Category: Philosophy

What is meant by Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is a key principle in quantum mechanics. Very roughly, it states that if we know everything about where a particle is located (the uncertainty of position is small), we know nothing about its momentum (the uncertainty of momentum is large), and vice versa. What is […]

What is the Phenetic species concept? Phenetic Species Concept (morphological species concept): a set of organisms that look similar to each other and is distinct from other sets. Phylogenetic Species concept: the smallest monophyletic group distinguishable by shared derived (synapomorphic) characteristics. Why is a species hard to define? It is hard to define a species […]

What happened to New Harmony Indiana? There, the Harmonists thrived, reaching their peak of prosperity in 1866. However, over the years, the practice of celibacy and several schisms thinned the Society’s ranks, and the community was finally dissolved in 1905. After the sale of the town to Owen and Maclure, it was renamed New Harmony. […]

Does the Constitution guarantee popular sovereignty? Popular sovereignty was asserted as a founding principle of the United States of America. Popular sovereignty was also included in Article V of the Constitution, which provides the means to amend the Constitution through the elected representatives of the people. Is popular sovereignty used today? An example of popular […]

Has Gene Editing been used on humans? Researchers conducted the first experiments using CRISPR to edit human embryos in 2015. Since then, a handful of teams around the world have begun to explore the process, which aims to make precise edits to genes. But such studies are still rare and are generally strictly regulated. Can […]

What is indemnity example? Indemnity is compensation paid by one party to another to cover damages, injury or losses. An example of an indemnity would be an insurance contract, where the insurer agrees to compensate for any damages that the entity protected by the insurer experiences. What does indemnified mean? 1 : to secure against […]

Is life without water possible? Without water, life simply cannot be sustained. It is the fluid that lubricates the workings of the cell, transporting the materials and molecular machinery from one place to another and facilitating the chemical reactions that keep us going. Can life exist without the sun? Without the Sun’s rays, all photosynthesis […]

Is morality innate in all humans? Although Darwin seemed to assume that the moral sense was innate, recent research is suggesting otherwise. It now appears that the moral sense is largely developed after birth and requires particular kinds of experience. How is morality acquired? Morality develops across a lifetime and is influenced by an individual’s […]

Is Python written in C or C++? Python is written in C (actually the default implementation is called CPython). Python is written in English. But there are several implementations: PyPy (written in Python) Why is C so fast? You can easily write a C program that runs slower than programs written in other languages that […]

Where we use would? We use would as the past of will, to describe past beliefs about the future: I thought we would be late, so we would have to take the train. Where could is used? “Could” is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions […]