How can I evaluate an article? How to evaluate articles Authority/authorship. Currency/timeliness. Coverage/relevance. Purpose/audience. Accuracy/documentation. Objectivity/thoroughness. How can you tell if an article is relevant? Define What Makes a Source “Relevant” The source must be credible. It is verifiable. The source must also be accurate. More than just making sure the information is not false, […]
Why is Jose Rizal a social thinker?
Why is Jose Rizal a social thinker? José Rizal, Filipino thinker and activist, may be considered the first systematic social thinker in Southeast Asia. This would be a theory that explained the nature and conditions of Filipino colonial society, and the requirements for emancipation. What is the importance of studying its contribution of the social […]
What is convert mean?
What is convert mean? (Entry 1 of 2) transitive verb. 1a : to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another They tried to convert us to their way of thinking. b : to bring about a religious conversion in The missionaries converted the native people to Christianity. What’s the difference between a […]
What is the importance of the hierarchy of values?
Does nationalism lead to war?
Does nationalism lead to war? This is dependent on whether they contain the strength to challenge the existing state. One of the most important causes of war due to nationalism is when nationalist leaders pursue policies of ‘recovery'[6] in order to incorporate ethnic or national groups outside of their state’s borders into the nation state. […]
Is the twin paradox true?
Is the twin paradox true? The experiment harkens back to Einstein’s “Twin Paradox,” a thought experiment in which one twin rockets to the stars at high speed while the other stays home. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, the traveling twin should return younger than his brother—strange but true What event resolves the twin paradox? […]
What does the Bible say about complacency?
What does the Bible say about complacency? The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference…. The opposite of life is not death, it’s complacency…. A complacent person is searching for life. Is complacency an attitude? Complacency is an attitude that we develop when we enjoy prolonged comfort. We become so self-satisfied, so smug about […]
What is an intractable problem?
What is an intractable problem? From a computational complexity stance, intractable problems are problems for which there exist no efficient algorithms to solve them. Most intractable problems have an algorithm – the same algorithm – that provides a solution, and that algorithm is the brute-force search. What does intractable pain mean? When a health care […]
Was Solon a tyrant?
Was Solon a tyrant? Solon (c. 650-561): Athenian statesman, poet, and lawgiver, one of the Seven sages. One would have expected the rise of tyrant, but instead the Athenians appointed a wise man named Solon as lawgiver (594/593). What did Solon do for democracy? Solon implemented a new class system that allowed social mobility, and […]
What does 2nd guessing mean?
What does 2nd guessing mean? 1 : to criticize or question actions or decisions of (someone) often after the results of those actions or decisions are known meet almost every morning and, over coffee, second-guess the local coach— Bruce Newman also : to engage in such criticism of (an action or decision) second-guess the general’s […]