#is there a right answer 2 this do i win a prize. Most morally correct reasoning award

[twilightarcade]

You're in the dungeons of Fear and Hunger. Your reasons for traversing the world to arrive at this decrepit place has lost you, at this point. The dungeons had a special, otherworldly cursed effect on you. Your hunger and mind dwindled much faster than it should have. Though, time was impossible to tell. Now your main objective here was to merely survive.

Early on, you spot a cage that held a little girl. Scarred arms, blue eyes, ginger hair, wearing a black dress. The way she seemed, she could be no older than 10. Why was a soul like hers imprisoned here, where the worst offending criminals were meant to rot? You unlock her cage, she nods a thanks. Meek and unspeaking.

Soon after you find a small dagger, one that is much unsuitable to your hands. But to the girl, it fit in her palm comfortably. She aids you as best as she can in the dungeons, though you try to make sure her safety is above yours.

The next gift for her was a small doll that you both found in a cell. What it was existing there for was an unknown that you didn't truly care about. You gave it to her, to hold on, to comfort her. She has a small smile.

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Now you've dwelled deep. How deep did this dungeon go? Your equipment is starting to be a bit too weak for the stronger and more horrific enemies the deeper this hellhole goes.

A light, in a dark ravine you're traversing through. You see a tall figure. A man, with a wooden mask resembling a cat. His coat is purple, fancy, like he was a royal. His brown boots sleek, polished. A sane being able to have a proper conversation with?

His voice, refined, posh. He went on a few minutes, monologing how dark and depressing the world is. You decide to let him have his time talking, with how the dungeons were, he probably was lonely and needed to get some things off his mind. Soon, he sighs and gets to a topic that makes your eyes widen and your fists clench.

He asks for the little girl that you brought along in your journey.

In return, he would offer you a reward of a powerful sword, with only a few blows, could slay enemies easily. Your eyes dart to the long sword in your hand, getting duller. It seems the dungeon's darkness also effected the utility of items, too.

You probably couldn't stand a chance with the enemies soon to come with this sword. There's only so many times you can run away.

Do you trade away your travel companion, this girl you found just a few hours ago, for a better chance of survival?

(idk I was thinking that you're the questions guy I thought why not give you epic funger scenario)

ouhhh is this that cat guy i've heard so much about

honestly um? Desperate survival situation?? I can't say much on what desperate survival me would do maybe u should kidnap me (honestly I don't know what not desperate survival situation me is up to most of the time). BUT hypothetically yeah I am putting that kids safety above my own u got that right,, Absolutely adore children and also I think I would get lonely pretty quickly especially while im like. Sitting here fighting for my life. Lonely me easily translates to desperate me which easily equals not pretty good. (bro can't be left alone in the dungeon for a few hours 🤣🤣🤣🤣)

I would just sharpen my sword myself honestly man bet you didn't think about that huh [i am going 2 die horribly]. I mean based on recent trends it's just going 2 keep getting harder so like? I'll die eventually. Why give up some kid while I'm at it [<- HIS ASS IS GOING TO GET BOTH ITSELD AND THE KID KILLED] Also I don't trust that guy anyways. People with elaborate voices aren't trustworthy

no

#askstag #didn't read this carefully enough the first time and was like 'wow what did i do to get locked up in super villain jail' #very briefly we lived in a universe where i answered this formally then I dropped it and it all went out the window #thankies 4 this btw... <3 chewing on it #is there a right answer 2 this do i win a prize. Most morally correct reasoning award

[foxlover0615]

Karini: What if…

Part 2 title: Why did I say yes?

What if my black OC met Hawks

Part 1 Part 3

ミ★ミ★ミ★ミ★ミ★ミ★ミ★ミ★ミ

July 11th

Emily found some abandoned apartment that was told to be haunted

So of course with Emily’s love for anything horror she decided to stay at that place until she can get enough money for a real place

Emily saw how the place looked clean it just needed light

So of course the smart thing to do was break the window so there was more light in the day

After renovating the place to how she liked it Emily layed on her couch and sighed

But then somebody banged on the door making Emily groan in pain

“Who is it?!?!“ Emily shouted as she was getting off of the couch but then that’s when Emily realized

ʷᵃⁱᵗ ᵃ ᵈᵃᵐⁿ ᵐⁱⁿᵘᵗᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵖˡᵃᶜᵉ ⁱˢ ᵃᵇᵃⁿᵈᵒⁿᵉᵈ

Emily whispers to herself as she panics and walks back and forth

ʷʰᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ʰᵉˡˡ ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵃᵗ

Emily takes out her wings and sharpens them as most of the feathers fall of her wings

Emily took one with no feather and was gonna use it as a blade

ᵒᵏᵃʸ ᵉᵐⁱˡʸ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵃᵗᵗᵃᶜᵏ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇˡᵃᵈᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ʷᵉ ᵍᵒᵒᵈ. ʷᵃⁱᵗ ʷʰʸ ᵃᵐ ⁱ ʷʰⁱˢᵖᵉʳⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ᵐʸ ʰᵉᵃᵈ

Emily kick opens the door and saw no one outside

“Cause your stupid ass don’t knpw the difference between goofy and stupid,“ Some guy in a black suit says

“Oh hey Ken are you gonna kidnap me or kill me?“ Emily asks

“Yes. And if you want to live just do as I say and we can make this quick,“ Ken says and takes out a gun pointing it at her head

“Okay Mr. Martin how about we play a game before we go,“ Emily suggested but then she threw her blade him

Ken caught the blade with ease and it actually snuggled up on him

“Wait a minute what?“ Ken asked but then all but one blade snuggled up on him and Emily couldn't help but smirk as she ran out of the door

But then she ran into some guy in a mask and they fell down the emergency stairs

Emily landed on top of him and the two were then unconscious

The only words she heard was the name “kenji“

Emily woke up blind folded and head pounding from getting attacked

“God where am I? Please let me live,“ Emily prayed as a man with a deep voice laughed

“Welcome everyone to the game show of a life time my name is Simon Moral and this is..“ The guy stop talking and suddenly the words “ Welcome questionnaire“ echos the room

“Oh my god where the hell am I?“ Emily asked genually nervous

Claps cancels out her voice and cries for help

“This contestant will have 3 different questions to answer per round in order to get the wordn needed for the final round where she’ll create the question for us to answer,“ Simon says and Emily stopped shaking as she thought about what they just said

“Note there are no manipulation allowed, no screaming allowed, and no looking allowed,“ Simon says

“How the hell can I look if I'm blindfolded?“ Emily asked but Simon ignored her question

First round is TV shows

“Dora the Explorer has a certain cousin that got their own spin off series. What is their name?“ Simon asked

“Diego,” Emily answers and some weird applause sound’s surrounded her

“Why does it sound like it’s coming from everywhere?” Emily asked herself

Next question

“ In the popular l Disney series ‘Kim Possible’ who was Dr. Drakken sidekick?” Simon asked

“Who the hell is Dr. Drakken?” Emily asked

“Oh come on Emily you got the series main villain… but if you want a hint it’ll cost ya,” Simon suggested

“Wait wasn’t that a hint already?” Emily asked right back

“ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!” Simon shouted and Emily responded

“I don’t know! That señor senior guy?” Emily asked and suddenly a bunch of boiling hot water falls on her

Emily’s wings popped out and protected her head but in the process gets burned

Emily was about to scream in pain but stopped herself and just groaned

“Correct answer was Shego,” Simon says and sighs

“You know Emily if you keep on answering wrong we’re gonna have to punish you and you won’t be able to win the special prize,” Simon informed and her and she scoffed

“What if don’t give any shits about your prize and I just want to leave?” Emily asked sarcastically

“ Well of course how you feel wouldn’t matter the only thing that matters is how this competition ends,” Simon says as he explains the final question

“Since you answered the question incorrectly you won’t be able to get the last question of this round of the special round time to go to the next round,” Simon says and Emily new that hell was coming

After two more rounds of all of this Emily was so close to really going insane

“Okay I answered all the questions just let me go!” Emily begged

“That’s adorable of you to beg but we still have one more think for you to do,” Simon says squeezing Emily’s cheeks

“All I need for you is to tell me the question and I will answer the question,” Simon was now talking in a baby voice

“Your asking me who is someone but I don’t know the name. How can I answer this question if I don’t have the clue?” Emily asked but then she felt him pull her head close enough to the point they were just inches away

“If you get this wrong I will pour spiders on your head. I know how you are to them. If you fail I will kill you,” Simon says slamming the wall behind me

“I need the fricking clue in order to know the answer,” Emily says crying at that second

“Please just tell me the clue I let you do whatever you want with me. Please, just don’t kill me,” Emily says and Simon licked the tears off her face

“You’ll do whatever I want right?” Simon whispered in her ear

“Yes anything to stay alive,” Emily says

“I want you to first kiss me then I want you to join us,” Simon whispers

“Yes anything at all. Just let me free,” Emily says tears still running down her face

Suddenly she was unlocked and Emily’s arms felt so tired and was hurt

“Simon she already said she was joining you still wanna continue?” Another voice said but Emily recognized that voice

“I know that voice are you Elliott’s son uh… Ken?” Emily asked turning her head the same direction she heard the voice

Simon lifted Emily up and had her against a wall and started kissing her neck

“Simon! You said-“ Ken was interrupted by Simon

“She said she would do whatever I want so how about you give us some room,” Simon suggested

Soon Simon kissed her but oddly enough it was soft it wasn’t as rough as he was when he shot her

Dropping Emily on the ground and himself as of well.

Emily took off the blindfold and saw how the room looked and it surprised her

The room was multicolored but it had blue almost everywhere

She saw that she was locked to some giant x in the middle of the empy room

But of course right above that x was a bunch of spiders running around in a glass container

Emily fave turned white thinking that she was almost dead but lucked out and survived

Emily looked down and recognized Simon as her ex’s brother

“Wait your Sofia’s brother? Why would you… do this?” Emily asked getting off of him as she sees Ken pointing a gun at Simon

“Because you betrayed her…” Simon says moving away from the two

“You made her think you loved her when in reality you only wanted her for popularity,” Simon says

“I loved her I only broke up with her because she cheated on me with someone else,” Emily admitted and Simon was shocked

“Change the channel I don’t like this stupid soap opera,” Someone else said and everyone turned their attention to someone

“I told you to play a simple game with her using a little violent twist but instead you not only got the girl crying, your sexual desires got the better if you, but you also threatened to kill her when the whole point of having her was so she would join us,” The man said

“Oh my god your Elliott. Why do you want me?” Emily asked falling onto her knees and crawling away from the men

“Is this all because of Sofia? I’m sorry but she’s the one who hurt me so I left her. But she wasn’t the reason why I left America,” Emily admits and starts to cry again

Simon gets up at her and looks at her in anger

“You lying BITCH!” Simon yelled and throws the glass container that had spiders in it at her

But then some vines grabbed it and pulled it up before it can hit her in the face

Emily looked up and saw a guy with a stichted together mask while holding the containter

Kenji what are you doing up there you could hurt yourself again

“I’m fine I can’t hurt myself while I’m i’m up here,“ Kenji said and Elliott walked to Emily

Emily was already backed up in a corner and was crying so the only thing she could do now was pray again that she wasn’t gonna die

To Emily’s surprise Elliott put out his hand making Emily look at it in more fear

“Take my hand I want to show you something,“ Elliott says and out of fear Emily did as he said

They left the room and arrived outside where people were staring at them

Emily was terrified as to what was gonna happen next but the two stopp moving and Elliott looked at her His tall physiquw scared her and made him seem like a powerful person and a leader

“Look to your left and what do you see?“ Elliott asked and Emily wiped away her tears just so her vision wouldn’t be blurry

It was so weird. It’s like Emily left Japan and made it into an entirely new dystopia

“Wait what is this?“ Emily asked in fear as to how she got there

“Don’t worry angel your still in Japan just an underground version,“ Elliott says with a smile

“When Hawks calls me angel it’s cute and makes me happy but when he does that it’s disgusting. I don’t like this guy he is up to no good,“ Emily thinks as she fakes her smile

“Emily this place isn’t a normal town you’d find anywhere. This is what I like to call Clandestine,“ Elliott says

“A what?“ Emily blurts out

“Why don’t I explain while we take a walk,“ Elliott suggested

𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖

𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚝 𝙿𝙾𝚅

𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚓𝚘𝚋

𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘

𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚍, 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚎

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚞𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙰 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚢

𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚢

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍

𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎

𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎

𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚎

𝙸 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘

𝙴𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙸 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎

𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚍𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎

𝚂𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍

𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙

𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖

𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚋𝚊𝚍

𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 ��𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎

𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎

𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊 “𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛“ 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎

𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛

“But Elliott what tells you what your doing right now isn’t creating a version of the hero safety commision?“ Emily asked

“What do you mean?“ Elliot asked

“The commision created heroes to protect the world against villains and criminals. Nobody would be safs if ut wasn’t for them, but the priblem was that they lied to the heroes and promised them that they can “ change the world“ when instead they just y

Mm

joined a never ending battle between life and death!“ Emily says to him

“Being a hero means risking your life everyday just to give civilians an easier and better life. You want to do the same exact thing as the commision except what your doing has more drama A.K.A you have a better backstory,“ Emily points out while crossing her arms and Elliott shakes her head

“What they have is tyranny while I want is a democracy,“ Elliott tried to persuade Emily

“If what they have is tyranny than so do you. No matter how hard you try at freedom or equality it can never happen because no one will ever be seen as equal or free,“ Emily says to him in anger and Elliott became quiet

To Emily Elliott wasted her time kidnapping her and telling her some bedtime story so she can what join him

“I just hope you that heroes, assassins, and villains are one of the same. Heroes kill also known as save to protect civilians, assassins kill just cause their told to, and villains kill cause they were probably neglected in life and seen as a villain so they kill to unloxk their inner child,“ Emilg admits and walks past him

Emily obviously didn’t know her way out so she just hoped she could find an elevator

Suddenly she felt something sting her on the head and Emily saw in her reflection it was two spiders

“Why ᵐᵉ?“ Emily fell to the ground and was knocked out in mere seconds

When suddenly everything went black and the last thing being heard was a loud bang

Emily woke back up with a bruise on her head and at the hospital

Emily saw flowers next to her with cards

Emily turned to her left and saw Hawks next to her

“I’m glad your okay I was worried about you,“ Hawks says hugging her tightly but then Emily groaned

“Oh sorry I guess I was a little to tight,“ Hawks smiles sheepishly

“Gosh how did I get here?“ Emily asked

“The doctors said you got hit in the head and got bitten by two spiders,“ Hawks says and Emily looked at him with most surprised but annoyed face yet

“Oh wow I got sent to the hospital because of spiders. But why are you here? Shouldn't you be saving the world,“ Emily emphasize with her hands

“If you ever get sent to the hospital I’m gonna come here and stay with you as long as I can,“ Hawks says and someone enters the room

“Mr. Hawks you have to go now. YYou have a meeting with the number 2 hero and the number 1 hero,“ A woman in a suit says and Emily rolls her eyes

“Uh well...“ Hawks says but Emily chuckle

“ Go on birdbrain you have a meeting with top heroes so go do your thing,“ Emily smirks while Hawks nodded and left her in the room

Emily immediately opened the cards that was next to her until she found the one

It was a blue and black card full of beautiful spirals

It had a small sentence on it ’Finish the question’

Who is _____?

There was a pen next to her on the counter

Emily wrote the name in their and sighed before reading her answer out loud

“Who is Keigo?“ Emily asked when suddenly a checkmark appeared on it

Words appeared on the card out of then air as it did disappear

’Check your emails at home their is a present at your abode’

After Emily gets taken out of the hospital she made it at home where she saw a box in front of her

Emily sat on her couch and opened the box. There was a small flash drive along with gloves and arrows

“What the-“ Emily stopped herself and put the flash drive in her phone

“Welcome Emily to ’The Societies’ where people get reborn into a better them and become assassins,“ A male voice said

“No,“ Emily says and turns off her phone before laying down on the couch and closing her eyes

“ You probably tried turning off this well guess what you can’t escape this. Of you tell someone you will die, if you try killing yourself your family and friends will die, and if you try to disobey orders you will die,“ The voice says revealing themselves to be Elliott

“Now Emily as your clue said who is Keigo? He is known as Hawks the pro hero. I want you to date him in order to get intel from him. Sad part is you I want you to disguise yourselves as a pro hero since not only will it be easiert to be aaround him but it’ll be easier to kill certain targets you are assigned as a her,“ Elliott says and try harder to turn off the phone

Emily took out the flash drive but the video continued

“Now Emily Sheresko are you ready to become a defender?“ Elliott asked and Emily sighed pressing 'yes’

My life always have to be a pain

Years later

“Now this is interesting. So basically you joined the defenders cause you was threatened but also because you were curious,“ The blonde woman said

“Curiosity? In what way?“ Emily asked crossing her arms

“See when Defenders want to invite someone they go on and make riddles where the answer could be anything random like ’who killed rodger Rabbit?’ or something related to a mission like yours ’who is Keigo Takami?’“ The blonde explains

“Sometimes when they deny or don’t join at all curiosity gets the better of them and they accidentally answer the question making them stuck there in the defenders society,“ The blonde continues

“Yeah I know that I shoulda never answer the question but come on who wouldn’t try right?“ Emily said trying to help her understand the situation

“You did this to yourself, brought yourself in this situation. Can’t blame anyone but yourself. Sure you got lucky you wasn’t raped by your exes brother but overall everything that happened to you is just a case of bad luck,“ The blondd told her

“Courtney, you know how traumatizing that is for me. Just to feel weak and defensless while a guy is all up on you. Then just to hear your stuck in a cult like society,“ Emily said to the blonde

“I understand that but then again you could’ve forgotten it all. But instead you kept this hidden within,“ Courtney said to her

“Well who can I talk to? I got no family here, no friends who’d understand, currently I don’t even talk to my neighbors,“ Emily explained to Courtney

“Then try your best to come out of your comfort zone cause obviously you need a friend to talk too and not just some boyfriend or a therapist an actual friend,“ Courtney says in a serious tone and Emily chuckled

“How rude of you to not call me a friend,“ Emily said and Courtney smiled

“How can someone like you not have at least 100 friends?“ Courtney asked

“How come someone like you got plastic surgery and faked your age to get guys?“ Emily asked and Courtney was trying to think of something to say back

“You know you talk too much,“ Courtney smirked defeatedly

“Yep!“ Emily smiled

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Kinda want a part two of Chromeskull with the tattoo artist!reader. Maybe with her divorcing her husband, starting a relationship with Jesse and getting the tattoo he suggested.

Chromeskull x Tattoo Artist!Reader- Guilty Pleasures Part 2

Authors Note: You asked and you recieved. Part two of this taboo guilty relationship. You simply cannot say no, no to this man.

Part 1 HERE

Warnings: None I can think of.

Words: 1.4k

Were you feeling guilty? Probably. Did you care? Most likely not. Looking into the mirror of your bathroom after a night of stressful sleep and at this very moment, you were glad your husband left earlier for work, not in the mood to put up with anything.

To say that the affair you had with your boss was eating at your mind was a faint understatement because sickly, you enjoyed it a lot and in a more twisted way, you wanted more.

The past week has been a hazardous adventure you weren't looking forward to having, not one bit, especially after your parents-in-law came unannounced, a particular reason you hated them, but at first, you thought that's what everyone feels about their own parents-in-law.

Your husband's father wasn't a problem, surprisingly you didn't mind him, he never criticized you, only talked about the old days and he was as calm as a beach in the winter can be. The problem was your mother-in-law and sometimes you wondered if jail was worth it to get rid of the old hag.

She always spoke well of her son and gave you unwanted advice about how a wife should be. To put it bluntly, she wanted you to be the perfect housewife which in your opinion wasn't a good attribute in your book, but you meant well. You learned to cook better for the sake of this marriage, learned to control your rebellious attitude, which was quite the challenge, but she demanded more and more out of you.

The topic came this week when she came unannounced and she asked when you and her son were going to have a baby. You almost choked on your drink and the answer that your husband gave, made you more anxious.

'Soon.'

Alright, you loved children and the idea of being a mother was a plan in the future, but not with him.

That's why you were looking like a corpse at this moment; ever since that discussion your husband opened the topic of having children with each day, and your answer always was the same.

'In the close future.'

You wanted to escape so badly, but being a divorced woman in society wasn't exactly a big plus and you knew that if it would happen you would be seen as the villain and everyone will probably tag you with words that would drown your self-esteem.

Staying in an unhappy marriage for the sake of society. How marvelous!

You grimaced, staying outside on the front porch of your house, taking a deep drag of smoke and exhaling like the nicotine will ease your nerves. It was another late night full of arguments and whatnot with your husband; he seemed to find flaws in each step you took. When the door opened your gaze moved to your husband who had a very serious expression, his arms crossed and you knew he was going to say something.

"I want a divorce." he simply stated, making you raise your eyebrows in surprise. Well, you clearly didn't see that one coming.

After you finished your cigarette and got inside, he told you that there was no point in maintaining this marriage and according to him you were embarrassing him, destroying his image.

Pffff...What image? What reputation?

To say that the divorce went simply was an understatement. You didn't have too much to take from this marriage, the house was his, the car too, you just had your little belongings and that was it. He was just surprised that you didn't want to undress him of money or any winning.

The ultimate prize of this divorce was that you will be finally free; no more critiques, no more useless arguments over the smallest things in life.

You were back at work at one of Jesse's warehouses, inking up one of his henchmen, when the door opened and the tall and imposing form of your boss was blocking the door. The guy you were tattooing quickly got up and left the two of you alone; smart guy.

'I'd heard about your divorce.' the electronic voice spoke and you internally groaned.

"The rumors are really floating here quickly, huh?" you asked, not really surprised. Jesse had a habit of knowing every small detail of his employees.

'You're finally free.' he stated, a sentence that the intentions were clearly; reminding you that this is what you bragged about wanting before you two went at it like rabbits.

"Yes, but I don't feel like it."

'How come?'

"Well, his family hates my guts, all of our friends took his part and pretty much labeled me as a 'whore'....I don't know...How would you feel?" you asked, arms crossed and eyebrow raised, your mood clearly not a good one.

'I'm a widower.'

Ouch, that hit a nerve and he was right. He lost much more than you, not to mention being just inches from dying.

"Sorry. I'm just....I didn't know how hard a divorce can fuck up one's self-esteem." you said, sitting down and running a hand through your hair.

One brown eye looked curiously at you, then he closed the door, stepping towards you, his huge hand cupping your cheek, making you look at him.

'Do I have to remind you how beautiful and amazing you are?' 

You knew he was just trying to cheer you up, pull you up from the shreds and ashes your now ex-husband created, but why? Jesse wasn't being nice without a reason, you weren't one of these guidable piggies he either fucked or killed or both. The man was the vainest person you knew, even with his face the result it is today, he could pull off the drop-dead charming casanova attitude with ease.

"You don't have to lose your time trying to cheer me up." you muttered, only for your nose to be caught between two of his fingers, making you squeak a little, making him smirk, fingers typing on the phone.

'What if I want to spend all the time with you, dollface?'

Alright, that was new. He never showed interest in you, and that affair you had with him was something that you would classify it was accidental and desperate, something you didn't want to happen again....But you're divorced now, right? Single, free and to do as you please.

"Don't say things you don't mean.....plus this is..." you didn't know exactly what to say.

'Wrong?' he signed, looking at you with amusement.

'Correct me if I'm wrong, but....when you were married you didn't found it wrong to jump my dick.' he typed on the phone, a smug look on his scarred face at the expression you made when you read his response.

"I-I didn't-" you quickly said, only to be stopped, when he spun you around, pinning you against the cold wall of the room, a silent snarl pulling at his lips, giving you a glimpse of the predator that he truly was inside.

'Pleeeeease...Don't act like such a prude.' he types on the phone with one hand, the other slowly running up your waist, dragging your shirt up, exposing more skin with each inch his hand was running up.

You were left speechless; no wonder all these piggies were falling on their knees for him, he wasn't one to be denied, to be said 'no' to.

"You're my boss!" you said, feeling your cheeks heat up at his obscene suggestions.

He snorted in your response, rolling his brown eye.

'You're one to bring up moralities now? You cheated on your husband with your boss...and you liked it.' he typed, his body moving to be flush against yours, feeling how excited he was, not like you were any different down with how moist your panties got from all the sexual tension.

'You're just as fucked up as I am...Not that I mind one bit.' he typed, another flash of pearly white pulled into an arrogant grin.

"P-Please..." you didn't know what you begged for.

Were you begging for him to stop this charade or were you begging for him to finish this nonsense?

'You were mine from the moment you spread your legs for me.'

Oh God, this was so humiliating.

Your eyes were wide open, looking up at him, both breaths heavy, then the lips came crashing together into a needy and passionate kiss.

It was true, you were his....The moment you took up on his advice and inked your whole arm into the tattoo he suggested.

Skulls and Roses.

#Laid to rest 2009 #Chromeskull: Laid to rest 2 #chromeskull x reader #Chromeskull #jesse cromeans #jesse cromeans x reader #slasher x reader #horror movies

[confrontingbabble-on]

“One cause of dysrationalia is that people tend to be cognitive misers, meaning that they take the easy way out when trying to solve problems, often leading to solutions that are wrong. 

Another cause of dysrationalia is the mindware gap, which occurs when people lack the specific knowledge, rules and strategies needed to think rationally. 

Tests do exist that can measure dysrationalia, and they should be given more often to pick up the deficiencies that IQ tests miss. 

... shallow processing can lead physicians to choose less effective medical treatments, can cause people to fail to adequately assess risks in their environment, can lead to the misuse of information in legal proceedings, and can make parents resist vaccinating their children. 

Decades of research in cognitive psychology have suggested two causes of dysrationalia. One is a processing problem, the other a content problem. Much is known about both of them.

The Case of the Cognitive Miser

When approaching a problem, we can choose from any of several cognitive mechanisms. Some mechanisms have great computational power, letting us solve many problems with great accuracy, but they are slow, require much concentration and can interfere with other cognitive tasks. Others are comparatively low in computational power, but they are fast, require little concentration and do not interfere with other ongoing cognition. Humans are cognitive misers because our basic tendency is to default to the processing mechanisms that require less computational effort, even when they are less accurate.

Are you a cognitive miser? Consider the following problem, taken from the work of Hector Levesque, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto. Try to answer it yourself before reading the solution:

1. Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?

A) Yes

B) No

C) Cannot be determined

More than 80 percent of people choose C. But the correct answer is A. Here is how to think it through logically: Anne is the only person whose marital status is unknown. You need to consider both possibilities, either married or unmarried, to determine whether you have enough information to draw a conclusion. If Anne is married, the answer is A: she would be the married person who is looking at an unmarried person (George). If Anne is not married, the answer is still A: in this case, Jack is the married person, and he is looking at Anne, the unmarried person. This thought process is called fully disjunctive reasoning—reasoning that considers all possibilities. The fact that the problem does not reveal whether Anne is or is not married suggests to people that they do not have enough information, and they make the easiest inference (C) without thinking through all the possibilities.

Most people can carry out fully disjunctive reasoning when they are explicitly told that it is necessary (as when there is no option like “cannot be determined” available). But most do not automatically do so, and the tendency to do so is only weakly correlated with intelligence.

Here is another test of cognitive miserliness, as described by Nobel Prize–winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and his colleague Shane Frederick:

2. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Many people give the first response that comes to mind—10 cents. But if they thought a little harder, they would realize that this cannot be right: the bat would then have to cost $1.10, for a total of $1.20. IQ is no guarantee against this error. Kahneman and Frederick found that large numbers of highly select university students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton and Harvard were cognitive misers, just like the rest of us, when given this and similar problems.

Another characteristic of cognitive misers is the “myside” bias—the tendency to reason from an egocentric perspective. In a 2008 study my colleague Richard West of James Madison University and I presented a group of subjects with the following thought problem:

3. Imagine that the U.S. Department of Transportation has found that a particular German car is eight times more likely than a typical family car to kill occupants of another car in a crash. The federal government is considering restricting sale and use of this German car. Please answer the following two questions: Do you think sales of the German car should be banned in the U.S.? Do you think the German car should be banned from being driven on American streets?

Then we presented a different group of subjects with the thought problem stated a different way—more in line with the true data from the Department of Transportation at the time, which had found an increased risk of fatalities not in a German car but in an American one:

Imagine that the Department of Transportation has found that the Ford Explorer is eight times more likely than a typical family car to kill occupants of another car in a crash. The German government is considering restricting sale or use of the Ford Explorer. Please answer the following two questions: Do you think sales of the Ford Explorer should be banned in Germany? Do you think the Ford Explorer should be banned from being driven on German streets?

Among the American subjects we tested, we found considerable support for banning the car when it was a German car being banned for American use: 78.4 percent thought car sales should be banned, and 73.7 percent thought the car should be kept off the streets. But for the subjects for whom the question was stated as whether an American car should be banned in Germany, there was a statistically significant difference: only 51.4 percent thought car sales should be banned, and just 39.2 percent thought the car should be kept off German streets, even though the car in question was presented as having exactly the same poor safety record.

This study illustrates our tendency to evaluate a situation from our own perspective. We weigh evidence and make moral judgments with a myside bias that often leads to dysrationalia that is independent of measured intelligence. The same is true for other tendencies of the cognitive miser that have been much studied, such as attribute substitution and conjunction errors; they are at best only slightly related to intelligence and are poorly captured by conventional intelligence tests.

The Mindware Gap

The second source of dysrationalia is a content problem. We need to acquire specific knowledge to think and act rationally. Harvard cognitive scientist David Perkins coined the term “mindware” to refer to the rules, data, procedures, strategies and other cognitive tools (knowledge of probability, logic and scientific inference) that must be retrieved from memory to think rationally. The absence of this knowledge creates a mindware gap—again, something that is not tested on typical intelligence tests.

One aspect of mindware is probabilistic thinking, which can be measured. Try to answer the following problem before you read on:

4. Imagine that XYZ viral syndrome is a serious condition that affects one person in 1,000. Imagine also that the test to diagnose the disease always indicates correctly that a person who has the XYZ virus actually has it. Finally, suppose that this test occasionally misidentifies a healthy individual as having XYZ. The test has a false-positive rate of 5 percent, meaning that the test wrongly indicates that the XYZ virus is present in 5 percent of the cases where the person does not have the virus.

Next we choose a person at random and administer the test, and the person tests positive for XYZ syndrome. Assuming we know nothing else about that individual's medical history, what is the probability (expressed as a percentage ranging from zero to 100) that the individual really has XYZ?

The most common answer is 95 percent. But that is wrong. People tend to ignore the first part of the setup, which states that only one person in 1,000 will actually have XYZ syndrome. If the other 999 (who do not have the disease) are tested, the 5 percent false-positive rate means that approximately 50 of them (0.05 times 999) will be told they have XYZ. Thus, for every 51 patients who test positive for XYZ, only one will actually have it. Because of the relatively low base rate of the disease and the relatively high false-positive rate, most people who test positive for XYZ syndrome will not have it. The answer to the question, then, is that the probability a person who tests positive for XYZ syndrome actually has it is one in 51, or approximately 2 percent.

A second aspect of mindware, the ability to think scientifically, is also missing from standard IQ tests, but it, too, can be readily measured:

5. An experiment is conducted to test the efficacy of a new medical treatment. Picture a 2 x 2 matrix that summarizes the results as follows:

As you can see, 200 patients were given the experimental treatment and improved; 75 were given the treatment and did not improve; 50 were not given the treatment and improved; and 15 were not given the treatment and did not improve. Before reading ahead, answer this question with a yes or no: Was the treatment effective?

Most people will say yes. They focus on the large number of patients (200) in whom treatment led to improvement and on the fact that of those who received treatment, more patients improved (200) than failed to improve (75). Because the probability of improvement (200 out of 275 treated, or 200/275 = 0.727) seems high, people tend to believe the treatment works. But this reflects an error in scientific thinking: an inability to consider the control group, something that (disturbingly) even physicians are often guilty of. In the control group, improvement occurred even when the treatment was not given. The probability of improvement with no treatment (50 out of 65 not treated, or 50/65 = 0.769) is even higher than the probability of improvement with treatment, meaning that the treatment being tested can be judged to be completely ineffective.

Another mindware problem relates to hypothesis testing. This, too, is rarely tested on IQ tests, even though it can be reliably measured, as Peter C. Wason of University College London showed. Try to solve the following puzzle, called the four-card selection task, before reading ahead:

6. As seen in the diagram, four cards are sitting on a table. Each card has a letter on one side and a number on the other. Two cards are letter-side up, and two of the cards are number-side up. The rule to be tested is this: for these four cards, if a card has a vowel on its letter side, it has an even number on its number side. Your task is to decide which card or cards must be turned over to find out whether the rule is true or false. Indicate which cards must be turned over.

Most people get the answer wrong, and it has been devilishly hard to figure out why. About half of them say you should pick A and 8: a vowel to see if there is an even number on its reverse side and an even number to see if there is a vowel on its reverse. Another 20 percent choose to turn over the A card only, and another 20 percent turn over other incorrect combinations. That means that 90 percent of people get it wrong.

Let's see where people tend to run into trouble. They are okay with the letter cards: most people correctly choose A. The difficulty is in the number cards: most people mistakenly choose 8. Why is it wrong to choose 8? Read the rule again: it says that a vowel must have an even number on the back, but it says nothing about whether an even number must have a vowel on the back or what kind of number a consonant must have. (It is because the rule says nothing about consonants, by the way, that there is no need to see what is on the back of the K.) So finding a consonant on the back of the 8 would say nothing about whether the rule is true or false. In contrast, the 5 card, which most people do not choose, is essential. The 5 card might have a vowel on the back. And if it does, the rule would be shown to be false because that would mean that not all vowels have even numbers on the back. In short, to show that the rule is not false, the 5 card must be turned over.

When asked to prove something true or false, people tend to focus on confirming the rule rather than falsifying it. This is why they turn over the 8 card, to confirm the rule by observing a vowel on the other side, and the A card, to find the confirming even number. But if they thought scientifically, they would look for a way to falsify the rule—a thought pattern that would immediately suggest the relevance of the 5 card (which might contain a disconfirming vowel on the back). Seeking falsifying evidence is a crucial component of scientific thinking. But for most people, this bit of mindware must be taught until it becomes second nature.

Dysrationalia and Intelligence

The modern period of intelligence research was inaugurated by Charles Spearman in a famous paper published in 1904 in the American Journal of Psychology. Spearman found that performance on one cognitive task tends to correlate with performance on other cognitive tasks. He termed this correlation the positive manifold, the belief that all cognitive skills will show substantial correlations with one another. This belief has dominated the field ever since.

Yet as research in my lab and elsewhere has shown, rational thinking can be surprisingly dissociated from intelligence. Individuals with high IQs are no less likely to be cognitive misers than those with lower IQs. In a Levesque problem, for instance (the “Jack is looking at Anne, who is looking at George” problem discussed earlier), high IQ is no guarantee against the tendency to take the easy way out. No matter what their IQ, most people need to be told that fully disjunctive reasoning will be necessary to solve the puzzle, or else they won't bother to use it. Maggie Toplak of York University in Toronto, West and I have shown that high-IQ people are only slightly more likely to spontaneously adopt disjunctive reasoning in situations that do not explicitly demand it.

For the second source of dysrationalia, mindware deficits, we would expect to see some correlation with intelligence because gaps in mindware often arise from lack of education, and education tends to be reflected in IQ scores. But the knowledge and thinking styles relevant to dysrationalia are often not picked up until rather late in life. It is quite possible for intelligent people to go through school and never be taught probabilistic thinking, scientific reasoning, and other strategies measured by the XYZ virus puzzle and the four-card selection task described earlier.

When rational thinking is correlated with intelligence, the correlation is usually quite modest. Avoidance of cognitive miserliness has a correlation with IQ in the range of 0.20 to 0.30 (on the scale of correlation coefficients that runs from 0 to 1.0). Sufficient mindware has a similar modest correlation, in the range of 0.25 to 0.35. These correlations allow for substantial discrepancies between intelligence and rationality. Intelligence is thus no inoculation against any of the sources of dysrationalia I have discussed.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rational-and-irrational-thought-the-thinking-that-iq-tests-miss/

#atheist #agnostic #secular humanist #skeptic #rational thinking

[ramajmedia]

10 Jokes From The Parks & Rec. That Have Already Aged Poorly

For six years we were totally enthralled in the behind-the-scenes look at Pawnee, Indiana's government; more specifically, the Parks and Recreation Department. With Ron Swanson and Leslie Knope leading the way, fans of the show followed a whirlwind of character development, outdated portrayals of women in the workplace, and an array of some pretty outlandish jokes.

Now, with many geniuses in the writing room and seven seasons on their belt, Parks and Rec. was a hit; but within just four years of the show's last season, some of their jokes are falling flat. What was once deemed laughable and "okay" for TV is slowly fading away. While not every fan of the show is offended by these 10 jokes, some fans have showed their disdain for them on message boards, thanks to more serious advances in our culture like the #MeToo Movement and issues revolving around green cards.

These jokes are surely up for debate among fans but they're definitely ruffling a few feathers.

10 WHEN LESLIE ASSUMES TOM'S FROM INDIA

In the second season, we're given the episode "The Stakeout." It's date night for Ann and Mark but Leslie can't enjoy the night off because she's too upset and consumed by the fact that her BFF is going on a date with her crush. After hiding in a van for hours looking out after Ann and seeing if they can catch an intruder in the community garden, Leslie and Tom try to get to know each other more.

RELATED: Parks & Rec: 10 Episodes That Actually Tackled Deep Issues

Considering Tom is a man of color, fans are continuously upset at characters on the show of assuming Tom Haverford is from anywhere other than America simply because of his heritage. While in the back of the van, Leslie assumes he came here from "somewhere else." He tells her he was born and raised in South Carolina but she isn't satisfied with his answer and alludes to him being born elsewhere. The moral of the story here is why couldn't Tom be born in America just because his family came from somewhere else?

9 WHY IS A SEX CHANGE SEEN AS LAUGHABLE?

Once Andy finds out that he and April have feelings for each other, he tries to win her over (regardless of that one, small kiss with Ann). However, she tries to move on with another man who speaks little English. After Andy says something to the couple, April's boyfriend asks what he said. “He says he wants to become a woman," she says, and her boyfriend dies laughing.

Uh, in what way is a sex change laughable? Although the joke was done in jest, someone being transgendered shouldn't be seen as a joke.

8 WHEN TOM WAS TREATED AS A SERVANT

Also in the second season, the Parks and Recreation Department is gearing up to welcome visitors from Venezuela in "Sister City." According to quite a few threads, many people were offended by this episode due to the stereotypical nods and insults coming from another culture.

For starters, when the Venezuelan team arrives in Pawnee, they instantly think Tom is a servant because he's a man of color... To make things even more uncomfortable, they want to choose Donna as their female companion for the night due to her size and color as well.

Leslie, the leader of the pack, should have protected her team, but instead told Tom to be a "good host" after he was asked to collect their bags. Come on, Leslie!

7 JERRY'S RAP JOKE...

It's not very often where Jerry offends us. The poor man is just trying to get by without drawing attention to himself. Nevertheless, in one camping episode, Tom asks Jerry, "What do Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and Drake all have in common?". In response, Jerry quickly says "Oh, I know this one... They are all rap-ists." Not only was Jerry incredibly insensitive but he was extremely judgemental. The short, quick answer is: They're all rappers, Jerry!

6 WHEN LESLIE SAYS SHE'S FOR EQUALITY BUT THEN DEGRADES A STRIPPER

Now that Tom is finally divorced from his green-card marriage, Leslie tries to cheer him up by the only way she knows how: taking him to a strip club. And although she says she's a feminist and that her stripper name would Equality, she actually does the opposite which upset a few viewers.

After meeting Sierra (a stripper), she ignores her name and calls her Seabiscuit — even after being corrected twice. Furthermore, she tries to tell Sierra to rethink her life choices which is kind of against the whole women-support-women-thing.

5 THE FACT THAT BEN CAN'T COMPREHEND HOW JERRY LANDED GAYLE

News flash, Ben: everyone is deserving of love!

It's understandable that Parks and Recreation wanted to show another side to Jerry, considering he was bullied every day in the office. It made fans happy knowing he had a wife and three girls waiting for him at home every day after work.

RELATED: Parks And Rec: 5 Times Everyone Was Actually A Good Friend To Jerry (&5 Times They Were Too Mean)

As we know, Jerry isn't the most text-book attractive guy on earth, but his wife is a total bombshell. Ben (most of all) can't seem to fathom how Jerry landed such a knockout and says so multiple times throughout the seasons. "Was she temporarily blind?", he asks. "Like... was she a Russian spy and the KGB forced her to marry Jerry as a cover?", he says another time. Fans found his reactions harsh because it plays into the stigma of "larger" guys not being able to find love or happiness.

4 JEAN-RALPHIO'S SCEMES DIDN'T MAKE EVERYONE LAUGH

Jean-Ralphio. Fans either love him or hate him. As Tom Haverford's best friend, Jean-Ralphio seems to always have a 'get rich quick' scheme. He's a con artist of sorts and everyone can see this except for his father who refuses to believe his children are life suckers.

RELATED: 5 Things Parks & Rec Does Better Than The Office (& Vice Versa)

While many fans are offended by Ralphio, he crosses the line when he sees Ben conversing with Chris. "Are you ding dongs making fake drugs for sophomores, because if true, this guy wants in!" he says. Fans always knew Jean-Ralphio was greasy but to become a fake drug dealer for kids? Too far, man.

3 April's Gay Jokes Fall Flat

April is a very dark person who speaks in a monotone voice day-in and day-out, but she is low-key accepting deep down. Early on we find out that April is in a relationship with two gay men. Fans of the show figured April was "allowed" to get away with some of her demeaning jokes because she was in a polyamorous relationship, but that's not always respectful.

After inviting Ben out one night, he declines due to having a date. "Oh, what's his name?" April replies, which insinuates Ben is gay and she's poking fun at him for it. Likewise, Tom also drops some "jokes" about his metrosexuality — especially when he was opening his store, Rent-a-Swag. "We're not even close to being ready, they're not even done painting that sign. It says 'Tom's bi.' Actually, no that's a good sign." The offense with Tom's joke is that those who are bi or gay love fashion and are more likely to shop, which is another stereotype.

2 WHEN THE BEAUTY PAGEANT IS JUDGED BY MEN WHO ONLY CARE ABOUT ONE THING

In "Beauty Pageant," Pawnee is hosting a local beauty pageant to award the winner with a cash-prize. Due to needing money, April decides to join and Leslie praises her for it because she's not the "average" beauty. After hearing there's a pageant in town, Tom rushes to his phone to make some calls to try and become a judge.

RELATED: Parks & Rec: April Ludgate’s 10 Most Badass Quotes

Not only is he insensitive to another culture while trying to increase his personal gain ("Just bump that clown, tell them they already have an Asian judge"), but he's also a creep and confirms what most male judges think. Excited by the news of being a judge, he tells Leslie, "I had to make some favors. But if you don't make some favors to look at women in bikinis and assign them numerical grades then what the [heck] are you calling favors for?" *Sigh*

1 The LGBTQ+ Community Was Not Pleased With The Penguin Episode

In the very first episode of season two, Leslie decides to marry two penguins at the Pawnee Zoo because she thought it was a cute gesture. After it turned out the two penguins were male, Leslie was thrown into a 'do you or don't you support gay rights' screaming match. Unfortunately, the LGBTQ+ communtity was upset that Leslie never took a strong stance. She only wanted the attention of the gay community because they were chanting her name. While at a gay bar, April chimes in, "She’s Leslie Knope and she wants to recruit you!”, which plays right into the stereotype that young gays "recruit" others instead of accepting the fact that they were born that way.

NEXT: Parks And Rec: 5 Reasons We Want To Work For The Pawnee Parks And Recreation Department (& 5 We Don't)

source https://screenrant.com/10-jokes-parks-rec-already-aged-poorly/

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[thepotterheadbookster]

What I would do as the Minister of Education?

There are times when I feel like I should just study Law and become the Minister of Education in Malaysia. Yeah, I know, I dream big. Really, really big. You also don’t have to study Law to actually become a Minister. You join a political party, you do well, if the leader wins the Election, he might just appoint you as a Minister. Correct me if I’m wrong, because high school taught me much about the past historic elections in Sejarah (History) and nothing about how the political scene is like in the present day. But, why Law to become a Minister? I believe a lawyer knows well about the rules and regulations of politics. And so, when he voices out his opinions in Parliament, he’ll have facts to back him up.

Some people might wonder : Why now, Tamil? Haven’t you changed your future plans enough times already? Get a grip, mate.

Answer : Yeah, I have. I’ve also been wanting to be a Nobel Prize-winning Chemist lately. But, this is just a hypothetical scenario. Here’s the story, simple and short. I met a Malay guy last week in MPH 1 Utama. We had a conversation and it somehow led us to talk about his life. He then told me that he got a place in Matriculation even after getting only 2 As. What really set me off was that he got GPA below 3.0 and is now studying Engineering in USM. But, this isn’t the first time I’ve heard someone with not-so-satisfying SPM results getting places in Matriculation. Weird thing : All those people were Malays. Another thing : Certain public universities in Malaysia only offer places for Bumiputera students in their Foundation Programs. Now, I know I shouldn’t get angry about this. Because it is a certified Law that Bumiputera people have special privileges. The real reason why I’m writing this is because, why take in people with such unsatisfying results when there are Indian and Chinese students who perform well in their SPM examinations every single year? Hence, this post.

It is a fact that 51 % of unemployed graduates are from public universities in Malaysia. I think the problem lies within the Ministry of Education. So, what would I do as the Minister of Education of Malaysia? ( Hint : There are many changes that I would make. )

Malaysian students will be taught     as to give strong foundation in Mathematics and Chemical Sciences. Science     is really crucial for a nation to succeed in the area of technology. And     Mathematics is a science. In case, mathematics is the only dependable     science. All conclusions of any scientific research should and must only     be certified by calculations. So, students should be given great exposure     of mathematics—both theorems and calculations—since young. This will make     them bright students. Mathematics doesn’t come naturally to most, but that     doesn’t mean they stop trying. So, the teachers shouldn’t too. As for     chemical sciences, chemistry is the most important of sciences. As much as     it represents the messy part of Physics, it also makes it easy to     comprehend the complex parts of Biology. Chemistry, being a very broad     science, should be taught since Form 1 to students. This will ensure that     by the time that they enter Pre-University, they’ll be smarter than their     peers and will have a greater understanding about how the world works.

Additional Mathematics will be     taught to student from both Science and Arts streams. Like I said,     mathematics is important and add-maths is what we actually study once we     enter college. Instead of struggling in Maths in college, all students     should be taught Additional Mathematics in high school for their own     benefit.

Teachers will be allowed to talk to     their students about what is happening around the world. Malaysian     Education focuses so much on theoretical knowledge that once the students     leave high school, they are totally clueless about how to survive in the     outer world. Nothing will be taboo. And students will start to be closer     with their teachers.

Students don’t have to memorize all     the moral values and their meanings for Pendidikan Moral. A student’s     discipline should really be taught through practical exercises and not     through memorizing a bunch of sentences.

Medium of language in both primary     and secondary schools should and will be English. Teachers also must be     welcomed to teach in Bahasa Melayu for those who prefer it. When you go to     overseas, you can’t talk with them about medicines or chemicals or natural     phenomena in Bahasa Melayu. So, it is better to study in English. This     will ensure that students won’t have a language barrier when they progress     from primary to secondary school.

Malaysian Education will stress the     importance of after-school activities and sports further. For a nation to     succeed, progression in sports and arts is just as important as successes     in science and technology. More students should be given the opportunity     to be a part of the students exchange programs. In case, I have a friend     who is in Texas right now taking part in an exchange program. (Proud     friend here). But, more students should be given this opportunity. This     will broaden their experiences. Thus, making them a well-balanced     individual.

This is a sensitive one. And I     would like to say that I am not against a certain racial group’s rights     whatsoever. If anything, I’m just talking for those who weren’t given the     opportunities that they deserve. All students will be given fair share of     chances—no matter it’s for a scholarship or a placement in a public     university. Many people might know about this : A certain racial group is     given more chances than the minorities to continue their education in     public universities after SPM. Malaysia is an amazing country. We have cheap     Pre-Uni programs like Malaysian Matriculation and ASASI for students to     further their studies after SPM. Although it is said that all races are     given equal opportunity to be a part of this, the statistics show     otherwise. I’ve heard of Indian and Chinese students with great results     get rejected from Matriculation and people with unsatisfying results     getting in. So, who is making the mistake? Why are those who deserve a     spot, almost never get accepted? Special privileges for a certain racial     group? Yeah. That is fine. But, I would increase the number of seats in     Matriculation so that more people of all races can get in. What really     angers some is that people of certain racial group with unsatisfactory     results get in these programs easily while some of us have to take STPM,     waste almost a year after examination to actually get into an     undergraduate program. What’s much worse but those who were given a chance     waste it as if it was nothing? So, as a Minister of Education, I would set     the standard to get into these programs real high and be strict about it.     This will ensure that only those who deserve it get accepted. Equal rights     are important. All students should be given fair amount of chances to further     their education.

Entrance into competitive degree     programs will be set in a way that those who deserve it are given a shot     at it. Most will say that STPM should be one’s last choice for a Pre-Uni     program. You know why? Every single year, STPM churns out top scorers with     amazing results. Most of these hopeful youngsters worked hard to get the     results. But, their dreams shatter when they are not given a place in the     Degree program they desired. So, if one is considered worthy of a place,     but there’s no capacity to let them in, they should at least get a placing     in the next intake. I know what some people would think : ‘I did STPM and     I got a placing in a good university. What are you complaining about?’     Answer : Well, that’s just you. What about those who were given placing in     a program that they never wanted to study? I would also like to take this     time to congratulate all those who went to private universities after     having their dreams broken, but still worked to get what they wanted. A     big shout out to you, guys. Y’all are amazing.

Last but not the least, the quality     of teachers. Teachers are the most integral part in setting up a country     in motion towards success. So, these teachers will be trained under the     Ministry of Education in a way that they become great educators that     change people’s lives. Anyone in the teaching programs will have to repeat     their last semester if their GPA is lower than 3.0. This is to ensure that     this graduates are really good in what they will be doing for the rest of     their lives : Helping a nation to succeed. Shout out to all the phenomenal     teachers that shaped me up : My mum who is an UPSI-trained teacher. Pn     Sabrina, Pn Zaida, Mrs S. Thevi, Mrs Tan Lee Lee, Pn Neoh, Pn Sumathi, Pn     Samanthi, Mr Phang, Pn Salawati and many more.

That is all, folks. Thanks to all those who read this post until here. I want to repeat that this post is not meant to hurt anyone from any racial groups. If I had, I am sorry. I just wanted to let out my feelings. While I was writing this, my Dad said ‘Maybe, you might become the next Minister of Education’. I wanted to say, ‘Dad, I’m an Indian. I don’t entertain the impossibility’, but then I remembered the three black women that helped NASA go out into space. Anything is possible. Civil rights ain’t always civil. But that doesn’t mean we should not try to change the stigma for a better future.

To all those who are offended by this post : I’m not against other people’s rights. Instead, I’m just saying that all should be given equal right, when it comes to education at least.

Just remember, you are not being OPPRESSED when another group is given the rights that you’ve always had. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. So, people, let us all come together and support equal rights. Achievement has no color. Courage has no gender. Genius has no race. Or as Sonia Sotomayor puts it, ‘Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.’ Thanks so much for reading.

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Paper代写：Science Can Inform Our Values

本篇paper代写- Science Can Inform Our Values讨论了科学与价值观。人类的价值观与科学的进步和发展息息相关。科学之所以存在和发展，原因在于同情、尊重人、致力于诚信和道德实践、致力于追求卓越，也体现在人类价值观中的医疗公正。很多事实都证明科学可以告诉我们价值观。本篇paper代写由51due代写平台整理，供大家参考阅读。

Can science inform human values? The answer is positive. Science definitely sheds light on our values. Generally speaking, human values includes compassion, respect for persons, commitment to integrity and ethical practice, commitment to excellence, and justice in healthcare. Taking commitment to excellence for example, human spare no effort in pursuing a better life probably out of the fast-developing science. The invention of Internet has brought people closer all over the world, so those living in less developed regions may have a chance to see the life standard they have dreamed of, which turns into a strong desire for excellence and then values come into being. My argument may be developed on the account of several aspects of human values mentioned above.

Firstly, I want to discuss how science would account for compassion. At first glance, most of people think they have been educated to possess compassion for others, such as the poor, the old and the disabled. It seems a great result of humanistic education, and has nothing to do with science. What is more, the emergence of violent video games, driven by science for sure, push teenagers further from a mercy heart. Nevertheless, they are not all about science. If we look at a bigger picture, science is much greater than they thought. While seeing the scenes of refugees from Africa or Syria fleeing away and becoming homeless due to wars on TV or Internet, people could not be without shock and astonishment by virtue of such a scientific technology, and compassion is strengthened in their mind. They start to cherish things and people around them, as well as care for disadvantage groups.

Recently, an extreme scientific research lends a support to my idea. Meditation technique is used to show that it might be possible. The research is published in the journal Psychological Science.

“Compassionate Meditation” by focusing on a specific person while repeating a phrase like, “May you be free from suffering.” The subjects concentrated on five different people: A loved one, a friend, themselves, a stranger and then someone they were in conflict with.

Another group of subjects performed general positive thinking. Both groups did the exercise

30 minutes a day for two weeks. Finally, finding show that they are more compassionate than before.

When it comes respect for others, science could be a fair explanation. A typical example is while writing a scientific paper, scholars may find a lot of reference to help with their research, in which three are some cutting-edge technologies as well as advanced ideas they can learn from. Then why do they need to add the list of reference at the end of the paper? That is to show respect for peers and for their achievement. Respecting facts and peers is the core spirit of science. Nothing can be achieved without this philosophy. On the other hand, science is strict. Any plagiarism or copy without permission is not allowed. Science requires us to respect others and achievement of other scholars, which are spread out as universal values. What is more, science discloses respect for others all the time. Image you are a professor and just finish a project. You would thank your assistant, your students and those technicians who work in the laboratory for their painstaking efforts to make your concept come true. That is exactly kind of values the majority of scholars may uphold. Naturally your students will inherit these values. Although it is confined to academic circles, when students graduate from colleges, they may bring such a spirit to work. I believe students like this will be highly appreciated by the company which hires them, and are more likely to stand out among peers.

Commitment to integrity and ethical practice is the fundamental requirement of science, the cornerstone of scientific moral and the critical factor of scientific survival and development. On the contrary, science symbolizes integrity and ethical practice. Whenever we speak of scientists, the first thing that comes to our mind is their integrity and ethical practice. Yet recently there are some negative testimonials in various sections from project application, funds receiving, achievement assessment to paper publishing and in all kinds of personnel, from common researchers, leaders, even to distinguished scientists. Scientific misconducts are always related to interest community, making it very complicated and complex, and is less likely to be found and punished. Like Huang Woo-suk, the father of South Korean Cloning, was suspicious of publishing a paper on the global renowned Journal of Science with fake data. He made up these data to complete an extraordinary paper, by which he hoped to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. His practices is obviously opposite to integrity and ethical standard. Actually, his values had changed to Benthamism and was totally wrong, and he may do whatever he can to achieve his goal. What a shame! However, the case like this is never alone. The tobacco company is trying to deny the harm of smoking, or the pharmaceutical company attempts to exaggerate the effect of drugs. All these happened because their values are misled, which are not allowed in the area of science. In another word. Science is the outward manifestation of integrity and ethical practice. Independence, objectiveness and fairness are connotation of science, and are also requirement for people, scholars and researchers in particular. Science is sure to inform integrity and ethical practice, and thus values. This is a truth that everybody may accept it universally.

Pursuit of excellence is normally an intrinsic requirement or request of science. Normal trains can only run at about 100 miles per hour while high speed bullet trains can ramp up to 250 miles per hour. The purpose is to meet the increasing demand of people who want to spend as less as time on the way. Just as the saying goes, “where there is a demand there is a market”. Scientists’ struggle to be innovative, forge ahead and keep moving motivates the development of science and become a part of human values. The Invention of Internet

has brought people closer all over the world, so those living in less developed regions may have a chance to see the life standard they have dreamed of, which turns into a strong desire for excellence and then values come into being. Despite pursuit of excellence is merely one of the most important of existing human values. Human’s seek for excellence not just focus on life standard, and is shown in sports activities. Athletes wants to run faster, jump higher and throw further, exactly their values once they are engaged in the area. That is why global leading sports goods companies such as Nike and Adidas keep developing sportswear with latest techniques to reduce the air friction and help them extend their bodies. The record will be renewed time and time again while athletes’ spirt never dies with the assistance of scientific progress. Science again proves it can account for human values.

Justice in healthcare is one of human basic rights. That is why the medical industry develops millions of new drugs every year. That is why UN sent several groups of medical assistance to Africa, help people there cure all sorts of difficult miscellaneous diseases. The continuous development of medical science technologies promotes the transform of medical service formats. Facing different diseases, medical workers, including doctors and nursing workers, are aware of the transformation of medical service concept, playing a key role in correct diagnoses and fair treatment of clinical works. World Health Organization argues that human health not only refers to no presence of sickness or feeble phenomena but also a perfect status the mental, the physiological and social happiness. People’s chase for this phase bases on scientific advance and they count on it. In the human society, namely the democratic constitutionalism, the government may strive to educate the public with a higher ability of identifying self-profits by continuously strengthening it. However, common people cannot act like doctors to provide professional assistance. For example, if there is no community doctor, family doctor or insurance company, it is impossible to let the patent become a doctor to judge whether the treatment he/she receives is appropriate, credible or fair. This is associate with human inner values and science makes in come true.

To sum up, human values are closely related to scientific advances and development. As I analyzed above, compassion, respect for persons, commitment to integrity and ethical practice, commitment to excellence, and justice in healthcare represented in human values are the reasons why science exists and develops. There is no reason to deny that science can inform our values.

Reference

[1] Jacobs, Alexandra (2014). Science, Technology & Values. Sage Publications, 11(2), p.15.

[2] Caitlin, McGarry (2015). Compassion Can Be Trained. Psychological Science, 4(3), 6-9.

[3] Charleton, Graham (2011).  Legislative Intent and Other Essays on Law, Politics, and Morality. University of Wisconsin Press, p.5-p.8.

[4] Schoenmann, Joe (2015). The Pursuit of Excellence in the Sports, Human Science and Accomplish, 8(15), 5-10.

[5] Marshall, Matt (2013). Justice in Healthcare. Outline of Healthcare Science, 2(1), 8-11.

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50 To Kill a Mockingbird Book Quotes From Harper Lee

Our latest collection of “To Kill a Mockingbird” quotes on Everyday Power blog.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a novel by Harper Lee that has become a classic of modern American literature. Published in 1960, the book quickly became successful, winning the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. It became a best-seller and was also made into a memorable movie in 1962.

The book is about a family – a widowed father and his two children – who are living in Alabama in the 1930s. Atticus, the father, is a lawyer and is asked to defend a black man in a trial where he’s been accused of raping a white woman.

The story is primarily about this white family and how they navigate the moral questions raised by racial inequality. It is Scout, the young daughter, who’s telling this story and it’s her brother Jem, who’s four years older, who insists that the story actually begins long before the events of the summer when the trial takes place.  

One of the most widely read American novels of the 20th century, “To Kill a Mockingbird” has inspired many people of all ages. The story teaches each one of us about the value of honesty, love, friendship, and trust. In that regard, here are some memorable quotes from the book.

  “To Kill a Mockingbird” Quotes From Harper Lee

  1.) “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  2.) “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  3.) “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  4.) “It’s not time to worry yet” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  5.) “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

    6.) “People don’t like to have somebody knowing more than they do. It aggravates them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  7.) “I try to give’em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  8.) “You don’t have to learn much out of books, it’s like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk one.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  9.) “If one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one’s mind incapable of definite purpose.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  10.) “We generally get the juries we deserve.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  “To Kill a Mockingbird” quotes to inspire and teach

  11.) “You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  12.) “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  13.) “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  14.) “Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  15.) “I do my best to love everyday.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

    16.) “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike- in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  17.) “If you can learn a simple trick, you’ll get along a lot better with all kind of folks.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  18.) “There are just some kind of men who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  19.) “Cry about the simple hell people give other people—without even thinking.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  20.) “The only way in which all men in America are equal, is in the courtroom.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  “To Kill a Mockingbird” quotes to expand your mind

  21.) “If we followed our feelings all the time, we’d be like cats chasin’ their tails.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  22.) “There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  23.) “When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  24.) “Most people are nice when you finally see them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  25.) “Things are always better in the morning.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

    26.) “Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  27.) “Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  28.) “Try fighting with your head for a change . . it’s a good one, even if it does resist learning.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  29.) “Clowns are sad, it’s folks that laugh at them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  30.) “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win,” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  Memorable “To Kill a Mockingbird” quotes

  31.) “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  32.) “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  33.) “Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  34.) “I had never encountered a being who deliberately perpetuated fraud against himself.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  35.) “The apple does not fall far from the tree.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

    36.) ��Atticus sometimes said that one way to tell whether a witness was lying or telling the truth was to listen rather than watch.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  37.) “I don’t see why I have to when he doesn’t. Then listen.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  38.) “Don’t worry, though, he’ll be as good as new. Boys his age bounce.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  39.) “It seems to me, that love could be labeled poison and we’d drink it anyways.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  40.) “He was as good as his worst performance; his worst performance was Gothic.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  More “To Kill a Mockingbird” quotes

  41.) “We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  42.) “There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  43.) “You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  44.) “Things are never as bad as they seem.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

    45.) “I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  46.) “Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don’t already know the answer to, was a tenet I absorbed with my baby-food.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  47.) “There are ways of doing things you don’t know about” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  48.) “Nearly never kills a bird” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  49.) “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  50.) “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. Try fightin’ with your head for a change” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

  Which of these “To Kill a Mockingbird” quotes was your favorite?

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is standard reading for millions of young people. It has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and has had a big impact on how people view and treat each other.

Each word written in the novel has a truly deep meaning to it. Hopefully, these quotes have inspired you to always believe in doing the right thing and being honest.

Which of these “To Kill a Mockingbird” quotes resonated with you best? Do you have any other favorite quotes to add to the list? Let us know in the comment section below. We would love to hear all about it.

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