Author Archives: alivewit55

E04: Critical Reading – Alivewit55

Posted on September 24, 2015 by alivewit55

“Is PTSD Contagious?” When we talk about contagions we normally thing about bacterial diseases, so could PTSD be related to bacterial diseases? If we assume it is contagious, then there would have to be evidence of something bacterial that can … Continue reading →

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Stone Money Rewrite – Alivewit55

Posted on September 22, 2015 by alivewit55

An interesting take on the beginning of our seemingly irresponsible valuation of money is brought up in the NPR Broadcast titled “The Invention of Money”, they discuss the history of the Yap people of the Caroline Islands and their “stone … Continue reading →

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Summaries – Alivewit55

Posted on September 17, 2015 by alivewit55

Favoritism and bias between judges in Olympic skating events gets a perfect 10. I find it counterintuitive that favoritism and bias in olympic events is even being brought up in a technologically and socially advance society like ours. Cheating is … Continue reading →

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Visual—Alivewit55

Posted on September 15, 2015 by alivewit55

0:01 There are two cars on a road, one is stopped at a stop sign while another is approaching farther down the road. There is no stop sign for the car that is approaching however. 0:02 We see a man … Continue reading →

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AStone Money – alivewit55

Posted on September 8, 2015 by alivewit55

The idea of money has evolved over thousands of years; beginning with the simple process of bartering goods between merchants, and now to the belief that dollars, cents, francs, and euros have an identifiable worth to them. I have sometimes … Continue reading →

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