Theory of Knowledge

Black Mirror, a Netflix show that has a satirical twist on futuristic lifestyles, had an entire episode dedicated to the idea of how we might be able to talk to our loved ones when they pass. The episode features a woman who has lost her husband and is filled with grief until she stumbles across a website that promotes the idea of soaking up your loved one's virtual self from their social media websites and using this to talk to, and later on using to fill a clone with that personality. Upon looking this up, to see if this was ever a possibility, I found a website called eterni.me which is encompassing the same key ideas as Black Mirror and wants to make this a possibility. Only limited people are able now to test and see these websites capabilities as it is a work in progress, however, thousands are signed up on website's waiting list and want everything that this website has to offer for when their loved one passes. The website uses people's innate fear of death in order ...

How has your study of a group 4 subject affected the knowledge you employ in your day-to-day dealings with the world? My group 4 subject is sports, exercise and health science. Through the year, we have gone through the syllabus from learning the parts of the body (muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints etc), nutrition and dietary requirements for different body compositions with level of exertion, how energy is created and used in the muscles with specifics in anaerobic and aerobic exercise and seeing exercise movements at a cellular level with how muscles contract. Day-to-day this constantly affects the knowledge I employ with a range of differenct activities and even the most basic components of human life such as eating and simple movements. When eating anything, I immediately think of macronutrients, miconutrients and the different energy and sufficiency that the food meets. When sprinting to class when I am late, I am thinking of the cellular process that is happening inside my bo...