Whether you believe in UFOs and "little green men" or not, it's difficult to ignore all of the speculation, media hype and even docu-dramas touting or denying the existence of other intelligent life in our universe. This blog invites you to read two viewpoints on the issue of the existence of Unidentified Flying Objects.
Your task is to read two essays in our text by two researchers of this phenomena. Their credentials are listed at the beginning of the articles. Read pages 126-130. Then on page 131, use question number 1 as YOUR blog prompt. Respond on the basis of these two articles, and not from outside reading, tv specials or the like. Please keep your response to 90-100 words.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Dragon's Lair
You have recently viewed the documentary “Here Be Dragons” with Brian Dunning, where you experienced several examples of ambiguity, not just in the information given, but in the presentation as well. Whether you agreed or disagreed with the particular issues Dunning was critical about is not the focus of today’s blog.
What you are requested to consider are the particular instances in Dunning’s program where you noticed the fallacy of ambiguity, earmarked by “proofs” of hypocrisy, equivocation ,amphiboly, accent, and division. (See highlights on page 138 for a vocabulary refresher). You may one or more examples, at your own discretion. Please keep your blog entry between 75-125 words.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Using information from the articles on pages 57-60 in our text, discuss the differences between human thinking and artificial intelligence using facts from the articles and your personal opinion. You may even give examples from entertainment media such as the films "AI," and "I Robot" or others. 75-100 words.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)