According to Thomas Nigel, humans cannot truly know what it is like to be another entity. Nigel's piece What It's Like to Be a Bat elaborates on his point. According to Nigel's post, knowing that a bat has webbing to enable it to fly, that it has decreased vision, and...
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Addressing the general question of laziness remains a contentious issue, with numerous individuals testifying their attempts to tackle sluggishness. Numerous explanations seem to indicate the origins of laziness, and my experience here is a perception of it. For example, being unable to work enough overtime at no extra expense may...
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When I m alone and left to my reflections, my mind always wanders to another world. During these moments, my dreams for the future form a mental picture of how my life should be in the future. I ve wanted to own my own company since I was a teenager,...
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Throughout elementary and middle school, I was known as the quietest student in the class. As I entered 11th grade, the condition deteriorated, and my classmates dubbed me "the quiet one." I was the one that everybody assumed would shrink in the back of the classroom if a teacher called...
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I've been asked many times if I can continue with the revolution now that I know what I know. My answer has always been and will always be affirmative. I regret that people had to die as a result of the revolt. However, I believe that if we had not...
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I came from a historically deep-rooted South Indian family, and my parents kept a tight hold on how I worked in the community based on this. Constrictions brought on by my parents' restrictions on me served as a hindrance to my openness to my world with regard to the ability...
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I recall being overjoyed at the start of the school year when it became clear that I would be attending classes for the first time. I kept telling my mother about the life-changing decision I was making. It was crucial for me because my older brother would taunt me for...
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