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Hello, Any feedback would be great! Thank you :) As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Technology can inadvertently cause us to become reliant on the convienences that they offer. However, without technology many of the advances that we have today may not have existed and having technology as part of our everydays lives has given humans to thrive more efficiently. The advent of the internet has changed the world completely. Wikipedia.org alone has given many the ability to educate themselves that would otherwise require a drive to the local library. Some may believe that technology has caused the population to decrease its mental acuity, but youtube self help videos can allow the individual to solve problems and find help in areas of weakness. In the example mentioned with the library versus use of wikipedia.org or even britannica.com/org, the internet accessibility alone triumphs over typical library hours of 9-8pm. Research can be done on the internet without the use of accessing paper within restrictive time frames of building hours. Another added bonus of the internet is saving trees without the need for paper material production. In addition, technological advances that allow us to communicate with others from a far away distance can help with collaboration and foster ingenuity otherwise limited by geography. For instance, Skype or video chatting can help doctors discuss medical conditions with one another that require expertise not readily availble. Doctors who are trying to treat a medical anomoly needing urgent attention, perhaps not yet published online, can lead to a unfortunate loss of life a patient. Given the technology advances that allow us to reach out to others via cell phone, email or, as mentioned earlier, skype/ video chatting, the exchange of information can happen to hopefully extend the patient's life, or even better, cure the patient. Calculators and GPS definitely create great shortcuts for us and can allow us to become dependent on these convienences. Should the battery or electrical component fail, not being able to find our way home could pose a big problem. Being able to do basic math and knowing our general surroundings are fundamentals that should be taught and learned in our formal educational process. However, these convienences tend to offer more bad than good. A calculator can quicken the length of time of doing multiplication of large numbers and a GPS can help navigate the entire US instead of dangerously opening an atlas while driving. All in all, as with most technology, it can pose to both beneficial or disadvantageous, but for the most part, technology has allowed us to explore and advance ourselves in more ways than without.

Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean. Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Archaeologists are very familiar with history slowly revealing itself throughout numerous excavations. Yet, given this, the author makes assumptions to claim that Palean woven baskets are not uniquely Palean. To begin with, the author assumes that because no boat was found, that one doesn't exist. It may be that the boat has not yet been uncovered,or that the boat has been destroyed over time through natural processeslike erosion. In addition, the author also assumes that the the Brim River has remained the same in depth and broadness. It is unclear whether the Brim River as maintained the same dimensions that existed in the era of the Palean and Lithos people. Perhaps the author could provide a geological analysis of the Brim River and its history to support the necessity of boat transportion. In addition, the author also assumes that the distinctive pattern was not uniquely Palean simply because it was found in another city. It could have been that the Paleans migrated to Lithos and resided among the Lithos people. History has shown us that human migration is a natural occurence, and that artifacts in one region has its origins in another. The Paleans could have shared their pattern over time while amalgamating with the Lithos people. Although the author justifies their position with some facts, there seems still to be missing parts of the puzzle.

Hi All! Happy to be apart of the forum and I was hoping to get some help grading my essays from my mock GRE. Thank you all for your help! Jack