Both Pinker and Lehrer use their essays to argue that science is a valuable tool to help understand the world. Pinker claims that “science gets the empirical universe; religion gets the questions of moral meaning and value”. Throughout his essay, Pinker explains how religion is not backed up by science and therefore we should strive … [Read more…]
In his essay “The Future of Science… Is Art?”, Jonah Lehrer argues that “art can make science better”. As Lehrer begins the text, he explains the complexity of certain scientific disciplines such as physics and neuroscience. Physics and neuroscience are two completely different subjects of science, yet each share a common trait: the majority of … [Read more…]
I feel that through each annotation we do, I am improving the quality of my annotations. I think it is important to acknowledge the text and what the author is saying, but is also important to incorporate one’s own ideas and out of text references, which I felt I have been doing more as we … [Read more…]
After reading Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts”, I realized my free drafts was very similar to what Lamott was saying. She said that the first drafts should be the drafts that one uses to just throw the words out on the paper, and then with the second draft, one can go back in and cut … [Read more…]
Global edits are used when an individual looks at the essay as a whole and acknowledges the structure. Local edits are used when an individual looks at the more specific parts of an essay, such as wording or grammatical mistakes. As I was peer reviewing my assigned essays, I found it hard to focus on … [Read more…]
Jen Gennaco, the director of DigiSpace, came to visit our English class to teach us how to use the DigiSpace UNE Portfolio. She was happy to help us if we had any questions. But, I do think that the ePortfolio is a little difficult to use and it will take time to get used to. … [Read more…]
