Category: Philosophy

Why is Paul afraid of Erik? Paul fears Erik because of this blindness, something upon which Paul himself comments: “But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. This oddity makes Paul fear him because there are no limits to what Erik can do. Why did Erik […]

What is the point of Tiny Tower? Tiny Tower is not a game about making people happy. It is a game about management. The goal of the game is to build one’s tower as high as possible. In order to do so, players build apartments, employ their own residents in various shops, and keep their […]

Was Perry Mason really in a wheelchair? Burr, who had a busy film career before “Perry Mason,” also starred as the crusty San Francisco detective confined to a wheelchair in the NBC series “Ironside,” which ran from 1967 to 1975. Toward the end of his life, his illness forced him to use a wheelchair in […]

What do Buddhist not believe in? Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC There is no belief in a personal god Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always […]

Is Shelby a guy or girl name? The name Shelby is a boy’s name of English origin meaning “estate on the ledge”. Southern name still occasionally heard in a male context (author Shelby Foote and the son of singer/sitcom star Reba McEntire), but it’s much more associated with girls. Is Shelby a boy or girl? […]

What is axiomatic approach to probability? Axiomatic Probability is just another way of describing the probability of an event. As, the word itself says, in this approach, some axioms are predefined before assigning probabilities. This is done to quantize the event and hence to ease the calculation of occurrence or non-occurrence of the event. What […]

Which brand is best in TV? TV Brands Hisense. Hisense is a multinational manufacturer with headquarters in China. Insignia. Insignia is Best Buy’s signature house brand for televisions. LG Electronics. Panasonic. Samsung. Sharp. Sony. Is Sanyo a good TV brand? Sanyo is definitely a good and reliable brand. After panasonic bought sanyo brand in 2010, […]

What does bickering mean? (Entry 1 of 2) : petty and petulant quarreling especially when prolonged or habitual … said his own bosses, through their persistent bickering, had made his job practically impossible.— What is a backer? A backer is someone who helps or supports a project, an organization, or a person, usually by giving […]

Who is the 1st king of England? Athelstan Who will be the next queen of England? Prince Charles is presently heir (next in line) to the British throne. He will not become king until his mother, Queen Elizabeth, abdicates (gives up the throne), retires or dies. When either of these happen, Prince Charles may abdicate […]

Is syllabus Latin or Greek? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word syllabus derives from modern Latin syllabus “list”, in turn from a misreading of the Greek σίττυβος sittybos (the leather parchment label that gave the title and contents of a document), which first occurred in a 15th-century print of Cicero’s letters to Atticus. […]