Is Global Warming bad

According to the author, there are 5 advantages to global warming. His reasons for each one differ, but they are: fewer winter deaths, lower energy costs, better agricultural yields, probably fewer droughts, and maybe richer biodiversity. He mainly hit on fewer winter deaths and better agricultural yields by pointing out lowering winter deaths in Great Britain, and how plants need more Carbon Dioxide than is currently in the air. According to the article the rising wealth will cause multiple nations to afford better food and have less famines. It is also saying that it will help people avoid starvation and be able to heat their homes more in the winter. He also touches on the fact of using it to help prevent natural disasters. We should care that  global warming has increased global economic output by 1.4% because it leads to more wealth and less death rates in nations worldwide. Honestly I think it’s hard to weigh the costs versus the gain in global warming, but even the article admitted that this growing economy and whatnot will probably only last until the year 2080. The article states, “ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, whose reports define the consensus, is sticking to older assumptions, however, which would mean net benefits till about 2080. Either way, it’s a long way off.”. I honestly think, in my own opinion , that the costs will outweigh the benefits in the long run. I think the article was right though when it says we spend too much money trying to reduce global warming. I think more money should go into educating people about global warming. This would help people maybe become consciously aware what is happening and that they can play a role in helping to fix it.

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Are Oreo's as addictive as Cocaine?

I think that in response to cocaine people react more hostile after a while and will do anything for a fix. I also think that in response to oreos while the response might not be as hostile or having the subject in need of a fix such as cocaine might do, both of them release a whole lot of dopamine in the brain. Now there is a difference between just enjoying an oreo and being addicted to them. If someone just literally can’t go a day without eating an Oreo, then they are addicted to them versus just wanting to eat them because they like them. In the experiment, the rats really didn’t seem to be addicted to the Oreos. One researcher named Schroeder had this to say about the rice cakes and oreos, "Just like humans, rats don't seem to get much pleasure out of eating them,". Oh course everyone prefers health to gratification, but everyone eats junk food because you can moderate how much much of said food you can ingest. This means you won’t necessarily damage your health unless you are an uncontrollable eating force like the Cookie Monster or something of that nature. While the study doesn’t say if people can stop eating Oreos once they have started, I believe almost anyone will agree with me when I say anyone has the ability to.

Poop Pills

I would take the pills personally. First of all, you don’t have to undergo the procedures that you have to with fecal transplants. Secondly, all you do is take pills. Granted there are like 27 of them, but still I would rather do something as simple as popping some pills than undergoing surgical procedures. Finally, there is a lesser risk factor. With the colonoscopies and throat tube procedures, if they do just the smallest thing wrong, then you could be seriously hurt. Granted that they could put one or two of the wrong bacteria in the capsules, but that is probably easier to reverse.

They make the pills by taking donor stool and taking the bacteria they need out of it. They then pack bacteria into about 24-34 capsules. To extract the bacteria, they process the stool at a lab to remove all the excess food and other bacteria they don’t need. People probably prefer this because of three reasons. The first reason is that it prevents the disease from coming back. The second reason is that it is probably a lot cheaper than the other procedures. The third and final reason is that it is probably a lot more comfortable and appealing to take a few pills than to have something shoved down your throat.

The capsules are designed with the triple layer gel coating to reach the intestines because that is where the bacteria needs to be deposited to reach the colon where it is needed.

One future advancement is trying to freeze the bacteria. The article stated, “Minnesota doctors are testing freezing stool, which doesn't kill the bacteria, so it could be stored and shipped anywhere a patient needed it.”. This would make this system fully take root in our medical facilities if it worked. It would also help with the speed of the procedure because the bacteria could be manufactured somewhere else. People are also trying to find out which bacteria exactly helps the most in the process. This would allow researchers to grow that bacteria instead of having to process stool.

SAT scoring

I think that the current SAT scoring system is terrible. I have no idea why they wouldn’t want to accurately take the time to grade each essay as it should be graded. It not only makes people think they are writing good when they are writing bad, but the reverse of this statement is also true. When you grade off if there are big words and not  off whether or not there is actual facts in the essay, then people will continue to think that that is ok and will continue to do that. Overall I think it is bad, but I do like the statement Gere said in the article. She said, “As rushed and crazy-seeming as the SAT essay-scoring process is, the fact that real-live humans are reading and grading the essays is a positive.”. I completely agree that humans should grade them; I just think the humans need to up the grading scale.

I think instead of looking for big words, they could instead look for things like sentence structure and paragraph structure. By just looking at how it is structured will not only help to make sure students know what they are doing, but it will also allow graders to grade just as they were.This means that humans will still grade our tests and it will help instructors instruct students on proper writing styles.

I think i’m pretty prepared to take a future test maybe, but not how it is as of right now. I am really big on structure and building my paragraph as it should be. I am also a person who likes factual evidence. This means I would sit there and waste time thinking of relevant examples and things I could use to answer the question. If they were to perhaps change the writing portion to where it leaned away from where it is now, then I would definitely be able to take the test.