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[Dec. 2nd, 2009|06:03 pm] |
there's a john cusack movie marathon on encore.. and hopefully tonight i wont have to leave the house. i found a secret 200 dollars that may not actually exist in my suntrust account. where did it come from? i have no fuckin idea.
of course, my mind was immediately filled with fanciful thoughts of what the tattoo is gonna be that i purchase with this mystery money.
but i should really hold on to it..
oh god |
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| Genetic Engineering notes |
[Dec. 2nd, 2009|03:45 pm] |
- how it would be done:
-IVF, produce embryos, genetic tests on these embryos (can detect disabilities), then you would alter the genes to your preferred type, then implant the embryo in the mother.
*Two Types:
1.) therapeutic or corrective genetic engineering (negative engineering)
- to correct for genetic defects, deformities or diseases, to make the embryo normal
2.) enhancement of positive genetic engineering; to enhance the individual to have traits above average
- ex.) intelligence, athletic ability, gender, strength, etc.
*Enhancement Genetic Engineering*
*Arguments Against:
1.) Discrimination Arg.
a.) discrimination will result in discrimination against the enhanced
ex.) getting jobs
b.) Whatever will result in discrimination is wrong
c.) Therefore, genetic enhancement is wrong
2.) God's Purpose Arg.
a.) Genetic enhancement alters god's purpose
b.) whatever alters god's purpose is wrong
c.) therefore genetic enhancement is wrong
3.) Rich Arg.
a.) Genetic enhancement will give advantage to the rich
b.) whatever gives advantage to rich is wronf
c.) gen. enh. is wrong
OBJ.:
i.) 3b.) is false, not everything which gives unequal advantage to the rich is wrong.
ex.) can get kids into better schools, tutors, coaches, better medical care, better nutrition, connections, technology
ii.) genetic enhancement could be given to everyone - socialized medicine
4.) unearned arg.
a.) genetic enhancement gives unearned advantages to people
-they didnt have to work for it
b.) w.e. does this is wrong
c.) genetic enhancement is wrong |
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| crit notes. CLONING |
[Nov. 30th, 2009|03:50 pm] |
Arguments in Favor of Cloning
for thinking it is permissible:
1.) Reproductive Freedom argument
a.) we have a right of reproductive freedom, to procreate as we want as long as we dont violate the rights of others:
ex.) mate selection, adoption, abortion, egg, sperm or embryo donation, invitro fert. surrogate motherhood
b.) cloning can be done without violating anyone's rights
- the donor agrees to be cloned
c.) Therefore we can have a right to clone
2.) Twinning Argument
a.) it is prmissible to produce identical twins
-naturally, IVF, embyros are sroduced and one of them divides we can implant both
- IVF - produce an embryo and split it intentionally
b.) There is no moral difference between identical twins and clones
c.) It is permissible to produce clones
Possible Objection to 2.) twinning:
i.) identical twins are produced naturally, but clones are man made
Reply: But IVF is not wrong nor is producing IVF identical twins wrong even though both processes are articfial, man made and not naturallll.. |
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| "Is that a Weezer shirt?" |
[Nov. 30th, 2009|03:30 pm] |
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in Critical thinking class. on the way here i met an awesome rockabilly dude i think he said he name was Andy. He was wailing some sweet 1950's Django awesome in this small sitting area here at Dade and he was wearing those flame converse with leopard print shoelaces so i thought there was a good chance that maybe he liked Chuck Berry and the Red Elvises. We talked and he told me that he is a guitar teacher and he might be moving to texas and he has been using this super awesome app on his fancy iphone to record because all his experiences in miami recording studios involved dudes packing heat. Which is a straight up shame because there is no scene for his kind of awesome jams here. I told him he should invest in an eight track and gave him my digits. He said he'd be around Churchill's and Titanic. So, i will of course now try to frequent those areas with a wingman of sorts. First, i will need to find a wingman..
oh, and he has horned-rims. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|04:05 pm] |
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"i feel like snow white.there are so many little creatures here in the backyard" - pascau |
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[Nov. 27th, 2009|01:25 pm] |
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Had a weird fucked up dream about Chris last night. Today I'm going with Secondary to go to the Aqua to search desperately for a job of ANY kind. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 26th, 2009|01:48 am] |
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(419): i went to throw her on my bed and threw her straight in to my bike |
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| name that movie! |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|08:42 pm] |
"what do you think went through billy's mind when he did it?"
"a bullet" |
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[Nov. 25th, 2009|04:50 pm] |
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(410): I woke up this morning with a bag of pepperonis in my bed.... and my facebook status was "pepperonis" |
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[Nov. 25th, 2009|04:33 pm] |
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(917): I was pretty stoned. I thought I needed a seatbelt at the restaurant. |
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| critical thinking notes |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|03:52 pm] |
*CLONING*
How It's Done
Types:
1.) therapeutic; produces clone for biological material
ex.) stem cells (can become any kind of cell)
To get this biological material, embryos must be destroyed.
Anyone against abortion from conception is against this.
(Dude, i have to poop so much right now but the notes are unrelenting. Is this what hell is like?)
2.) reproductive cloning; to produce a clone child.
IS Reproductive Cloning Permissible or Not?
1.) Disadvantage Argument
a.) Cloning could result in some nations getting unequal advantages over others
ex.) if the USA clones Michael Phelps
b.) w/e gives some nations unequal advantages over others is wrong
c.) Therefore, cloning is wrong
OBJ. To 1b.: not everything that gives a nation an unequal advantage is wrong, -better education, -better athletes, - better technology, -better economy
2.) Abuse Argument
a.) Cloning can be horribly abused
-clone army
-cloning dictator
b.) Whatever can be horribly abused is wrong
c.) Cloning is Wrong
OBJ. To 2.) Abuse
-i.) a person is more than just their genes. Nurture counts.
ex.) identical twins who are genetically identical and still can be very different. So, it's unlikely in the extreme that you can reproduce all the influences on a dictator 60-80 years later.
-ii.) premise 2b is false. most things can be horribly abused, yet are not always wrong
ex.) alcohol, electricity, nuclear energy, gasoline, fertilizer, all technology
3.) Unique Identity Argument
a.) everyone has the right to a unique identity
b.) cloning violates the right to a unique identity cuz you are copying an already existent person
c.) therefore cloning is wrong
OBJ. To 3.) Unique:
i.)If identical twins don't have a unique identity then it would be wrong to have identical twins too, but this seems mistaken.
ii.) If identical twins do have unique personality because they can be verty differnt people, the clones can have unique identity too so premise 3b would now be false. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|11:26 am] |
just had the most fucked up nightmare
it had midgets attacking me at gas station and the gas station attendant shot it.
and idk
it was weird
like i was on a road trip to somewhere and i was at a gas station
somewhere in there i made friends with a girl
who was in love with another dude named andrew
(we talked about it in the car)
she said she wanted him to say "can i say 'i love you' maybe?" to her.
weird. weird.
then there was a weird thing at the gas station like the pump broke and gas was getting everywhere and i thought it was still on my card so i was being charged like thousands of dollars and when the lady shot the midget a big fire started, then as i was driving around with the girl we got stuck somehow in this area where my car couldn't fit through and like a mud person with a jagged piece of glass tried to kill us.
i woke up as i closed the window to try to not get stabbed |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|10:15 pm] |
"mmm..tasty-sweet" -Alex eating sweet potato
"But Robbie's too busy shining his ass" - Andy
"spraying knowledge all over you" -jbean
"i like vodka with tomato juice" -Papa |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|10:36 pm] |
danced bra-less with mom. strangely awesome
Brutal Legend.
Awesome.
Today.
Awesome |
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| i hate my life |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|04:51 pm] |
small group five to twelve people similar purpose
social/relationship groups are primary groups
....181
task groups are secondary groups...181
refernece group versus membership group...182
small group stages
opening
feedforward
business
feedback
closing..182
small group formats
round table
panel
symposium
symposium forum..183
Online
mailing lists
chats...184
Small group culture
group norms
high context culture
low context culture
small group apprehension..185-188
Brainstorming Groups..189
information sharing groups
Educational/learning groups
focus group
...190
Problem Solving Groups
problem solving sequence
nominal group technique
Delphi method
Quality circles....191-196 |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|05:18 pm] |
There are so many hammocks to catch you if you fall, so many laws to keep you from experience. All these cities I have been in the last few weeks make me fully understand the cozy, stifling state in which most people pass through life. I don’t want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. All you do is get to breathe and copulate and finally die. I don’t want to go with the smooth skin and the calm brow. I hope I end up a blithering idiot cursing the sun—hallucinating, screaming, giving obscene and inane lectures on street corners and public parks. People will walk by and say, “Look at that drooling idiot. What a basket case.” I will turn and say to them “It is you who are the basket case. For every moment you hated your job, cursed your wife and sold yourself to a dream that you didn’t even conceive. For the times your soul screamed yes and you said no. For all of that. For your self-torture, I see the glowing eyes of the sun! The air talks to me! I am at all times!” And maybe, the passers by will drop a coin into my cup.
-Henry Rollins |
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| more dat |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|03:43 pm] |
4.) Economic Arg.
a.) eating animals is good for the economy
b.) whatever is good for the economy is permissible
c.) eating animals is permissible
OBJ. to 4b.)
not everything that is good for the economy is morally permissible
ex.) child pornography
ex.) selling babies
5.) Morality Argument
a.) Animals lack a sense of morality
- They are incapable of moral reasoning
b.) whatever lacks a sense of morality has no rights
c.) Animals have no rights
OBJ to 5.) morality argument
Not all human beings have a moral sense, but we can't eat them
ex.) brainstem humans
ex.) severely disabled humans
ex.) mentally disabled
We Say They Still Have Rights |
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| Notes from Critical |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|03:22 pm] |
*ANIMAL RIGHTS*
Is it morally permissible to eat animals?
*Arguments in Favor
1.) Nutrition Argument
a.) Eating animal is necessary for complete nutrition
b.) whatever is necessary for compl. nut. is permissible
c.) Eating animals is permissible
2.) Natural Food Chain Arg.
a.) Humans eating animals is part of the natural food chain
b.) w/e is natual food chain is permissible
c.) humans eating animals is permissible
OBJ. to 1.) nutrition: There are healthy vegetarians who don't eat any meat, and vegans too who don't eat any animal products either and milk is a less harmful substitute than eating meat
So, 1.a) is false
OBJ. to 2.) Food Chain
i.) Not everything that is part of the natural food chain is permissible
ex.) cannibalism
ex.) eating animals alive
3.) Overpopulation Argument
a.) If we do not eat animals, there will be overpopulation
b.) Preventing overpopulation is permissible
c.) eating animals is permissible
OBJ. to 3.)
i.) humans are overpopulated, but you don't eat them
3b is false
ii.) even if humans dont eat animals , they will not become overopoulated natural ways and artificial means of control (sterilization) |
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| more dat shyt |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|07:15 pm] |
interpersonal conflict
junk mail
spamming
flame wars
trolling....pg. 160-161
content conflict
relationshpi conflict..161
principles of conlict
negative aspects
positive aspects
collectivist cultures
individualist cultures
gender...162-163
Conflict Styles
competeing
avoiding
accomodating
collaborating
compromising...164-165
Conflict management Strategies influences by
1.)goals
2.)emotional state
3.)cognitive assesment
4.)personality
5.)family history...166-167
conflict avoidance
nonnegotiation...pg. 167-168
force..168
defensiveness and supportiveness...168
(evaluation
you messages and i messages...169
Control..169
strategy
manipulation and spontaneity
neutrality
superiority
certainty
provisionalism
close mindedness)
Face detracting and face enhancing
Belt Lining..pg. 170
Blame and Empathy
affirmation..171
Silencers
open expression...171
gunnysacking and present focus..172
vebral aggressiveness and argumentativeness
Verbal Agressiveness...172, 174, 176, 177 |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|07:43 pm] |
ok this is getting pretty fucked up
i text Chris when i wake up cuz i know he doesn't want me to call and wake him up.
i send him texts throughout the day
pictures, whatever,
because i can't call him cuz i am afraid he's asleep and will get mad if i call.
i go throughout my day, starting at around 10 AM.
Eventually, usually around 3:45, on his way to work, he calls me, with not much to say.
But i don't care, because just hearing his voice is what i wait for all day.
I know i must be boring to talk to, but he just doesn't realize..
And when i call him, as i do several times throughout the day,
if i am with people, he gets pissed off and moody and shit.
It sucks. Its like he doesn't even respect that even when i am with friends, he is my number one priority.
It makes me feel like shit.
All I'm trying to do is lead a balanced life.
I don't like being alone lately. Having friends is great. I never feel scared at night and the days go by much quicker with company...
oh shit
i forgot to call alex back |
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