This example refers to a scenario where a man is locked in a room and given a large batch of Chinese writings. The man is also given a set of instructions in English on relating the Chinese symbols to another set of symbols, along with rules on how to answer back with Chinese symbols. ... Just from looking at his answers, no one could tell that he didn't speak Chinese. ... The computer understands no more than the man understands Chinese. ... We have a long hubristic history, which allow us to use other cultures and races of our own species as commodities. ...

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Once upon a time, when the 1987 World Series was still five years away, a science fiction mastermind and literary genius sat down and wrote one of the most compelling and riveting sequels in history. ... It destroyed the Chinese spacecraft and killed most of the crew. The Chinese won the race. This information was transmitted to the Leonov, which was days behind the Chinese. "And- when the next ship comes home- ask them to take our bones back to China." ...

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"We study the biological characteristics of different human populations, our relations with our relatives-the apes and monkeys, and the evolutionary history of our species" (MacEachern 34). ... As regards to skin color, Europeans and Chinese are relatively similar to one another than either is to darker skinned Africans. ... Loring Brace says "If we test the distribution of the widely known ABO blood-group system, then Europeans and Africans are closer to each other than either is to Chinese" (Brace). ... As I stated before, it has been scientifically proven that the distri...

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Cannibalism Within the history of mankind, several social norms and values have drastically changed. ... In the past few decades, there have been covert studies to find out the validity of reports regarding "contemporary- cannibalism in China. The Chinese are by far the most open-minded individuals when it comes to what they are willing to eat - monkeys' brains, owls' eyes, and bears' paws. ... Warren Lee, said: "Eating fetuses is a traditional Chinese medicine deeply founded in folklore- (Waldron 29). ...

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The same German aesthetic tradition can also be found in J.J Winckelmann's writings, such as "History of the Art of Antiquity", "Thoughts on the Imitation of the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks", and G.E Lessing's "Laocöon". ... The development of art from one form to the other is what Hegel defines as the history of art. ... Hegel's account on "pre-art" does not entail every single body of "pre-art" there is, for example, he excludes prehistoric art, Buddhist art, and Chinese art. ...

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Lao-tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher from 6th century BC, the author of Tao-te Ching, and Machiavelli was an Italian philosopher who lived 2000 years after Lao-tzu's time, author of Prince. ... Look into American History From Civil War to Vietnam War to Desert Storm, which cost billions dollars and millions lives, will the war ever end? ...

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Voltaire -was an author of enormous industry; seventy volumes of him adorn the present -writer's shelves, and another edition of Voltaire's works runs to ninety- four; he dealt largely with history and public affairs, and he corresponded with Catherine the Great of Russia, Frederick the Great of Prussia, Louis XV, and most of the prominent people of the time. Both Voltaire and Gibbon had the sense of history strong in them; both have set out very plainly and fully their visions of human life; and it is clear that to both of them the system in which they lived, the ! ... Gibbon'...

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During the first 2 million years of our history the human population had very little effect upon the overall world ecosystem, with no more than 10 million members. ... Throughout history many have debated the plant's carrying capacity. ... Throughout history many have debated the plant's carrying capacity. ...

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Time is the subject of an amazing philosophical debate of its nature, its role in the history of thought and action, its bearing on human emotions, and how it affects religious views. ... Time has no history or future because it simply exists. ... The Chinese exemplify a group of people who believe that time is cyclical. ...

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In contrast to what has been said about possibility to classify human behaviour, Dilthey proposed that "what man is, only his history tells" , thereby rejecting all possibilities of prediction. ... Is it just for the society to disrupt moral values of its individuals, trying to benefit the community as a whole, taking into account China's one-child policy? ... In view of the fact that we cannot be certain about history and really understand what actually happened, present generation - being at the end of the echelon - further distorts the judgements. ...

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We are an extremely advanced and intellectual species. To this day, there has been no hard evidence of any other species more advanced than the human being. Just how did we get to where we are now? How are we different from our ancient ancestors? There are undoubtedly drastic differences between the...

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Since before recorded history humans have found the need to group and organize almost every part of their lives. ... The Mongoloid centers around the Pacific Ocean and includes the Malayan, northern and southern Chinese, Mongolian, Siberian, Eskimo, and American Indian. ...

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