TOK Presentation

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TOK Presentation

• By Bryan Quigley
• At 4 in the morning

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Little Anecdote

• Hearing music in the morning, but it wasnt
  really there. It was confusing, and it was
  really weird, but in a cool way. I just thought
  you all should know that.

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Knowledge Issue

• To what extent is our sense of hearing a reliable
  way of knowing?

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The YES Camp

• First we shall explore the reasons people say yes!

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Pragmatic Theory

• We use hearing everyday in communication with
  people and it seems to work out just fine. If it
  works, it is TRUE!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!

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Emotion and Musik

• Has a song every brought you to tears? Ever been
  in a conversation that enraged you? Could you
  imagine being deaf? Is this all bullsht?
• We are very attached to our sense of hearing and
  life without it would be hard. (imagine hearing
  ears dogs for the deaf)
• Anywhoozle, my strong emotion in what I hear
  tells me its true.

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Instinct

• Hearing is connected with instinct in humans and
  almost all the animals. We hear a sudden sound
  and we are startled. It is a form of protection
  that evolved in us. The deaf humans couldnt
  pass on their deaf traits, because they kept
  being eaten by dinosaurs they couldnt hear.

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Logic and SCIENCE!!!!11!

• Its scientifically proven that we can hear!
  Sound is vibrations of air that are picked up in
  our eardrum and it transmitted from to our brains
  with magically nerves in the inner ear.

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The No Camp

• I wouldnt trust my life on what I hear

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Experience

• Ever hear something that was not there?
• Ever think some one said something else and the
  misunderstanding led to trouble?
• Ever play the game telephone?
• Then you may not believe your own ears! XD

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Fear

• Sounds can be scary!
• Hearing something that not there.
• Noises in your house in the middle of the night
• If it troubles us so much, when there is no
  threat, should we trust hearing.

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The return of Logic and Science

• Its scientifically proven that you can loose your
  hearing!!!! Yay! In the age of the iPod and old
  people, hearing loss is increasing. There may
  be a multitude of sound that you wont be able to
  hear, because you played your slipknot music too
  loud on your iPod.

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People can Lie

• For example, the ancedote at the beginning of
  this AMAZING presentation was not even my own
  story. I think it was one Ms. Davey told to the
  class. But Im not completely sure, because
  hearing is unreliable.

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Language

• What good is hearing, if everyone around you
  talked in Swedish? Language can be a way of
  knowing, but it can also be a way of not knowing?
  That probably doesnt make sense.

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Synthesis

• For all the lazy ppl who dont pick a side.
• Yea hearing is great all the time but its
  generally good
• I enjoy hearing, even if it is not always true.
• Yes ppl can lie, but they can also tell the
  truth, or not say anything at all.
• Hearing loss is bad, but stem cells will cure it
  in 10 years, why worry?

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THE END

• IM SORRY I PUT YOU THROUGH THIS, BLAME MY MATH
  INTERNAL ASSESMENT!

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Works Cited

• To what extent do I even need this slide?
• How do I know if a work is cited?
• If no one like works cited, why do we do them?

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Discussion TIME!

• To what extent should we trust hearing?
• Are there better ways of knowing?
• Would your rather be deaf, blind, or dead?
• Are iPods worth the damage the do to your ears?
• Can you make a mathematical model to a heavy duty
  freight mining elevator?

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THE SUPER END

• IM DONE!
• Peace out homeskillets!!!!!!