Critical Thinking Paper On Islam and Biblical World Views According to the Muslim faith, the universe originated from a cloud of smoke that was hovering in the space. They believe that God created the universe from this smoke. He created the sun, moon, stars, planets and the galaxies (Islam-Guide.com, 2016). This supports the big bang theory where God made each planet, moon and the sun and placed them on their orbits. According to the Quran, humanity originated from Allah, who created man from the earth and on the earth. This worldview of the Muslims is similar to that of the Bible in that God created the universe. According to the Bible, God commanded the celestial beings to be, and they emerged. The action followed a specific sequence with each of the heavenly bodies having their duties, either to give light during the day or the night. The two world views are also similar in that humanity originated from God and was created for a specific reason. They are also identical in that man was created from the earth. However, they…
The Sexy Lie The Sexy Lie is a talk by Ted about sexual objectification and beauty standards. According to (“Heldman: The Sexy Lie”), Ted explains that sex encompassment entails treating an individual like a sex object. She gives examples of sexual exploitation of women, especially in the media. Often, women expose their bodies in public magazines and media platforms thinking that by so doing, their standards rise. Unfortunately, Ted says that the act is degrading, and women must object to the idea by all means. Besides, Ted contends that unlike many people think, makeup does not raise individuals’ self-esteem. Instead, makeup conceals a person’s real look, acting like a big sexy lie, and at the end of the talk, Ted takes off her make up. In my opinion, contemporary beauty standards are often contrary to those people praised in the past. Nowadays, among things, people focus more are the beautiful face, tiny waist, big booty, and flat tummy. Unfortunately, most of these goals are naturally unworkable. As a result, most women seek techniques that are sometimes overpriced and unsafe and…
Causes and Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic The SARS-CoV-2 will go down as a 21st century pandemic that shook the world after an outbreak that’s currently spreading to all corners of the world. The virus is the cause for the coronavirus disease also referred to as COVID-19, a respiratory disease outbreak that begun late last year in Wuhan China and spread across the world in a very short period. Based on the current scientific knowledge on the disease, COVID-19 outbreak was unpreventable although its spread into a global epidemic and the current status as a pandemic was evitable. In this discussion, we develop a cause-effect analysis on factors leading to the global spread of the disease and what implications it poses to the global society. One major cause for the high spread of the disease is the global unpreparedness for such a pandemic, which was bound to happen based on an historical account. In a 2015 Ted Talk, Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation addressed his fear on global preparedness for a flu epidemic that would be more…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK There are critical differences between the artificial intelligence and artificial neural network. Artificial intelligence is said to be the field that has the goal of making the machines of information. Therefore, the neural network gets considered as a stepping stone of the neural network. Some computers grt designed in a way that can beat champions, but the main goal for general intelligence is too diverse a problem. Many of the knowledge built in the point gets made with its main reason to run a robot. Scientists inevitably create something that does the task, and it ends up creating something that does the job. To get around the problem for the task, the scientists started playing with the artificial neural networks. The brain gets made of several biological networks that are main for making connections which get based on the stimulus and the perception. Example of the system is when one gets burnt. When the burning happens, there is a connection that understands made in the brain that the sensory information that fire and it…
THE SOCIETAL CAUSES OF SUICIDE Suicide is among the most essential topics in public health matter. The main reason as to why suicide is essential topic and requires thorough research is because it is among the leading causes of across the globe today. The concept of suicide is typical in the society today. Cases of homicides will remain, and we will always get the news through the media. Yet, various studies show that the number of suicides is double the number of homicides, and only few efforts have been made towards addressing the issue of suicide. There is numerous question which goes unanswered as far as the suicides are concerned, the unanswered questions are as a result of the fact that various individuals comprising of police, researchers, friends as well as families friends are still wondering why the rates of suicidal cases keep increasing. Increase in the number of suicidal cases has played an adequate role in increasing the number of suicide prevention programs and organizations over the years, increase in the number of suicide prevention programs have been triggered…
.U.S. Intelligence and defense computers The threats have exaggerated cyberterrorism .U.S. Intelligence and defense computers are air-gapped, thus cut off from using the internet. The systems operated by private organizations are at high risk to be attacked by hackers. Currently, cyberterrorism is becoming advanced due to the improvement of technology. Hackers who know how the systems operate are used to carry out the attacks. The internet is used by terrorists to conduct plans or raising finances, secure their information and distribute their objectives. Hackers can cause system manipulation by deleting important data, stealing information, damaging web sites and inserting viruses in the operating systems. The most weapons used by terrorist to create attacks are computers. In 2012, united states HOR announced various amendments to CISA, including the addition of anti-tasking stipulations to prohibit the administration from sharing cyber threats with the private organizations. Sarah Gordon and Richard Ford, cyberterrorism is not only identified when the attack is instigated on the computers, but when other abilities and factors are leveraged by the hackers to accomplish their mission. Additionally, the meaning of…
self-control is influenced internally Question 1 People often believe self-control is influenced internally, but many times, we act depending on what our family members or friends do. Those who are around us can change our behaviours by inducing us to follow theirs such as developing a passion for a sport that a family member loves or liking a specific type of food because your friends eat it every time you hang out together (Cascio, Scholz, & Falk, 2015). However, there is a little more than peer pressure, where a person chooses to act in a way that fits them in a particular group. It happens subconsciously. Beneath the person’s awareness, the brain continuously gathers cues from the surrounding people to inform his or her behaviour (Forgas & Williams, 2016). And it can have significant implications. In my case, a group of my peer friends influenced me to start drinking, even though I had never taken alcohol before. Every time we hang out together, they would buy a few bottles of beer, but I was the only one who did not…
Autumn Concerto On 26th March 2019, I listened to the autumn concerto by Antonio Vivaldi on YouTube. Com. I chose autumn because I found it the most exciting violin concerto in the Four Seasons. Antonio Vivaldi was one of the most famous composers during the Baroque period. He was born on 4th March 1678 in Venice, Italy, as the firstborn in a family of nine children. He composed more than 500 pieces during his time, including the Four Seasons for which he is celebrated. Vivaldi’s father, Giovanni Battista, taught him how to play violin in his early years. He accompanied his father when he toured Venice to play the violin. Vivaldi joined the priesthood in 1693 but withdrew in 1703 due to chest pains, but since then, he concentrated more on his music aspirations. One of his famous works is the Four Seasons, which is a piece consisting of four sections, which are winter, autumn, summer, and spring. He composed the pieces to offer a musical representation of the four seasons in a year. Autumn turned out to be my…
Can Intelligence Be Altered? The intelligence of any individual is dependent on factors incorporating genetics, education, and the environment. The nurturing by the parent determines the child’s intelligence, depending on the parents’ approach in raising their children. Parents can foster the development of particular talents in the children, thus influencing their preferences, religious beliefs, and knowledge acquisition that ultimately determines their future careers. Social control regulates how a person responds to different situations by conforming to societal norms that define one’s reasoning. It is, therefore, true that intelligence is not dependent on the genes but the ability to learn from experiences and adapt to changing environments. Consequently, adapting to the evolving environments relies on the nurturing of the child.
Business Intelligence Question 1 The principal objective of business intelligence is to aid in the process of decision making. A proper BI system within the corporate will assist managers and business owners to get data with the right format on time. BI assists in the process of decision making as a result of the many powerful elements that it has (Trieu, 2017). The elements include data visualization, interactivity, predictive analytics, application integration, and database connection. Through these elements, the business is able to take a more structured view of the information to give deep interpretations. Business Intelligence offers the organization a competitive advantage as it brings an increased understanding of the forces that shape businesses and markets while helping the organization act on that knowledge (Trieu, 2017). In comparison, the traditional approaches did not get into details, and therefore there was no deep understanding of the acquisition of knowledge to help in creating a competitive advantage. Nevertheless, unlike traditional approaches that were less complicated, business intelligence carries a lot of convolutions in data implementation. The planning phase is a necessary…