“I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time; – I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you: their expression and smile did not – did not strike delight to my very inmost heart so for nothing. People talk of natural sympathies: I…
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“I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time; – I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you: their expression and smile did not – did not strike delight to my very inmost heart so for nothing. People talk of natural sympathies: I…
“I am glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to visit you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will…
“my primal sense of ugliness, my lifelong belief that, as a transsexual, I was a monster” – Joy Ladin Reminder of when the Creature stumbled upon a pool of water and was immediately overcome with disgust and self-hatred. “At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed…
One of the main things I noticed in the reading (Frankenstein, Chapters 14-24), was the use of setting. When the monster eventually murders Elizabeth, he does so during a thunderstorm. This is also ironic because the monster was created during thunderstorm, and he also makes the mistake that will cost…
“Fear of the Monster is really kind of desire” – Jeffery Cohen “What may not be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming…
After reading Cohen’s “Monster Theory”, I was able to connect several of his theses to a contemporary, or “American” monster. The contemporary monster I chose was a mass shooter, also known in popular culture as “school shooters”. The first thesis that connects to this modern day monster is the first…
big data in medicine
“Big Data is Better Data” This TED Talk by Kenneth Cukier was, in my opinion, a great TED Talk to introduce us to Big Data. It started off very simplistic with the introduction of a pie chart and an explanation of it. Cukier seemed very focused on how Big Data…
An article entitled “The big-data revolution in US healthcare: Accelerating value and innovation”, written by Basel Kayyali, is definitely the best sources so far. It includes many real-life examples of how big data is transforming the medical field as we know it. A lot of the evidence in this article…
