Inner Thoughts

     Hedonism is a derived from the Greek word hedone (meaning pleasure). Hedonism is the philosophical theory that the pursuit of pleasure and achieving it is the best goal one should strive for in life. Now how does this tie into calculus? I didn't know either, and to be honest, I still don't completely understand it.      Hedonistic Calculus was developed by Jeremy Bentham in the late 1780s. Bentham created this based on Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the theory that an action is morally correct only if it results in the most amount of pleasure or positive effects. There are 7 factors mentioned by Bentham in undertaking an activity, these are Intensity (I), Duration (D), Certainty (C), Propinquity (P), Fecundity (F), Purity (P), and Extent (E).      Let's break each one of these factors down briefly.     1. Intensity: Bentham believed this value had a range from 0 to infinity. This range measures the value of pleasure and pain.     2. Duration: This is pretty self-exp

      This week we read a couple of pieces that focused on language and how it affects peoples' lives.  This really interested me because I myself have seen and experienced how much language can impact someone's life.     Language and English in general is by far my favorite class!! (no sarcasm whatsoever). I just love walking into a classroom and seeing an inner circle and outer circle of desks. But I have to admit, English did teach me the importance of language in everyday life. This made me research more on language and its effects on people.      Firstly, what are the possible downsides in not having good literacy skills? Well biologically speaking, literacy skills are directly related to a various number of skills such as visual memory, visuomotor skills, visuospatial skills, and etc. So, the downside of not trying to develop literacy skills? All these parts of the brain not being activated. I used to just "like" writing because I wanted a good grade. But the mo

    For this week, we needed to do a blog on a satire article from The Onion. I chose the article on Norway hiding its standard of living from other countries.      This article talks about Norway downplaying its standard of living in order to make the other nations to not feel too bad. The amount of irony this article has is absolutely insane. It starts of by saying "Norway did not wish to rub it in" while proceeding to give a completely rundown on why it's better than every single country. But to be honest, this does reflect many countries, mainly the US. While yes, it is true that US has a pretty developed economy compared to probably every other country, that does not necessarily make it THE BEST country. But guess how the media portrays America? As the utopia of everyone's dreams. It has become so prevalent that statistics show hundreds of thousands of people immigrating to this country in hopes for a better life. This is pretty much what the article is trying to