Symmetry

Symmetry is when you transform an object and it still stays the same. On today's lesson, we talked about symmetry. Our body is bylaterally simmetrical. If we fold it, is the same.
We also learned how to tie our shoelaces. Only two people of our class knew how to Tie it properly. Because when you do the final step, everybody was doing it the other way wrong.

Intuition

Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without inference or the use of reason. We have talked about intuition this lesson and we came out withe the conclusion that it is something that we don't control and that is usually right. The question is, should we trust our intuition or not

Fallacies

Fallacies

False dilemma fallacy

False dilemma fallacy is a type of logical fallacy where only two alternatives are considered in a situation, when in fact there is a third alternative.

There are several examples of false dilemma fallacies such as the black and white thinking.It is basically when a person labels people as all good or all bad, there are only two sides of the argument.

The false choice is also an example of it. It often reflects a deliberate attempt to eliminate the middle ground on an issue. For example president Bush uses it in a lot of his speeches "Or you are with us or you are with the terrorists".

Argument from ignorance fallacy

Argument form ignorance fallacy is a fallacy in informal logic. It basically means that a preposition is considered true if it has not been proven wrong yet. This represents a type of false dichotomy in that it excludes a third option, which is that there is insufficient investigation and therefore insufficient information to prove the proposition satisfactorily to be either true or false.

An example of this is the homosexuality issue. People believe that people become homosexual due to their genes, however it hasn't been proven right nor wrong. 

Complex question fallacy (to be continued......)

I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweaty today!

Emotions

What do we know emotionally?

Should we control our emotions?

What are emotions?

What is the role of emotion?

Can we remember an emotion?

What is the role of emotion in decision making?

Can we read emotion?

These questions and many others can be asked when we talk about emotions. Emotions make part of our lifes, we understand ourselves better with them. however there are several disadvantages about having emotions , for example if it is bad, it may affect your life, depending in how we deal with it. 

We heard a song, a sad song , from two comedians, even though it was sad, it made us laugh, especially me, because I laugh a lot, and i can't control it.

I'm not crying (the song)

Emotions

In today's lesson, we talked about the third way of knowing, By emotions. By talking about it, we discussed that everyone feels something and express different situations by releasing emotions. there was a question brought up that is " What is the difference between emotions and feelings?" Emotion is a complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience." Emotion is associated with mood, temperament,personality, disposition, and motivation whereas feelings are defined as the physical sensation of touch through either experience or perception. The word is also used to describe experiences, other than the physical sensation of touch, such as "a feeling of warmth". In psychology, the word is usually reserved for the conscious subjective experience of emotion. However, people still get them confused. there are other questions such as " Can we feel an emotions without the physical aspects?" or " what is the role of language in emotion? "

Christmas.

Nowadays we see everyone exited about Christmas even if they are atheists. this takes me to a question: What is Christmas? If it s an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated generally on December 25 as a religious and cultural holiday, why do atheists celebrate it?
This leads us to a lot of thinking, such as, why do we celebrate it, what it is , and how do we feel about it.