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Peace

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As I was driving home yesterday, I looked over to my right and noticed a pasture of sheep. This caused me to think back to my philosophy class. In philosophy, we were talking about what gives life meaning. One philosopher, Nietzsche, said that humans are like sheep because we lack adventure. We need to be more adventurous and have fun and stopped being so scared and boring. However, as I was looking at the sheep, I started to think that even though sheep don’t do much, they are so peaceful. Having an adventure is fun, but sometimes humans need to take a step back and just relax as the sheep do.

Could Robots Replace Humans?

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In my philosophy class, we were talking about robots and if they would be more human if we were to give them human brains and emotions. This caused me to think about Taylor and his topic in writing class. What if robots were to replace us? Even if scientists could give robots our brain capacity, the robots would still lack human emotions. Robots will never be able to replace humans, because they don’t have some of the qualities humans have.

Weekly Write

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As I was working on my research paper, I came across an article about a young man who had been racially profiled. After being racially profiled at two different schools, his mother moved him to a historically black college. In class, we were shown an sample paper on students who go to a historically black college. Did going to a historically black college actually help him? Even though he is doing better, going to a historically black college is not always better. I know a young lady who is about to go to a historically black college, and when she went to preview it, she said that the girl treated her bad. She said the girls who were suppose to be her roommates turned on her and no longer wanted to be her roommates. Going to an all black college is not always the answer.

Connect 10

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In my philosophy class, we are talking about if a person is still the same person if they have a brain transplant. I have an uncle who just had a stroke, and his brain is damaged, but his body is still functioning pretty well. I started to think about what would happen if he were to have a brain transplant. At first, I was all for it. I was like he’ll get to live! Then, I started to wonder would it still be him since he would have a different brain. I personally do not know whether he would be the same person. I know it would be him physically, but I’m not sure about mentally. This discussion in our philosophy class really got me to think about who my uncle would be if he received a brain transplant.

Connect 10: Do I have hidden prejudices?

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My topic is prejudice, and one of the causes of prejudice is stereotyping. Even though I am anti-prejudice, I have stereotyped people before. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a muslim girl wearing the hijab. I honestly became afraid because Muslims are stereotyped as being bombers, killers, etc. I am normally ok when I see them, but I guess I was more afraid because this time I could only see her eyes. I became so nervous that I moved to the other side of the sidewalk. I felt really bad for doing that, because I thought that maybe I am prejudice against Muslims. I would like to think I am not, but there may be a little bit in me. All in all, I think I am just skeptical because their track records have not been too good. I know not all Muslims are killers, but that is all that is portrayed in the media which has caused me to be somewhat afraid of them. I am still against prejudice, but I do think there is a difference between being prejudice and skeptical.