1. I didn't analyse the different opinions on abortion. What I should have done was find a few specific arguments and analyse how these arguments were formed, and how they might be valid, as well as how they might be flawed. Also I could talk about if faith is a good way of Knowing, or if there are better Ways of knowing that could have fit. Next time I would narrow down the topic more by find a specific piece of writing or a debate and analyse that.
2. I think I do understand all the feedback, I am still a little confused about what to do with the TK/PPD.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Blog post #6
A. Confirmation bias when people tend to only notice what they expect to see. An example of this was when I went to do this blog post. I didn't do it at first because I had skimmed the directions and thought it was a lot of work. Then when I looked at the directions again I realized that was just my confirmation bias, because I am so used to having a lot of work in school I assumed that when it mentioned the nine biases I was supposed to write about all of them. When in reality I only needed to pick one. Companies use this bias a lot, When a company may have an average product, sometimes they price it higher or put it in a fancy container so that people's confirmation bias will kick in and make them believe the product is better than it really is.
B. Intuition can act as a "lens" for seeing the truth sometimes. This often happens in instances when the situation in question is one that many people often make morally wrong decisions in regards to the subject. An example of this was one time when I was with a group of people and I had a water bottle to throw away, and I was told to throw it out the window. I didn't though, because at that time intuition was telling me not to because littering is bad. I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about this, it was just something that was drilled into my head from a young age, so when I came across the chance to litter my intuition told me it was a bad idea. This was a "lens" to truth in this case because instead of thinking about it and reasoning that because so many people did litter, that my one water bottle wouldn't matter, I just reacted off my first and true instinct to not throw the water bottle. Intuition can also be a "filter" that prevents you from seeing the truth. This often happens in times when people are very emotional.One day my brother was bothering me and my first intuition was to punch him. My just- world bias told me that because he was being mean he deserved to be punched. This intuition was "filtered" though because just because my brother was annoying me, does not give me the right to punch him. If I had taken the time to stop and analyze the situation I would have realized this, I also would have realized that my older brother's retaliation was bound to be much greater than my initial attack.
C. The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility
For the most part this is a true statement. Knowledge enables people to see the world in a unique way, and better understand it. But also knowledge can be dangerous. For instance possessing the knowledge of how to make an atom bomb is dangerous knowledge because it gives the owner of the knowledge the ability to kill thousands. Therefore people who posses greater knowledge also posses greater responsibility, because they have the ability to hurt people.
Indigenous group
Pech children sitting outside
One of the Pech homes
Pech children holding an armadillo
The Pech, formerly known as the Paya live in eleven different villages around Honduras, mostly in the savanna. Most of the Pech people live in Dulce Nombre de Culmi, and Santa Maria del Carbon, even though the Pech language is almost extinct in Santa Maria de Culmi. The Pech population has greatly decreased due to assimilation and colonial pressures.In 1990 it was reported that there was only 1,800 Pech, and in 1982 it was reported that there were only 17 Pech that were 100% Pech. As the Honduran frontier spread eastward and eventually intruded into the land of the Pech, the Pech villages were separated, there population declined to as low as 600 in 1920, and most of their traditional culture was lost.In some places in Las Marias the culture is still kept alive although they no longer wear breech cloths, they do still catch iguanas with their hands, use handmade harpoons to catch fish, use dugout canoes, and grow maze, beans, and cassava.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Culture
A. 
This picture shows the cultural difference between Muslims and other religions such as Christianity, in how they dress and present themselves. The Muslim woman is showing less skin in the traditional clothing that is that of as respectable for her culture, she is also sitting straighter with her legs crossed in a more formal sitting position. On the other hand, the other girl is showing more more skin in clothes that are traditional for her culture and considered respectable in her culture, she is also sitting more slouched without her legs crossed in a less formal sitting position.
B.
Section 1
1. Culture is the social norms of a group of people, that usually live in the same origin, have the same religion, or are of the same ethnicity. It is easy to describe a culture but what group they belong to.
2. I disagree with the slide that said that in the west a cold meal is eaten in the morning and at night, and a hot meal is eaten in the middle of the day. The author may have thought of this as true because that is what they experienced.
3. Culture in the U.S is based on things happening very quickly. People eat food that is prepared quickly, like fast food and microwavable food. People get dressed to be able to move about during the day, like jeans and pants instead of dresses. People also hate waiting in lines for things. This sis probably not true for everyone, because every person is different, but for the majority of Americans this is true.
Section 2
1.People could use their memories to relate new situations to old ones that they are familiar with. like if somebody saw someone eating with chopsticks they could remember when they saw someone eating with a fork to realize that you should use the chopsticks to eat.
2.One time I had to grill chicken for dinner so I remembered when I grilled burgers and tried to do the same thing, but apparently chicken needs a lower heat and I ended up setting the dinner on fire, so it didn't work for me because they were two different things.
3. There are limitations, like when I burnt the chicken, because even though the two things were close, they were not close enough to work.
Section 3 We can use our imagination to appreciate others culture by imagining what it might be like to live in the way they do, so that we are not too quick to judge people.
This picture shows the cultural difference between Muslims and other religions such as Christianity, in how they dress and present themselves. The Muslim woman is showing less skin in the traditional clothing that is that of as respectable for her culture, she is also sitting straighter with her legs crossed in a more formal sitting position. On the other hand, the other girl is showing more more skin in clothes that are traditional for her culture and considered respectable in her culture, she is also sitting more slouched without her legs crossed in a less formal sitting position.
B.
Section 1
1. Culture is the social norms of a group of people, that usually live in the same origin, have the same religion, or are of the same ethnicity. It is easy to describe a culture but what group they belong to.
2. I disagree with the slide that said that in the west a cold meal is eaten in the morning and at night, and a hot meal is eaten in the middle of the day. The author may have thought of this as true because that is what they experienced.
3. Culture in the U.S is based on things happening very quickly. People eat food that is prepared quickly, like fast food and microwavable food. People get dressed to be able to move about during the day, like jeans and pants instead of dresses. People also hate waiting in lines for things. This sis probably not true for everyone, because every person is different, but for the majority of Americans this is true.
Section 2
1.People could use their memories to relate new situations to old ones that they are familiar with. like if somebody saw someone eating with chopsticks they could remember when they saw someone eating with a fork to realize that you should use the chopsticks to eat.
2.One time I had to grill chicken for dinner so I remembered when I grilled burgers and tried to do the same thing, but apparently chicken needs a lower heat and I ended up setting the dinner on fire, so it didn't work for me because they were two different things.
3. There are limitations, like when I burnt the chicken, because even though the two things were close, they were not close enough to work.
Section 3 We can use our imagination to appreciate others culture by imagining what it might be like to live in the way they do, so that we are not too quick to judge people.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Why TOK
b. The Sturgis community does not display the IB learner's profile trait of risk taking as much as others. This is because as a community the students are worried of messing some thing up that could affect them in an academic way so they don't try new things. As a community in general people do not try new sports that they might not be good at, because they have so much to do with school they don't see the purpose of trying to play a sport they may not be good at when they have a lot of other things that they have to do.
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