In the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex‚ blindness is a reoccurring theme which is used in many different ways in the play. Blindness is used quite often and is emphasized with the prophet Tiresias who is literally blind can see the truth unlike Oedipus who is blind to see the truth about his past and the crimes he has committed. It is ironic that the prophets Tiresias who is blind can see better then Oedipus in a metaphorical sense. The prophet Tiresias is physically blind but is able to see much more
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the introduction‚ is to assess change blindness in real life with direct participants rather than through television‚ photographs and computer screens. The experiment tests the hypothesis that people are more likely to detect changes in a scene when directly participating in the experiment. Due to the results of the initial experiment‚ the aim of the study evolved to assess the effect of social groups on change blindness. They hypothesised that change blindness would increase if the participant viewed
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Blindness plays a two-fold part in Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King.” First‚ Sophocles presents blindness as a physical disability affecting the auger Teiresias‚ and later Oedipus; but later‚ blindness comes to mean an inability to see the evil in one’s actions and the consequences that ensue. The irony in this lies in the fact that Oedipus‚ while gifted with sight‚ is blind to himself‚ in contrast to Teiresias‚ blind physically‚ but able to see the evil to which Oedipus
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Furthermore‚ change blindness has been detected in many other studies. In most cases‚ observers do not notice changes that are introduced‚ particularly when these changes occur during disruptions such a blank screen‚ a blink or an eye movement (Simons). Change blindness occurs whenever attention is diverted from the change signal. Additionally‚ changes to objects that are significant to the meaning of the scene or changes to visually distinctive objects are detected more rapidly than other changes
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Simons & Ambinder (2005)‚ is ‘change blindness’‚ i.e.‚ the inability to detect change in a visual stimulus. Jensen et al. (2011) differentiate this from another phenomenon‚ ‘inattentional blindness’‚ in which an unexpected object is not detected within the field of view. Though both phenomena are fundamentally failings of visual awareness‚ each has its own set of cognitive influences and potential implications (Jensen et al.‚ 2011). Moreover‚
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reading or viewing this play‚ it is apparent that there are a few different themes‚ though the one which will be discussed in this essay is the theme of blindness. The theme of blindness is shown through the blind prophet‚ through Oedipus’s blindness in realizing the truth‚ and finally through Oedipus stabbing his own eyes to the point of blindness.
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Tamar Kirkland Pd. 2 Title: 11/9/15 Choice Blindness Question: Does Choice Blindness occur more in females or males? Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to see how much we pay attention to things we feel are confidently right‚ when they are actually wrong. I can conclude from this project if female pay more attention than males‚ and vice versa. Hypothesis: My Hypothesis is that if I show the female test subjects photos‚ a smell or jam that they did not choose‚ then more females
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Introduction and Situational Analysis Merck and River Blindness ethical dilemma is whether to pursue research that may or may affect the profits‚ or to choose a safer choice and go for profit rather than researching the drug. The outcome from researching the drug could possibly lead to healing the deadly and dangerous disease known as River Blindness. This drug is known to kill the parasite that has caused the disease. The problem with this situation was that the consumers of the drug could not pay
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“River Blindness” In 1979‚ Dr. William Campbell‚ a research scientist working for Merck and Company‚ discovered evidence that one of the company’s drugs might kill the parasite that causes river blindness. He then decided to request permission to research this new finding. The mangers for the company noticed that it would take enormous amount of funding and time to develop this new vaccine. This new product could be really hard to market and who was going to actually buy it; it could also
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Merck and River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) In understanding the decision Merck made to donate medicines‚ we need to start by understanding the motivations and core values behind the company that undertook the actions. We can get some insight into these by examining and understanding their company mission statement: The mission of Merck is to provide society with superior products and services‚ innovations‚ and solutions that improve the quality of life and satisfy customer needs-to provide employees
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