Analytical Argumentative Analysis

In this article, Thompson’s uses chess anecdotes to make it easier to understand why technology and our brains work together best. Steven Cramton and Zackary Stephen were two New England men who beat the most powerful chess computer. “Why could these relative amateurs beat chess players with far more experience and raw talent? Because Cramton and Stephen were expert at collaborating with computers. They knew when to rely on human smarts and when to rely on the machine’s advice.” (345) This experience shows us that Thompson's thinks that when it comes to technology versus man, you don’t

Neil Postman, a firm protester against technology, begins his argument in The Judgement of Thamus with a parable about a king rejecting an inventor who incorporates writing into their society; the king, Thamus, is steadfast in his belief that writing’s future burdens will outweigh its immediate success. Postman argues that technological discoveries change the way we think, manipulating our culture and our understanding of the world. He states that the primary difference between computers and humans is the ability to self-learn - but what happens when the human race conquers that barrier with technology? Artificial Intelligence is often referred to as the "field I would most like to be in" by researchers in other sciences (semanticscholar.org). It is not only prominent in subfields like reasoning and logic, but also in precise tasks like playing chess, proving theorems, and diagnosing diseases. The short-term benefits of Artificial Intelligence depend on who controls it, while the long-term benefits of Artificial Intelligence depend on if we can control it at all. When considering synthetic intelligence, I believe our outlook must be cautiously positive. As Postman suggests, the development of technology has significant advantages and disadvantages. Futurists believe AI will redefine the human world by enabling software’s ability to self-program and by minimizing the time it takes to solve a challenge. However, the safety issues and current jobs that will be replaced by

Humans are not going to work with technology and right from the jump be the best they can be. This process of becoming smarter and advancing our thinking that Thompson touches upon, in his writing, will take time. Like the way our minds work with everything else, it will need to adapt to the use of technology to become stronger. For example, nobody is a professional at anything right from the start, it takes lots of time and practice. Thompson states how he believes our minds are adapting when he states, “My own mind is cluttered with phone numbers I memorized as a kid, but nowadays I outsource that task to my smartphone. I’m eager to make this and similar tasks even easier, and improve my mind (or at least free it up for more daydreaming), by getting my hands on Google Glass.” (Thompson). Through this statement Thompson is showing how his mind is already wanting to use new technology to make tasks in life easier for himself, and this way of thinking is what will ultimately lead us to cooperate better with technology, using it in day to day life.

In arguing that anti-Confederate southerners played a central role in Confederate defeat, Freehling shifts historical debate to ground that is at once familiar and novel. Historians such as Drew Gilpin Faust and Paul Escott have identified internal disaffection as the primary cause of Confederate defeat while Gary Gallagher has suggested that whites in the Confederacy maintained their support for the government even as military losses ended the war.[1] The South vs. the South expands the scope of inquiry, looking beyond internal fissures within the Confederacy to the divisions in broader southern society. In Freehling's telling, anti-Confederate whites undermined the Confederacy by remaining outside the nation while slaves sapped Confederate

We live in a world, which is dominated with technology. Marshall McLuhan theorized that technology will and has become an extension of the human body in order to improve on it and better its functional value and we shall all be united in a “Global Village”. In this essay, I shall cover some information about Marshall McLuhan, his theories, and analyze the Nintendo Wii gaming console using a tetrad of questions to explain his theory.

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A) Start by crafting one basic analytical argument concerning any aspect of each story. An analytical argument is an argument that helps us view the story in a new or unique way. A good analytical argument will clarify some aspect of the story or help others "make sense" of the story. Your argument can address anything: main themes, character analyses, symbolism, etc. Make sure you use evidence from the story to support your argument.

So often in today’s media can stories wrapped in “controversy” be found plastered on screens and print. These stories can range from legitimate issues such as personal rights to non-issues of people losing their minds over a coffee cup, or so is reported. The fact of the matter is that people will find just about any reason to be upset regardless of whether or not the concern is even minutely worth considering and the groups and anti-groups surrounding the topic will snowball out of control in size, misinformation, and irrationality.

The Academic Decathlon is an annual high school competition organized by the nonprofit United States Academic Decathlon Association. It consists of seven multiple choice tests, two performance events, and an essay. The Academic Decathlon team at Ridgefield Park High School is coached by Mrs. Grandov, and had participated at the Regional Competition at Ramapo High School on January 30th. The topic for this year’s competition was India, and students were tested in the following areas: Math, Language & Literature, Economics, Art, Music, Social Science, and Science. They also wrote essays, gave speeches, and were interviewed by the Academic Decathlon judges.

To consider both the man before the war and after the war a patriot, we have to look at what a patriot is. The dictionary defines a patriot as, “a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country”. (Merriam-webster.com, 2014) Being a man who continues to serve the military, we are all patriots at some point. Ron Kovic raised his right hand as the process of enlistment goes, swore allegiance and service to the United States, knowing he might have to give his life in order to defend it. At the time of enlistment and up to his accident he followed what he swore to do. He was fighting for his country as those who were appointed over him ordered him to do. No one can argue that Kovic was serving his country, supporting his country, being a patriot.

In an article by the Portland Press Herald, the 9th Circuit of the Court of Appeals recently ruled that immigrants under the age of 18 in the country illegally do not have the right to free legal aid that is often provided by the US government. According to the article, judges cited their ruling on the basis that there are no laws of the federal government that mandates complimentary legal help to adolescents standing trial for crimes related to immigration. The article cites that the adolescent who recently learned of his verdict came from the country of Honduras. In addition, both the child and his parent argued in their own defense for journeying into the United States as a result of the continuous wave of violence in their country of heritage. Despite this life-threatening defense, the article explained that the court was aware of the potential consequences if the duo does, in fact, get deported. Overall, the article outlines the particular case of an adolescent and his guardian who face deportation as a result of a federal court's ruling, and also explains the possible outcomes of other

It has been documented that certain committee members felt extensions were not priority when it came to fixing economic issues and recipients were taking advantage of the program. Some members say that other issues surpassed the issue to extend them. Even some have accused unemployed workers of being unproductive and using the program. Mitch McConnell, who is the senator of Kentucky touches on the urgency for there to be more jobs created. He felt as though that would have been more beneficial to unemployed workers versus adding another extension. “It is time to get away from “temporary government programs” and give the American people the tools they need to drive an economy that truly works for them and their families.” (McConnell 17) McConnell

The AM dial in the Bay Area is as diverse as the people that make up the population. It includes stations that play a diverse mix of language specific content as well as sports and talk radio that presents a tossed salad of ideas, viewpoints, philosophies, opinions, information, and rants. San Francisco, even though consistently run by democratic city and local leaders, is actually more "green" than blue. Along with Berkeley, San Francisco is traditionally anti-war, pro-civil rights, extremely eco/environmental conscious, and would be considered extremely fiscally liberal because of some of their support and assistance programs. These cities are also anti-big business, doing whatever they can to make sure that WalMart stays out and Mom 'N Pop

The Deep Blue supercomputer was such a dreadful thing to the chess grand master, Garry Kasparov. He predicted that one day someone or something will come to defeat him. Kasparov was facing a machine that read billion of moves; rather, it was predicting the next move or solving a new one. Later, it was pronounce that even a chess grand master can be beaten. Kasparov was not completely surprise by his lost against Deep Blue, but he was astonished. Chess player seized many

Advocates play an important part of the encounter stage of conversion. Rambo defines an advocate as someone who “assesses the potential target audience and formulates persuasive tactics to bring converts into the religious community” (Rambo 66-67). Islam is one of the few religions that have clear and particular missionary enterprises. It is also important to examine the nature of the advocate. For example Rambo states that the following are important considerations: “Is conversion central to their mission? What is their personal experience of conversion? What do they understand conversion to be? What are their motivations for missionary work? What are the goals of the missionary enterprise as a whole? What does the advocate deem to be the