Social Science

Why are some people afraid of storms? When you really sit back and think about it, storms can be kind of scary. Lots of noise, the flashes of lightning, and the wind can really create quite a frenzy. When I…
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We are afraid of death because it is the ultimate unknown.  Even those with extreme religious faith have determined to stay alive as long as possible.  If faith were 100%, then people would die by the scores every day at…
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Why are people so afraid to help others these days? I don’t think that we have lost the instinct to help out our fellow man, I just think that we hear so many bad things about when people try to…
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Urban survival refers to survival in an urban environment that may take place during or after a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or other threat to mankind. Urban survival can take place in the city or in the suburbs, but requires…
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In life, a lot of people confuse Para-normal Activity with Mental Illness, even with Schizophrenia. But today I concentrate on the first two. Firstly, let me start by giving the meanings of them: Paranormal Activity is a general term that designates…
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Exploring Links Between Paranormal Activity and Mental Illness  Let’s first start with the definitions of both Paranormal Activity and Mental Illness. Mental illness is a chemical imbalance that leads one to hallucinate, thinking they are hearing and seeing people that…
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The term, agnosia, stems from the latin word for “no knowledge”. Agnosia is a failure to understand, or recognise a specific area be it text (Alexia), music (Amusia) or in this case, faces (Prosopagnosia). To understand facial agnosia (which from…
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The ability to read facial expressions or the ability to interpret the various movements of our muscles that form our face is a very interesting topic. Many doctors and scientists feel that it is virtually impossible to read one’s facial…
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From coffee cups to team uniforms; from gift wrapping to “wife beater” tee shirts; the biohazard symbol is becoming one of the new symbolic expressions of pop culture. The visual power and mathematical beauty of the biohazard symbol combines with…
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Like any other symbols, tattoos are permanent installations of symbols onto the human skin that can represent the most horrific of social disasters, a love interest, a prison affiliation, a gang affiliation, an identity, or a mental illness. Tattooing has…
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