Theory of Knowledge Juniors
Children were split into two groups but only one group was allowed to train, exercise and play with an obese, virtual dog. Researchers found the group of children allowed to interact with the virtu...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/science/mind-control-in-a-flash-of-light.html?ref=science&_r=0 This article talks about a new science break through that could potentially allow scientists to cont...
http://www.onislam.net/english/health-and-science/faith-and-the-sciences/437158-sacred-geometry-of-islamic-mosques-.html This article talks about the importance of geometry in Islam, and that it is...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/magazine/the-mammoth-cometh.html Now that we have advanced our technology to the point where we can physically bring back extinct animals, the question that scien...
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hot-thought/201006/ethical-thinking-should-be-rational-and-emotional This article talks about how important reason and emotion are in making ethical decisions. I...
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868 This article investigates whether language shapes our understanding of fundamentals such as space, time and causality.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2& This talks about how languages differ based on what they must convey like using feminine and masculine pronouns. (T...
http://www.philosophynews.com/post/2011/09/22/What-is-Knowledge.aspx
http://www.avclub.com/article/did-i12-angry-meni-get-it-wrong-83245 This article relates back to the movie we recently watched in class, "12 Angry Men" and considers whether the reasoning used b...
This article talks about the situation with doctors in Syria and ethics behind their duty to share evidence of nuclear warfare with American and UN officials versus the risk that puts them in with ...
http://citypaper.net/article.php?What-s-Braille-street-art-166 This article talks about the rising of Braille street art started by Austin Seraphin and Sonia Petruse. The idea of Braille street ar...
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I found this article interesting, because it actually talks about the International Baccalaureate Program's TOK course from an international viewpoint and debriefs peoples thoughts on the program a...
I think this is very interesting because it talks about different ways of learning and different ways to interpret information that teachers especially give us. It shows us how not all of us learn ...
I found this article to be very interesting because it highlights the differences in the male and female brains and how it affects their perspective and thought processes in life.
This article talks about a shooting that happened at a middle school in Nevada. At WFS, we have practiced drills of what to do if a intruder were to enter the school. Is there any way of knowing wh...
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-literary-mind/200911/why-do-we-dream
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/universe--7029333 I thought this article was very interesting because, it questions everything that we have been told about space. Is there really another planet out...
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/arrival-human-cloning_724721.html This article is very intriguing, because it talks about how the challenging task of human cloning is now taking one step clo...
http://www.livescience.com/21275-color-red-blue-scientists.html I've often thought about sense perception and whether or not each of us view the world the same way. This article talks about color p...
