Category: Philosophy

Is Ernie truly random? The clever bit. Using light, ERNIE 5 generates random numbers that are matched against eligible Bond numbers to determine the lucky winners. And because it’s random, every Bond number, whether it has 8, 9, 10 or 11 digits, has a separate and equal chance of winning a prize. Are computers random? […]

Is confabulation a sign of dementia? Confabulations are rarer in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), especially if compared with other degenerative dementias such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) (Abbate et al., 2016), and have been related to the degree of cognitive impairment assessed by Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). What does Conflagrate mean? 1 : fire especially : […]

Is Karl Popper an Interpretivist? Karl Popper argues that sociology cannot be a science because science has to be falsifiable and has to have a high level of objectivity Popper believes that sociology does not fit that criteria and therefore cannot be science until it does He rejects the positivist’s view that sociology is a […]

Who created the social contract theory? The idea of the social contract goes back at least to Epicurus (Thrasher 2013) In its recognizably modern form, however, the idea is revived by Thomas Hobbes; it was developed in different ways by John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant Why was the social contract created? Theories of […]

At what age does life get hard? It depends on what you have going on but, in general, life makes a sharp jump in difficulty for a couple decades at adult-hood, gets just a bit easier, very gradually for 2 or 3 decades around 35 and progressively gets harder around 60 until you die. What […]

How do you practice mentalism? Also if you can practice your effects on a group of friends who try to heckle you(read: act like a normal audience) then that will give you a map. But performing it over and over and over is the only way you can REALLY practice mentalism. How does mentalist guess […]

What does chalice mean? 1 : a drinking cup : goblet especially : the eucharistic cup. What is the meaning of Calyces? 1 : the usually green outer whorl of a flower consisting of separate or fused sepals. 2 : a cuplike division of the renal pelvis surrounding one or more renal papillae. What are […]

What is wanton cruelty? adjective. done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty. deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way? Why does Romeo want Juliet’s bird? Romeo has said that he will stay there forever, so he has in a […]

When was the name Barbara most popular? 1931 Is Bobbie a nickname for Barbara? Bobbi is a given name and nickname, almost exclusively feminine and usually a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Roberta or Barbara. Is the name Barbara in the Bible? Well first, You would need to find a person in the bible named Barbara […]

What is the central theme of Daoism? The most important of these concepts are (1) the continuity between nature and human beings, or the interaction between the world and human society; (2) the rhythm of constant flux and transformation in the universe and the return or reversion of all things to the Dao from which […]