The Future is Now: World’s first CRISPR gene edited baby is born
Read the article from The Atlantic linked HERE and answer the following questions: Were Dr. He’s actions ethical? How can you use this example in your essay?
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TOK Essay: Ideas on how to structure each Prescribed Title
Check out this guide regarding ideas on how to structure your essay! Please keep in mind this is simply ONE way to approach the essay. There are certainly other ways that are equally good or better! Don’t let this guide stifle your own creativity!!!! GUIDE …
Writing the TOK essay: Questions, Claims and Issues
Work in essay prompt teams to generate knowledge questions, knowledge claims, and issues of knowledge relating to your chosen essay title! Make a copy of this google doc HERE
Tom Robbins On Art
Tom Robbins is a bit like Kurt Vonnegut–only he believes humanity is beautiful. He’s written many best selling works; two of my favorites being Still Life With Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume. Though he mostly writes fiction, at times he dabbles in an essay of social commentary or …
Investigating the Moral Landscape: Knowledge systems, authority and a better way forward?
Watch the above TED Talk by Sam Harris titled, “Science can answer moral questions” and consider the following: Summarize his thesis in 1-3 sentences What are the strengths of Harris’ argument? What are the weaknesses of Harris’ argument? Ok, so lets say you agree with …
“Grendel” Discussion Chapters 1-2
For discussion and reflection (and maybe a journal entry or two): Why does the ram make Grendel angry..why is he so angry period? Contemplate Grendel as other characters from lit. Does he remind you of anyone? For me, it’s Holden from Catcher in rye, The …
How America Lost Its Mind: The history of belief trumping truth
Great question. Is it? Do you believe that currently in our society, there is a stark (clear delineated) difference between belief and truth? Before we discuss that, YOU need to understand the difference. So, what is the difference between belief and truth? For a much …
Conspiracies Examined: An investigation into how truth is constructed
We’ve been discussing myth making via our reading of Sapiens as well as our recent examination of the myths that exist in our society. We’ve discovered that there is often a very fine line between what Harari would describe as MYTH and what our society …
Reality as a Shared hallucination
After watching the TED talk by Dr. Anil Seth below: Meditate on the following questions in TOK JOURNAL form: What are implications of “reality as a shared hallucination”? For knowledge acquisition? For Truth? For Shared Knowledge? For Perception? As an aside, my favorite quote from …
Is tolerance the root of democracy’s Demise?
Karl Popper, a famous Austrian philosopher of science from the 20th century put forth the thesis that too much tolerance is a bad thing. Is it? Watch the Vice Media coverage of the Charlottesville Neo-Nazi gathering/protest below and assess your position on tolerance and censorship: …