Critical Thinking Blog Assignment #8

My thinking of science and humanities I can honestly say as changed my mind, maybe because I really didn't know much about science and some important people that were behind some great creations and others not so great. For example, the fact Futurama in the 1939 fair had a huge impact on modern suburban cities, whether it was intentional or not. When we had seen the Futurama archives it amazed me how they predicted so well what America would become. Even though it was just a fair that was meant to be demolished, it was intended to enlighten the souls of Americans that were suffering from the Great Depression.  I think I am still more a humanities person because now I know a little more than I did before. Science awes me a little more now but still doesn't grab much of my attention. At least now I know that scientist deserve more recognition than ever for all their hard work that they put into their research that to this day affect our daily lives. I can say that can be one of the promises of science. In the other hand some perils of science can be artificial intelligence. The idea of robots becoming it's one self and taking over the human race can be mind-blowing, even though that's how almost every Hollywood movie becomes, it can still happen.

Critical Thinking Blog Assignment # 7

For this post I decided to write about Rosalind Franklin because I find her story quite interesting. 

Based on her discovery of the DNA structure, it has impacted our way of life greatly. I think her that her life work gives us that extra push so that we never give up on our goals, even when there are other people trying to take it. Rosalind had to face many obstacles throughout her work, one of many, her being a female. Since it was in the 20th century most woman weren't taken serious, men were the center attention. I feel like in science you have to keep pushing and pushing on research, always finding alternative motives, checking if there’s other possibility. I believe that's what Rosalind was all about. She discovered Photo 51, when she increased the humidity on the image she got a distinctive cross shape pattern of a helical structure. She was so close until, Watson and Crick stole her idea. 

I think her work gives us a sense of wonder and awes us because one may never know if they are on the verge of great discovery if they give up half way. Even though she never received recognition for her hour’s long and dedicated work, she still never gave up. 

Critical Thinking Blog Assignment #6

For my research paper I am focusing on The New York World's Fair, Futurama, and Global Warming. I chose this topic because it is one of the prefab topics that stood out to me the most. 

For one of my resources it is entitled Yesturday's World of Tomorrow with an unknown author. I found it on LexisNexis, it is an article from The New York Times published on Sunday, October 14th, 1994. This source is pretty relevant because it talks about the Futurama and it detailed a diorama of how urban American society will look like in the 1960s with automated highways. It supports my argument on how Futurama's presentation was more of an outline of a project than just a presentation. It also fits my research paper perfectly because it talks about how General Motors received a $200 million Federal contract to begin the project, which in all matters, they actually knew that the presentation will see the light of day.  

Another resources I found was also an article from The New York Times, found on LexisNexis. Michael Pollak in his article, A Return To the Future, 1939 Style, is basically reflecting back to the 1939 World’s Fair and using other people’s websites and quotes to support his work. He describes the fair as a “life changing” event for all those who visited the fair. This is a pretty good source because it let's you see from the point of view of the people that actually did attend the fair so then you can look at it in all kinds of angles.