13 Reason's Why Articel

Read this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/08/13-reasons-why-demonstrates-cultures-power/535518/

Secondary Knowledge Claims:

Increased attention towards suicide and how the larger awareness is brought to it the greater the rates of suicide would be.

“increased coverage of suicide in the media leads to a related increase in suicide attempts.”

Case studies and sample studies reflect the group as a whole.

“An editorial published at JAMA commenting on the study stated that teens are particularly vulnerable when it comes to binge viewing.”

Correlation is causation. The use of statistical data is one of justifying the harsh analyses and appears to have taken in two events around the time and discounted them instead of eliminating other factors, such as season, global events, and region of search.

“JAMA Internal Medicine, used Google Trends to monitor certain search terms regarding the subject of suicide, like “how to commit suicide,” “suicide hotline number,” and “teen suicide.” Seventeen out of the top 20 searches were significantly elevated, and the biggest increases came with terms related to suicidal thoughts and ideation, like “how to kill yourself.” The time period for searches ended on April 18 to preclude the suicide of the former NFL player Aaron Hernandez, which could have influenced data, and any searches related to the movie Suicide Squad were discounted.”

RQ:

How do we interpret data in order to form knowledge?

To what extent should we rely on correlation to formulate arguments and justify ramifications?

When often reading articles we run across many firm stances often backed up by the studies, and other primary sources. However, when examining these studies and primary sources you might find that many of them will not be directly linked to the articles purpose and or rely on correlations as the main backbone of the argument or answer.

For example when analyzing large groups in order to create an argument which the data “directly” answers and follows the question and gives the almost desired answer. When analyzing search results of scary clowns and other related monsters, in order to analyzing the impact of the newest adaptation Stephen King’s IT. We see the study follows search queries for clowns, monster, and Stephen king, while excluding searches for It or other results that are two words which one is IT. These parameters are emplaced in order to prevent skewing of data, according the analyzers. While seemingly responsible and justified this research excludes many other parameters which should be emplaced in order to give better and more accurate results that follow a more direct correlation which should be more on the line of causation. Such as questionnaires querying people who research topics similar to the movie IT this will help show and justify the argument that these results are due to the movie and no other factors.

This commitment and time which it would take in order to get these results is far greater than the reward, as well as unrealistic, most people would avoid answering questionnaires and would often not spend the time to give much thought into them. Research studies are very difficult to find direct correlations, and even when there is a very seemingly apart examples they are often nearly impossible to trace back to a main source and have too many factors that impact the result, which make it nearly impossible to prove causation. An example of high correlation which will never achieve causation is Smoking and increased Cancer rates, they display great positive correlation. Many correlations are very reliable and do give great insight and better understanding of a situation and links between seemingly unrelated subjects, we cannot leave the all our faith on these correlations and must be demandingly selective when analyzing and studying research.

Ethical guidelines Investigation

How do we decide where to balance the interests of the psychological community in advancing knowledge (that might well give benefits in the future) with the protection of the experimental subject?

As a man of science I have an emmense patron forwhat the future could hold and or does hold for us, however the future is shaped by the decisions we make in the present. This means that the sacrifice of the now are capable of having positive and possibly quite beneficial impacts on our lifestyle and planet. This solely future based mindset comes from possibly some of the best intentions but tends to end or bring about some of the worsted most evil decisions as we perceive them. However, how do we no what is wrong or considered evil or bad how do we implace these concepts and notions which are determined by our filters of reality how does one know that something is bad. For example during WWII many experiments done to increase the speed of the war on both sides, specifically on the Aermican side, the USA's creation of an atomic bomb aided in a nearly single handedly ending the war. This demonstrates the intention of good and aiding the world as a whole while also presenting the devistation and consequences of the choice, at the time it seemed to be the best and swiftest course of action however because of this choice Millions of people suffered for generations to come.

Bringing us back to the ethical guidelines and how we should balance the shouted we make for the peoples of the presents with the society of the future. We as a human race are very grounded in aiding those in the present because that is the position we are currently in, to go against the societies we are in with the promise of some possibility of some greater benefit is aquatable to rolling 6 dice and having them all roll to one. It has been demonstrated as being highly improbable for humans to benefit themselves in the long run if a sacrifice must be made in order to aid them.

Realistically we must think about taking a balanced approach to experimental subjects one that is not to impeding on research and the benefit of the future while allowing for the satisfaction and security of the society the experiments are being taken in.

Absolute certainty

                                          “I’m absolutely certain that … "

I’ve wondered for a while could a person be absolutely sure of anything including first-order knowledge claims. (Also not the first order or new world order cult, just clarifying) I often go about my days with a simplistic way of life often putting in minimal to adequate effort into my work and other practices like studying and on occasion exercise. Until further thought or energy is required for the task such as Tasks, and assignments, Exercising, and even a large Burrito(Yeah it takes more energy to digest) hahaha, wait a second does it actually take more calories to burn.

Well I guess it does because our bodies take a certain amount of energy which we get from storage sources like fat and use that to break down the food into more energy. There is an entire system of organs that work rhythmically in order to ensure we break down food and gain proper nutrition, there is the stomach that holds the food then the pancreas that releases enzymes to break down the food into very simple and basic components so that we can use them. However I know this through studying, material that was from a secondary source that would be considered First-order, so I can use it in the simplistic part of life but the deeper I look how can I be absolutely certain that this is true. I was never there during the discover I don’t know the man you expanded medical knowledge and educated the world of the human body and its functions.

So how could I be sure that this is even true, and the short answer is, drumroll please, no, as in there is no way to tell if it is true. I could be completely false and I would never know, I’m I for certain typing right now, am I even on planet earth, am I who I think I am, am I even alive????? Yeah maybe, the thing is even if I wasn’t alive I would have no way of telling or if I was asleep it’s the same way, I shouldn’t panic and question everything and doubt what we currently perceive as the truth. I should calmly have a doubtful side to keep me in check and assure I make decision s that I view as having the possibility of helping others. We should all have are own opens of what to believe and what to doubt however we shouldn’t let that stop us from living in the now and experiencing what’s around us real or fact. The way I look at it its either one of two ways We are real so don’t waste or we aren’t real in which case do what you want however like newton’s third law with every action the is an equal and opposite reaction.     

Basically Do good