Category: Philosophy

What was the first VR headset? Consumer virtual reality headsets were first released by video game companies in the early-mid 1990s. Beginning in the 2010s, next-generation commercial tethered headsets were released by Oculus (Rift), HTC (Vive) and Sony (PlayStation VR), setting off a new wave of application development. Why did the Nintendo Virtual Boy fail? […]

Does God have a plan for our life? “God has a plan for your life” is well in meaning, but often falls a bit flat when I’m faced with reality. It doesn’t change what I am still in the middle of and, to be honest, we know God has plans. He created the universe, certainly […]

What did Aristotle teach Alexander? Aristotle taught Alexander that a monarchy is only better than a democracy when the king knows better than all of his people. He also taught Alexander that to be a great leader he had to conquer Asia. He told Alexander, “Rule the Greeks as your equals, but treat all others […]

What is a situated knowledge? Situated knowledge is information that reflects a context and originates with a viewpoint. What is situated learning theory? Situated learning theory states that every idea and human action is a generalization, adapted to the ongoing environment; it is founded on the belief that what people learn, see, and do is […]

Is Roland a French name? Origin of the name Roland: A borrowing from the French, Roland is from the Old High German Hruodland, a compounding of the elements hruod (fame) and land (land): hence, “fame of the land” or “famous land.” The name was introduced to England by the Normans. What nationality is the last […]

Does cengage Unlimited include Sam? What’s Cengage Unlimited? It’s a subscription to all Cengage products—including SAM. Students pay a flat rate for everything Cengage has to offer; this means, they get SAM, along with any other course materials they need (that’s access to over 22K products!) for $119.99 a semester. What is the purpose of […]

What is terminal value used for? Essentially, terminal value refers to the present value of all your business’s cash flows at a future point, assuming a stable rate of growth in perpetuity. It’s used for a broad range of financial metrics, but most prominently, terminal value is used to calculate discounted cash flow (DCF). What […]

How much does elite dangerous cost? What it’s like to map a galaxy in Elite: Dangerous. Currently, Elite costs $29.99 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One or £20 through the official Frontier storefront. Will elite dangerous ever get space legs? On 11 April 2017, Braben’s closing statement of a Reddit AMA: “The future […]

What is fairness theory? The theory of justice as fairness is an ethical theory which argues that broad principles are able to capture the nature of what constitutes a just society Rawls argues that all that is required for a society to be just is for it to be fair Justice is an attribute of […]

How much of us is empty space? 99.9999999% Do atoms ever touch? If “touching” is taken to mean that two atoms influence each other significantly, then atoms do indeed touch, but only when they get close enough. With 95% of the atom’s electron probability density contained in this mathematical surface, we could say that atoms […]