Midterm Practice #4

       Is the way we read and process information altered because of the internet?But we never stop to think, could it be making us dumb  According to Nicholas Carr's "Is Goggle Making Us Stupid?" it supports the idea that the internet is affecting our mind in a negative way. In contrast, "I Think, Therefore I am Still Me" by Irene Pepperberg and "Not at all" by Steven Pinker they stress that the internet hasn’t caused them the same problems. I disagree that the internet is damaging our memories and reading habits.

         First of all, Nicholas Carr's "Is Goggle Making Us Stupid?" the author states "I am not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it strongly when I'm reading. Immersing myself in a book or lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I'd spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose. That's rarely the case anymore. Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages" (Carr 19).

           Many people disagree with Carr’s argument like Irene Pepperberg. She states "Maybe the internet has given me more things to think about, but that doesn't fundamentally change the way I think" (Pepperberg 28).

           Another writer who disagrees with Carr is Steven Pinker. He states "… widely rumored are the students who cannot write a paper without instant-message abbreviations, emotions, and dubious Web citations. But students indulge in such laziness to the extent that their teacher let them get away with it” (Pinker 30).

            In conclusion, I disagree that the internet is damaging our memories and attention spans. The internet cannot make anyone stupid if anything it is helping people obtain information about something they may be interested in or need to know about. As you can tell from Irene Pepperberg and Steve Pinkers arguments they disagree that the internet is doing us harm they think it is helping us improve our lives. This argument is very debatable and many people are influenced by the environment around us. I don’t think the internet will harm us in any way just make us better

Sharing a Reasearch Source

Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go . New York: Farber and Farber, 2005. Print.

This citation is important for my research paper because this book is giving supporting my cloning topic. This book shows how cloning is bad and that's what i agree with.

Thesis Statement

In the book "Never Let Me Go"by Kazuo Ishiguro disagrees with the idea of cloning. But other researchers may argue that cloning may be positive for the human race. I agree with the author that cloning may be harmful to the clones and to the human race. 

Blog Assigment #3

     When it comes to the study of altruism I do not agree that we have a selfish gene or a selfless gene. After reading "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins and the "Selfless Gene" by Olivia Judson I came to see that they both disagree with me. I think that selflessness or selfishness does not come from a gene it comes from the way you where rased and the morals you may have. This may also come by instinct.

    In the "Selfless Gene" By Olivia Judson she agrees that humans and animals should be more kind to each other. If we would be more of the selfless gene passed down there would be less murder or hatred. The author states ".. the main cause of death for juveniles was other Belding's ground squirrels;" (Judson 95). This quote shows that squirrels are using there instincts to survive. No one will really know why they squirrel killed the juvenile squirrels maybe the older squirrels thought that one day they might have to compete with the younger ones so they killed them. A second quote the author uses is "think of the firemen going into the World Trade Center- or for people they knew but are not related to" (Judson 92). The men who went into the world trade center to save those people because that's there job to protect and help those in need. This t doesn't show that they have selfless gene once again its a case of instinct but as well as that willingness to protect people. The author Richard Dawkins states "If you have one copy of gene H, the chance that any particular one of your children has it is 50 per cent, because half your sex cells contain H" (Dawkins 61). I disagree with this quote because that means being a brat, mean, depressed, etc can all come from genes.

      These two authors have different opinions Olivia Judson is much more cooperative and thinks people and animals should work together. Olivia Judson's is much more easy to understand even though I don't agree with either Judson or Dawkins.

Topic Free write

I need the book "Never let me go" By Kazuo Ishiguro. I also want to read up on cloning in the course pack.