"Does Race Exist" article

“Does Race Exist” discusses the issue with the perspective of humans regarding “race”. It differs across the world whether it be white, light skinned, black, and etc. The article is discussing the genetic makeup of the humans across the world determining their race.

            The authors both have tremendous amount of ethos, just in the language they speak in, and the fact they are renowned members towards the field of genetics. The article itself is obviously written for a more specialized group of people. This is shown in the manner of using scientific words and terminology. Given that it is published in Scientific American, it does make sense for it to be expected to have an audience with prior knowledge on the subject. With the purpose of informing the audience about their research results on the genomes. How the DNA is distinguished between the humans across the global according to their “races”. How the authors view their research was a good point. They wanted the research to flourish and spread to others for others to see.

            They could make this better for a more general audience would be to simplify the words to “English” for easier reading. When I see many scientific words, I just got bored and started browsing the internet due to being sidetracked. This is obviously hard because they can’t just modify their research to make it easier to read for the general public. However, the way they approached writing their article could change by using things in the “Black Holes” like imagery, figures, and examples.

            This article was very dry compared to “Black Holes”. The scientific vernacular was very difficult to push through at times as I was reading it. The “Black Holes” approached a complex scientific field while letting a general audience completely feel informed while not babied. Or not completely lost in the scientific jumble of words. The imagery in “Black Holes” was very easy to understand, in what could not be just put into a textbook definition to explain things. Things like grinding Mt. Everest into sand in a second is a very strong image, while getting across the point of how much energy is going on in a dying star. They could also give some info on how their research has impacted society. This could allow other fields to come into play to give more chance for wider audience.

iGod reading

This reading was kind of a letdown to me because the articles we have been reading recently have been getting better and more interesting. This seemed to be just like the article about women on the internet. It was very repetitive and lacked any singular focus. It felt all over the place jumping from topic to topic. The article was primarily about artificial intelligence and technology’s role in society. 

            This article compared to “Black Holes” was very opposite in the overall take of the article. First many, many different topics were talked about in this article, while “Black Holes” was primarily focused on black holes. There was a lot of imagery, and use of descriptions to help make a complicated subject simple. The “iGod” article was clearly not meant for a generalized audience, but rather a well-educated audience with a focus in technology.

            The facts in this article are a high point, as the author is clearly well informed on the topic pulling a lot of different sources for his variety of topics. He focuses on experts in each respective field to help his argument and provide more in depth knowledge in each subject. The article feels however very overloaded with all this information.

            The abstract idea is also prevalent in this article as it describes the uniqueness of technology. It has no shape or form and continues to grow exponentially, how it is becoming part of human thinking. How universal technology is how the author connects into the abstract idea of Huxley’s 3 ideas.

            The personal aspect is clearly noticed with the urgency of this integration of humans with technology is inevitable and upon us. This directly connected with me as it really opened my eyes on how intertwined I am with technology and my life is almost impossible without it.  

            

Black Holes

This was a very engaging article. It kept my interest throughout the whole article without inserting any fluff or overly complicated writing. It allowed for the readers to stay interested in the article using a variety of techniques such as imagery, comparisons, and overall interesting facts.

            For the factual aspect of this article, it uses many facts from the scientific community in regards to its history of the theory of black holes and the actual science. The history of Einstein and how black holes were the fictional imagination of scientists. Then how it progressed onto present day of a 99.9 percent acceptance that black holes are real. Things like debunking common myths about black holes, such as the sucking; in which black holes don’t suck harder than the original star, just at a smaller size with the same power. Or how comparing the power of black holes’ gravitational forces to things like nuclear bombs. The fact if we had a nuclear bomb going off every millisecond of the universe’s life, and it still wouldn’t have as much energy being given off as a dying star. Also using the imagery how mountains of iron the size of Mount Everest were being grinded to sand in a blink of an eye, just really draw in the audience.

            The autobiographical aspect isn’t very apparent in this article as it uses the scientific community’s history and its scientists as examples. Nothing is from the authors own history or his personal experiences. This was to keep this article from seeming biased or having too much personal touch to take away from the factual side of the article.

            The abstract ideas in this article are touched near the end in referencing things like the Big Bang Theory, multiverses, what would happen in the black hole. Things that are just so big in topic and interesting to everyone. What if the universe was started by a singularity? The time travel aspect, made me feel like Marty Mcfly for a second if I got near a black hole. Except for the whole being ripped apart from gravity it all seems so mind boggling awesome.

            

350 word extra part

The first week of this experiment started exactly how I expected it to go, complete and utter hell. Perseverance is the hardest part of this experiment. The fact of having to wake up at 630 in the morning to do one of the most exhausting yet boring sports was going to be a challenge. The hardest part is just willing myself out of bed in darkness where even the most devout of people would agree waking up is the hardest part. The first week I even cheated, mostly due to it being test week, by only going 3 out of the five scheduled days. I confirmed my beliefs and will continue to have this thought train, running is by far the most boring thing to do whilst being the most exhausting sport in my experience. This is mostly in football, soccer, or basketball I can be able to focus on other things than that of the actual running or jumping.

            Now getting on the greatest component of running that translates to other parts of life the trait of consistency. Consistency is the number one rule of running; have consistent good form, train consistently, have steady breath, and pacing. The benefits directly translated into my diet and workout routine. I consistently have breakfast right after running in the morning at D2, and do some homework/study. Then proceed to do weightlifting at night and by the end. The time I gained by waking up at 6:30 as opposed to 10 allowed for me to actually eat breakfast and get more schoolwork done. I also for some reason even with less sleep, feel more energized throughout the day.

            Now about what my actual routine is during this experiment for sprints and speed work. The only consistent part of the routine was the warmup and cooldown. Warmups started off with running two laps around the track and then proceeding to do a plethora of dynamic movements such as lunges, butt kicks, and etc. This approximately takes about half an hour to finish all the warmup exercises. To the actual sprints, my trainer/friend has been doing a variety of exercises to do. For example, sprinting 100m eight times, then moving onto 30m sprints, and then finishing off with a couple of 400m sprints. By the end I feel like my chest is going to explode from how hard I am breathing, but there is a sense of accomplishment in finishing the exercises.

intro 2 experiment

            There I am at the break of dawn. Me versus the track. It’s icy cold, each breath causing my body to shudder, the sun just starting to rise, and it is dead silent. Just me and my friend trying our best to keep from shivering. We start what we came for, sprinting and speed work. The track is an unforgiving opponent that drained me of the little stamina I had built up from previous years of running. I am here because I decided to try a different method of cardio versus the standard distance running to that of sprints. This is to help me live a healthier life, make more use of my day to do other things, and keep my knees healthy. The knees part is important to me because of the constant shin splints I had through running distance in previous years.

Intro 1 experiment

The ice cold air hits my lungs, my feet sink into the soft red ground, and I look up where the sun is supposed to be and take in the darkness. Where might I be? What am I doing at 6:30 in the morning freezing to death in paper thin shirt and shorts? I am flying through the air, although that would be more accurate of my training partner, I am more like what seems to be running through mud. Every piece of my body is on fire; whether it be my lungs and face from the cold, or my legs from what seems a never-ending pounding on the ground. I am training every day like this doing speed work and sprints very early in the morning. This early morning suffering is to help me make more use of my day and expand other parts of my life.