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The toilet is a fairly recent invention. The person responsible for the first flush toilet was Sir John Harington. He built two prototypes. (A) But his writings never succeeded in persuading the English that it was time for the flush toilet. At that time the English relied on chamber pots, which they then would empty onto the street below. (B) One was installed in his house, and the other in Ric..
Unfortunately, over-the-counter cough and cold medicines are not the answer. Because young children average ten to twelve colds a year, it seems like they are sick all the time. ( ① ) As pediatricians, we really wish that we could recommend something to help children feel better. ( ② ) First of all, they don't work. ( ③ ) All six randomized, placebo-controlled studies of the use of cough and col..
Even worse than reaching a conclusion with just a little evidence is the fallacy of reaching a conclusion without any evidence at all. Sometimes people mistake a separate event for a cause-and-effect relationship. They see that A happened before B, so they mistakenly assume that A caused B. This is an error known in logic as a post hoc fallacy ("after this, therefore because of this"). For exam..
In 1334, the castle of Hochosterwitz in Austria was besieged by the Duchess of Tyrol. The Duchess knew that the siege would take some months because the fortress was located on a cliff high above the valley floor. As time wore on, the defenders became desperate: their only remaining food was an ox. The Duchess's situation was also severe: her troops had become unruly, and she had urgent matters ..
The sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), one of the greatest medieval sculptors, seem like living stones. They convey both powerful emotion and a lively sense of motion. The feeling of movement is often caused by a wound-up tension as in his remarkable David (1623). Michelangelo's David also has a powerful tension but it is passive and stays inside David's mind and muscles. Bernini's ..
There were two men traveling in a distant land. They were exposed to a variety of dangers. They therefore resolved to keep a strict watch as they passed along. One, whose sight was keen in discerning distant objects, looked carefully to see if there was any danger ahead or approaching from behind. The other was looking well to their pathway to see if there was no lurking beast or poisonous rept..
Of all domesticated mammals, pigs possess the greatest potential for swiftly changing plants into flesh. Over its lifetime a pig can convert 35 percent of the energy in its feed to meat compared with 13 percent for sheep and a mere 6.5 percent for cattle. A piglet can gain a pound for every three to five pounds it eats while a calf needs to eat ten pounds to gain one. A cow needs nine months to ..
대단한 자료는 아니고, 50분 내내 공부이야기만 하면 학생들이 지루해하고 집중력이 떨어지므로, 수업중에 학생들에게 해 줄 만한 이야기들을 정리하고자 합니다. 소재는 제가 수업시간에 사용한 교재에 나오는 글의 내용입니다. 글의 내용과 관계가 조금이라도 있는 상식적인 이야기, 신기한 이야기, 어디서 들은 이야기, 잘못 알고 있는 상식들.. 온갖 잡다한 이야기가 다 들어갈 예정입니다. 혹시 제 블로그를 읽는 분 중에서 제가 잘못 알고 있는 부분이 있다면 지적해주시면 감사하겠습니다.^^ 오늘은 흔히 사람들이 잘못 사용하기 쉬운 퍼센트와 퍼센트 포인트에 대해 이야기하려 합니다. 아래는 제가 올해 사용한 EBS교재에 나오는 문항입니다. (교재에 필기한 부분을 지우지 않고 스캔했습니다. 좀 지저분하게 보이더라도 용서..