. Something about researching with books embeds information into your memory that you can recall on later. However with a phone the research process is so quick and effortless that the information is often not retained. sites.google.com/site/anthonymorenoblogger/test-posts
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Post by bhartwick on Mar 16, 2015 22:08:46 GMT
1. If Nietsche's muth of eternal recurrence is true and i had to live m life again, there would be quite a few changes i would have to make. I would most importantly change how i wasted time. There has been so many different situations where i have completley wasted my time on irrelevant things, wasting time is just as bad as wasting life experience. Aside of that, i would take every dull moment i have encountered and alter it into something completely new, something greater. If i have to live the same experiences over and over again for an eternal span of time, it would absolutley senseless to not make it as great as it could be. There are many examples i can throw out there, such as the countless times being stuck in traffic, where i was taking pointless classes, where i sat in boring pointless meetings, where i made horrible friends, where i made bad decisions, and so on and so forth. But i wouldnt just change the most expected aspects of my life. I would change who i dont want to become and how i dont want to live, just to make my life that much easier and a little more exciting. 2. When it comes to education, i have my mind pretty much set on what i need to do and i am fine for preparing for it. One thing is that i really dont have that much of an understanding of different cultures. There is the general idea of each that the most person would know but i am a little more ignorant when it comes towards that subject, and because of it i have a harder time understanding different ideas. . 3.Since the developement of technology, the devices i have become most connected to are video games and phones, plain and simple. I was mostley attached to video games when i was younger and although it was a great time killer along with stress reliever...it just wast really just a waste of time. It wasted the time i could have been out with friends or family experiencing something other than video games. Today everyone, along with me has a phone. We have it on us all all times of the day. We need it, it has so many options and tools that help us throuoght the day, it makes us that must more intellectual. We basically have all the information we will ever need in our hands. But phone takes away from so many personal experiences. We dont need to go out and learn anything on our own anymore, its there at a tap of a screen. We dont need to meet and hang out with people anymore, we can just call them up and or video chat. We are geographically lost as a society because of teh development of the phone. It takes away our awareness of our surroundings and distracts us from what we need to go out and see fore our selves. sites.google.com/site/blakephilosophymtsac
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Post by mattmail on Mar 17, 2015 17:18:33 GMT
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Q1: If I were to live my life again I would have to say that I would take school a lot more seriously when I was young. If I were to be able to life and always start over again, I would maybe even give the military a shot. I mean its just a lifetime right? Other than that there is not much I would change, other than eating habits. I would be a natural and whole foods eater. Never taste meat, because I'd like it too much.
Q2: I think the biggest obstacles that I confront in my educational career would have to be the temptation of making money here in the now. I know that you must always learn and gather new information in order to keep bettering yourself, but sometimes sitting in class does not pay the bills. I also ponder with the thought of after completing school and joining the new workforce naturally i'm going to have to start from the bottom up if I were to choose the 9-5 route. Even after 4 years for a bachelors in business its still expected to have to put in time as a very low paying intern.
Q3: I am most attached to my laptop. With my laptop I am able to surf the world wide web where I have access to unlimited amount of data. I can connect to people all over the world. Buy and sell anything I want. I also use it heavily for work, with it I have access to programs like the adobe creative cloud, Microsoft office products, which virtually lets you make and be anything that you desire. Many of my friends enjoy there cell phones the most. I can relate as to how they bring almost everything my laptop has in the palm of your hands, almost. It can be good as long as people are researching proper information. There is a lot of bad uneducated information out there as well.
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Post by sierrag on Mar 17, 2015 17:27:31 GMT
Week 2 Film Test Code: 765
Question 1: If you had to live your life over and over again (as given in Nietzsche's myth of eternal recurrence), describe precisely those things that you would change and why? Nietzsche's myth of eternal recurrence seems like something you hear often now a days. The idea that I would be able to relive my life over and over seems just a bit far fetched. Because I would question that if it were true and I have lived my life somewhere else wouldn't I have changed it just a bit to make it a slight bit better now. But given the chance if it were true, I would not change much. I would however probably get up and push harder in school so that it wouldn't be so hard to catch up like I had to do at the end of my high school year. I would also be more involved with my family and do more to make them proud of me. I really would not want to change too much because I feel that it was all a learning experience for me and helped me to grow into the strong person I am today. So Nietzsche's myth of eternal recurrence does not factor into my life. I am happy with the outcome of my experiences. It is all part of life and no amount of altering could make me want to take it back or relive it again.
Question 2: Thinking about your own life (and connecting to the movie, the limits of science), what are the biggest obstacles that you confront in your educational career? More preisely, what limitations do you have that you feel limit your understanding of varying subjects and ideas? The biggest obstacles that I face in my educational career would have to be holding myself back. I love to learn however that means I have a lot of opinions and questions to raise about particular things that I learn. I know it seems only normal but sometimes I restrain from trying to express any type of argument and therefore refuse myself the chance to grow more in knowledge. Upon noticing this obstacle, I have realized it it connected to my fear of being wrong or being embarrassed. By questioning or commenting on a topic, I do not see myself becoming a modern day Einstein but I feel as if I restrict myself from new discoveries. Even in the simplest matter. Question 3: Since the advent of hyper technology, what devices have you become most attached or addicted to? Why? Which ones are your friends most attached to? What are the pros and cons of such devices (connecting, of course, to the movie, "Surfing the User Interface". Being in an era where technology is relied on heavily for most common day tasks, I can unwillingly admit that I am addicted to my playstation and phone. I love playing video games and always have since I was a young girl. I don't see it as a problem therefore I cannot confirm that it will be changing anytime soon. As for my phone, I am not addicted to it for the access of social media or communicating but more for music. I have a computer and laptop however I love to listen to my music wherever I go. Just like with the playstation, it can become a problem when it comes to social interactions. When I am playing video games or listening to music I tend to tune people out as if I am lost in a digital world. This makes it difficult for me to associate any time with my family or having friends. Although it may seem like an issue to some people around me, I feel that it is more of a relaxation. Almost like my own get away or treatment without the medication. When I am listening to music or playing video games I am at peace and feel as if I am in a secure place. Some people have prescriptions, some have meditation, some have comfort food, and some have surfing. In the same way, I have my video games and my music.
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Post by pkmntrainermanny on Mar 23, 2015 6:11:20 GMT
1. in Nietzsche's myth I'm cursed to live life over and over from the very beginning action for action. ('ll start by placing this out there when you are rating something you usually rate things with knowledge of different levels of whatever you choose to grade usually there's two extremes and in-betweens, here's a challenge how do you create one with out one extreme and no middle?[Ex: rate this sentence from ____ to 10, 10 being the greatest].. really hard right? so having this in mind lets resume the philosophical talk). this wouldn't be too bad because you're living plain and simple, but I've heard some people complain about things in their lives changes including more money better living conditions better status better moral the list goes on and on but why? I may sound like the perfect family's kid when I say this but I'm making this clear right now I've broken bones, have a few scars mental and physical, lost family, and I've lost numerous pets to virtually everything ranging from petnapping to disease. my life is quite seasoned but none of it matters. if I've to re-live this life over and over whether I full well know I am or not, I don't care because I can live with those characters again and again I can love those different personalities again and again. similar to a videogame with a story when we really like characters and stories we relive the game over and over again falling in and out of love with those characters again and again for example I play Majora's mask on the 64 even to this day to relive the Kafei and Anju side quest I restart for the goron child quest cutscene and I find my self getting caught up in other various events that only happen one time (mostly specific cut scenes) that I thoroughly enjoy and I do them over and over. relating back to the topic I know that life my not be a video game but honestly I have those kinds of "cutscenes" in my real life as well so if I had to live life all over action for action mistake for mistake I would not care life is so amazing I get to live my world, imagination, brilliant moments and silly moments again and again sure I have to trudge through the more disappointing things too but that makes me have perspective of what true happiness is.
2. my educational career is a very very weird one I've been close to being held back due to "immaturity" in earlier stages of my life and have had to live in perpetual schooling in other stages due to me being unable to express my understanding of subjects in "proper formats". I'm weird, and in a way its both a blessing and a curse. my weirdness gives me trouble handling things because I've many issues and reasons to explain things that almost not always the clearest, but the same weirdness relaxes me in a strange way because I know what I'm talking about when answering certain subjects but express them in various ways. I can be very intelligent when I want to be I've been known to be eccentric in more ways than one around my wide variety of peers but I seem to just roll with basically everything sometimes I have extreme emotions and sometimes I get really tired of the life I live but all in all my understanding is very much untouched it's only my inability to express the things I think to the world.
3. everything that amuses me is what I get addicted to my videogames, my computer, my drawing pads, my personal writing journals, as long as it amuses me at the time or I have need to entertain my self through a particular medium I'll be most addicted to it mostly, I see my friends on their gaming systems and phones and I'd usually be there with them. pros:(where do I start?) entertainment for hours, social interaction when ever support is needed, the ability to collaborate when ever an emergency meeting is needed for important projects, the helpful reminder of any number of schedulable events (such as meetings, shows, appointments, etc.) the ability to reschedule events, purchase things from anywhere, ask directions, pedometer, flashlight the list goes on and on. cons: seclusion in home on days off, numerous health issues, dangerous sites that my take information from you, lack of physical interactions between people and the "real world" and more.
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Post by film test 2 test code 765 on Mar 23, 2015 21:19:44 GMT
1. If I had to life over and over again, the first thing I would change is that I wouldn't procrastinate with home work and other school projects. This would allow me to finish school faster, get into the field of work I want faster, be promoted in the work force at an earlier age, and then I would make more money and be able to retire earlier or just live a more luxurious life. That just one of the ripples of what would happen if I change something the second one would be that I would do more things with my friends in High School instead of going home to play computer games. That would cause me to have stronger bonds with them and I would have kept in touch with more of them in college and maybe met some of the people they have met. Meaning I would have more connections with different types of people and maybe just that would help me move up in the workforce faster and I could meet someone different from what I was supposed to fall in love with in the first place. Which means that the kids I was suppose to have would be different too and maybe even the number of kids would be different too and from there who knows what else would be changed. Then in reality how would you know that in your previous life you didn't make changes and that every life would made a change and instead of being in an endless cycle of one life you had an endless cycle of many lives that just went in a giant circle back into the life you were living at that time. Meaning that you really didn't change anything and your just stuck in this endless cycle. Plus who knows how much you would have messed up everyone else's lives with the changes you made with the butterfly effect.
2. Well for me my biggest obstacles have never been with the math or sciences because I can think very logically and can understand the exact science behind all of it but if you go to the other side of the spectrum like art and creativity I lack the skills which make sense logically because both of those things are on different sides of the brain and I'm a left brained person not a right one. Though if your talking about what holds me back from my educational and career goals then it would definitely be my procrastination and lack of motivation to do school work in a timely manner.
3. Since the hype of technology the devices I have been most attached to has got to be my laptop in which I spend most of my time over any other device. Mainly because I use it for my homework, I check my emails every day, social media, and then there is Netflix and other forms to watch movies and TV series. Then next would be my IPod that allows me to look things up and play games when I am able to get wifi and then the obvious thing of listening to music. The pros is that when I have wifi I can look up things and even use it as a gps. The con is that I am limited to where there is wifi. Out of my fiends it has got to be their smart phones and the pros of it are that they have access to almost all the knowledge we have at all times. The con is that since they always have a way to access to the knowledge they never really remember all the information they looked up because they know they could always just look it up again later on.
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Post by mountianman on Mar 24, 2015 1:43:19 GMT
oops forgot to log in first 1.If you had to live your life over and over again (as given in Nietzsche's myth of eternal recurrence), describe precisely those things that you would change and why? If I had to life over and over again, the first thing I would change is that I wouldn't procrastinate with home work and other school projects. This would allow me to finish school faster, get into the field of work I want faster, be promoted in the work force at an earlier age, and then I would make more money and be able to retire earlier or just live a more luxurious life. That just one of the ripples of what would happen if I change something the second one would be that I would do more things with my friends in High School instead of going home to play computer games. That would cause me to have stronger bonds with them and I would have kept in touch with more of them in college and maybe met some of the people they have met. Meaning I would have more connections with different types of people and maybe just that would help me move up in the workforce faster and I could meet someone different from what I was supposed to fall in love with in the first place. Which means that the kids I was suppose to have would be different too and maybe even the number of kids would be different too and from there who knows what else would be changed. Then in reality how would you know that in your previous life you didn't make changes and that every life would made a change and instead of being in an endless cycle of one life you had an endless cycle of many lives that just went in a giant circle back into the life you were living at that time. Meaning that you really didn't change anything and your just stuck in this endless cycle. Plus who knows how much you would have messed up everyone else's lives with the changes you made with the butterfly effect. 2. Thinking about your own life (and connecting to the movie, the limits of science), what are the biggest obstacles that you confront in your educational career? More preisely, what limitations do you have that you feel limit your understanding of varying subjects and ideas? Well for me my biggest obstacles have never been with the math or sciences because I can think very logically and can understand the exact science behind all of it but if you go to the other side of the spectrum like art and creativity I lack the skills which make sense logically because both of those things are on different sides of the brain and I'm a left brained person not a right one. Though if your talking about what holds me back from my educational and career goals then it would definitely be my procrastination and lack of motivation to do school work in a timely manner. 3. Since the advent of hyper technology, what devices have you become most attached or addicted to? Why? Which ones are your friends most attached to? What are the pros and cons of such devices (connecting, of course, to the movie, "Surfing the User Interface". Since the hype of technology the devices I have been most attached to has got to be my laptop in which I spend most of my time over any other device. Mainly because I use it for my homework, I check my emails every day, social media, and then there is Netflix and other forms to watch movies and TV series. Then next would be my IPod that allows me to look things up and play games when I am able to get wifi and then the obvious thing of listening to music. The pros is that when I have wifi I can look up things and even use it as a gps. The con is that I am limited to where there is wifi. Out of my fiends it has got to be their smart phones and the pros of it are that they have access to almost all the knowledge we have at all times. The con is that since they always have a way to access to the knowledge they never really remember all the information they looked up because they know they could always just look it up again later on.
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