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calamitys-child · 5 months
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Listening to a podcast discussing conspiracy theories and deconstructing the ideas behind them and it's reminded me of the coolest practical lessons in critical thinking I ever got, both in high school, both from the same teacher. One was a month long project on who killed jfk in which we could basically present any theory as long as we cited all our reasons and it got us really excited about research and interpretation, but it was the follow up that I liked best.
Our next project she brought us into class and showed us a documentary claiming the moon landing was faked. Gave us worksheets to do that sided with that stance. And at the end of class a bunch of us were like miss wait this doesn't seem right?? and she said okay, we'll discuss that next week. The next lesson, she showed us a mythbusters episode countering all the claims of the original documentary and gave us worksheets for that, and another bunch of people went wait miss you can't teach us two opposing things, which one is right? What do we put on the exam??
So she split the class in two and told us each to present a case based on each side, and to explain why our source was or wasn't the more reliable of the two. Got us to debate each other directly and use additional sources to back us up and explain why those sources were reliable and should be believed. And because they were randomly assigned there was no guarantee you'd agree with the stance you were presenting, but you had to present it like you did. At the end of the project she asked us all which stance we found more convincing and why, and the majority of us basically said "we think that the moon landing is real because most of the arguments against it seem like someone reacted to a confusing thing without testing it, but when you test it and ask the person running the test to explain the science it makes sense once you have more information. Also, one documentary was made with the help of scientists with qualifications and experience and the other was made by people who don't have that but like to write mystery books, which looks like a less reliable way to get an answer. But we still dont understand why you showed us both if one is wrong."
And she was like excellent. You've done exactly what you should do. At high school level, we as teachers are expected to filter for the reliable sources for you, so you know to repeat that to pass an exam, but if you want to be historians on your own, I won't be your teacher any more once you graduate. Lots of people have opinions and theories and research about times in history, and it's your job to learn how to look at them and decide who you want to trust. This won't be on the exam, but I need you all to know it. You all did a great job following the school's instructions to repeat information you were given, but for some of you, that information wasn't on a reliable foundation. I know you all know how to pass an exam. You're smart and you've been trained to follow these instructions. What you deserve to be taught is how to use all this once you don't have to do exams any more.
And then as a reward for us doing a good job at figuring out the value of checking your sources' sources she let us watch Bush get hit in the face with a shoe before we had to go to maths. Shoutout to you Ms Hannah you were a good'un I hope you're doing well ten years on from that class
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arcsigils2 · 1 year
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hello! do you have a sigil for ruining narcissist peoples' lives (they're not good people at all in any way) in all aspects and make them fully regret what they've done to you? sorry if this is a complicated query. thank you.
You should be sorry, because it IS a complicated query.
Also its vague, like VAGUE VAGUE, like vague as hell, I mean who is this PEOPLES? how can the sigil TARGET them? whats the pathway? what CONDITIONS should befall them? what do you mean by RUIN? what ASPECTS? how powerful do you think a sigil is that it can target ALL ASPECTS without issues? how powerful are YOU that you can target multiple people with life breaking effects using a single symbol made by someone you dont know on the internet? what CAUSES are you thinking about that can cause REGRET towards these people? How do you DEFINE a narcissist?
I guess you didnt read my Instructions:
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Basic Checklist:
is it POSSIBLE?
is it PROBABLE?
is it ACTIONABLE?
is it ACCURATE?
is it SUPPORTED by a Physical Action Component?
your query is all over the place, so my suggestion for you is to either Simplify or Prioritize or Deconstruct.
come back to me once you've figured things out! :O
Good Luck~ :3
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21ate · 6 years
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deconstructing davidson’s letter, the vincent connection, and justice’s sword
my thoughts on the letter recently posted about.
alright so first off, when asked about elizabeth, evan, jeffrey, vincent, and stephanie, davidson only makes an example of vincent, stating: "I work in the Greater New York area so please understand that I know many Vincents." idk if vincent is that common of a name in this area, but still rather odd how he dismisses the question about elizabeth and everyone else by saying he doesnt know the significance of them but mentions knowing many vincents? (sounds kind of defensive imo) 
secondly, he mentions that he has instructions to send a package thats been in his care to whomever writes a letter such as TheSharpOne's as per his understanding with an unnamed client. now: 
1) what the hell is this package? is it perhaps the one that was meant for rabbit 82?  2) who would give davidson such instructions anyways? i can think of only a few possibilities as to who this unnamed client is: 
1) elizabeth or  2) vinny himself
now ren! why would vinny do such a thing! i hear you cry
consider this: a) he is inhabited or b) he is doing it FOR habit
either way, this would mean vinny has had contact with davidson and has instructed him to deliver a package upon being questioned in such a fashion that is, easily, distinguishable from usual letters of contact
now this is speculation but i am on the side of vinny being inhabited for this because like. habit could have contacted davidson himself right? he still has evan and habit is a powerful creature if not well...busy being a jackass. but my line of thinking is that habit uses vinny to contact davidson - pretending to BE vinny (and hence davidsons weird mention of "knowing a lot of vincents") - and making davidson agree to carry out more of habit's package sending schemes
while habit could have just made vinny contact davidson for him, which of course is also likely and maybe even more likely than above, there is still an air of mystery surrounding that situation regardless (i.e.: “new year new me”)
now, if you look in the corner of the davidson letter, there is a symbol of a sword and shield
in box five, the everyman play: "the voyeur shall swallow justice's sword"vinny was originally the voyeur, and davidson is an attorney (justice)
in the everyman play, it seems to imply that with the voyeur swallowing justice's sword, that he is dead - or at least it marks the end. that "their world shall perish", "their world shall burn" but we dont know what swallowing justice's sword exactly means, its not very clear?
like even if it sounds like death or something, it could be metaphorical for any number of things
i mention elizabeth being a possibility for being the unnamed client because i think it is likely that she and davidson could be working together since corenthal, a client of davidsons, was suspected to be involved in the burning of her business and davidson handles estates and things of that nature but in the end it all depends on what the package ends up being 
(more likely than not, however, its the black folder with potential purple duct tape that we saw the guys with a while back oog. after all, davidson says the packaged is “sealed”)
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trendingnewsb · 7 years
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Unreals photorealistic character sample is like a Rob Lowe from the uncanny valley
Making the character models you see in games is a very involved process, and as a few recent titles have shown, the faces especially are hard as hell to do right. The folks behind Epics Unreal Engine, which powers more than a few of those games, have kindly offered a photorealistic character sample a Rob Lowe-looking dude who looks almost real enough to touch. Almost.
Here he is deep in thought so deep, in fact, he isnt breathing:
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Thats because animation is another discipline for another time. And anyway, Rob here isnt meant to be some kind of benchmark in realism.
No, plenty of movies and games have models and lighting just as good as this, and better. But this face comes with all its bits and pieces explained by the wizards who made it, so you can try your hand at modifying it or building your own.
The purpose of sharing this content is to empower anyone to learn from, explore and deconstruct Epics professionally created materials and models, reads the blog post announcing the models availability.
Its interesting even as a layperson to see the amount of care that goes into every little piece of this model, from realistically shading hair to self-occlusion on the eyeball. Try scrolling through the documentation here, but dont expect instructions on anything but realistically creating this particular white guy.
Oh, and beware of nightmare fuel like this:
Gross, right?
Read more: http://ift.tt/2oVGrhe
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trendingnewsb · 7 years
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Unreals photorealistic character sample is like a Rob Lowe from the uncanny valley
Making the character models you see in games is a very involved process, and as a few recent titles have shown, the faces especially are hard as hell to do right. The folks behind Epics Unreal Engine, which powers more than a few of those games, have kindly offered a photorealistic character sample a Rob Lowe-looking dude who looks almost real enough to touch. Almost.
Here he is deep in thought so deep, in fact, he isnt breathing:
youtube
Thats because animation is another discipline for another time. And anyway, Rob here isnt meant to be some kind of benchmark in realism.
No, plenty of movies and games have models and lighting just as good as this, and better. But this face comes with all its bits and pieces explained by the wizards who made it, so you can try your hand at modifying it or building your own.
The purpose of sharing this content is to empower anyone to learn from, explore and deconstruct Epics professionally created materials and models, reads the blog post announcing the models availability.
Its interesting even as a layperson to see the amount of care that goes into every little piece of this model, from realistically shading hair to self-occlusion on the eyeball. Try scrolling through the documentation here, but dont expect instructions on anything but realistically creating this particular white guy.
Oh, and beware of nightmare fuel like this:
Gross, right?
Read more: http://ift.tt/2oVGrhe
from Viral News HQ http://ift.tt/2oxG4s8 via Viral News HQ
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