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Kate102 While doing the trials, although my reaction time improved overall, it didn't improve consistently. Actually, the reaction time fluctuated so much that in some trials the reaction time got much worse than the previous trial. If humans were like machines, then the reaction time wouldn'...

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Penname: JawnyQuest  Question 4 Our ruler lab results do not support the idea that humans are like machines. First, because it was another human and I completing this experiment, there were times where we would have a f...

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Pen name: broccoli  The data that my partner and I collected suggests that humans are different from machines. The data showed widely varying results in all of the trials with no steady improvement (th...

tartantalker13 · tartantalker13

-TartanTalker13- I do not agree with the fact that humans are very similar to the functionality of machines. Although machines are able to improve with greater technology, they are mostly consistant with every result. Humans fluctuate on trials because we are not able to generate the same amount o...

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Penname: Minifreud This lab disproves the argument that humans are like machines due to the fact that the variation was way too high. Whether the change was due to the fact that my reflexes were getting faster, or my actions were different every time, this change does not exist in computers. Unlike a h...

Mini Anna Freud · Mini Anna Freud

I disagree with Gleitman's view of humans as machines because, if we were suppose to be like machines, then we would be much more efficient in our results. Even with ultimate focus, we still fail to be as efficient as machine because our reaction times changes almost every time. With machines, they wo...

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carnegiescottie The results of this lab do not support the view of humans as machines in any way. My results contained way too much variation for me to even consider that we as humans work in the same systematic way machines do. If we were machines we would achieve the same reaction time repeatedly. My...

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Pen names: dreams09 The result of our lab does not support the views of Gletiman. Our results show inconsistent reaction times unlike a machine which would not have so much variation. Also a machine is not able to learn and improve. The machine cant focus on the response or stimulus. -- Edited by 102in...

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Pen name: Eriatlov To a degree I would have to say that the test lends some support to the idea of humans as machines. When focusing on the action I needed to take in response to the stimulus, I did slightly better. A machine tends to be able to take stimulus quite readily, and yet the response to the stimul...

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melissa alleyne 4.The results of this lab does not support the view of humans as machines as Descartes notes in chapter three because if humans were more machine-like the results of this lab would be more constant and practice would indeed make perfect. But because the results are jumpy and inconsis...

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theblacksheep I believe that humans and machines are ultimately different, but they have a few similarities. Machines and humans both have a purpose and a goal for doing something and we complete tasks through a process. We are wired similarly, but instead of electrical sensors we have nerves and...

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pen name: lily Well after doing this lab, I think humans are fundamentally different from machines. We defiantly are not as accurate as machines. I did not get the same reaction time throughout the 8 trials. Instead, my time fluctuated a lot. This shows humans are not machine like; we are not rigid, w...

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-Gaon Based on the data I got on this lab, the results of this lab do not support the view of humans as machines. In the sense that we move according to signals that we cannot control, we are like machines following a written program in their system. However, it is the precision of results that we differ fr...

MarchTwelfth · MarchTwelfth

This lab does not support the view of humans as machines. My response time did not get consistently better, but instead was rather inconsistent. This is perhaps due to my varying levels of concentration due to me focusing on other activities other than the ruler. Machines follow precise instructio...

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question 4: How do the results of this lab support (or not support) the view of humans as machines as discussed in the Chapter 2 of Gleitman? My results of the lab do not support the view of humans as machines as discussed in Gleitman. Based on the experience of this lab, humans improve with practice and t...

Sammin · Sammin

After witnessing the result of this lab, I realized just how similar to machines we are. It's like the nerves of our bodies are the wires of a machine, and the electrical impulses that travel along them certainly do take time to travel to their destination. By studying the results, I can clearly see a co...

ajanakir · ajanakir

With regards to the chapter, I do NOT agree that humans are like machines. During the course of the experiment there was a marked improvement in the reaction times (especially for my right hand). This, however, would not have been the case for a machine, which would have given a consistent performanc...

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I believe that my results does not demonstrate human beings being machines because of the constantly fluctuating results, and the general improvement that I experienced. As machines, these values should be fairly consistent which totally contradicts with my results.

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Pen-name: Finky314 Question 4: How do the results of this lab support (or not support) the view of humans as machines as discussed in Chapter two of Gleitman? There are two views associated with "humans as machines." The first is that of Descartes. It is predicated around the fact that t...

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Machines and humans are not the same. Machines can successfully reproduce the same motion consistently. Humans can attempt to reproduce the same motion, but there will always be a margin of error. Humans are not consistent. -- Edited by 102intro on Sunday 13th of September 2009 10:03:28 P...

dreamerpsych102 · dreamerpsych102

-- Posting as dreamerpsych102 -- I do not agree with the fact that machines and humans are the same. Machines can mimic the same motions for every trial and are consistent. On the other hand, humans can try to mimic the motions but it is impossible to get the same results every time and be as precise...

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The Infamous: From the irregular data I received from the ruler lab, I disagree with the claim of humans being similar to machines. Although we do have reflexes and take certain time to react to what our eyes perceive and how our brain processes signals, our reaction time do not follow a pattern enough...

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The results of the ruler lab show a clear improvement in the reaction time to catch the falling ruler. The improvement factor in reaction time shows the difference between humans and machines. The human body does in a way work like a machine as in there is an input and output, but the difference is that h...

GOAT · GOAT

For the ruler lab I was able to perform the task fairly well, and my reaction times generally improved over the course of the experiment. However, there was always some amount of variation in my times. I do not think these behaviors supports the views of humans as machines; a machine wou...

fruitjunkie · fruitjunkie

Descartes believed that the human functioned semi-mechanically. However, our lab results do not fully support this argument. Our reaction times improved with practice, whereas machines cannot think to do things faster. Their improvement is achieved only by changing the machinery to have fast...

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Pen name: Blackhawk I had a dream that I was gifted a Ferrari. And then I gave one of my friends a chance to drive it with me in the passenger seat. We are really enjoying the drive when suddenly a car comes out of nowhere and my friend turns the car over a hill. The car was falling down the hill .....thats all...

Ron Weasley · Ron Weasley

I was at home with my mom, dad, and sister. (I don't know where my other sister was). We were all sitting in the family room watching some presidential election on TV. I don't know which presidential election it was though. All I remember was the President was announced and then balloons started to fall...

MeganSmith · MeganSmith

I thought about my dream about 20 minutes after i woke up. I was at the US open ( flushing meadows) and i watched Andy Roddick lose horribly. ( He actually did lose!) I don't really remember any details but I do remember being really upset.

ReppinNY · ReppinNY

In my dream I was back home and my family was having a party in the backyard. I was at the next door neighbor's house in their backyard, and I could see the party at my house very clearly. There was a cop car in my backyard for some reason, and nothing looked the same as it does in real life. I was having some...

ehollins28 · ehollins28

Well, my dream started off with me walking a veryt long distance. It seem liked I was traveling across states in a matter of seconds but I was walking very fast. I entered a bank. A bunch of guys with ski mask covering there faces rushed into the bank behind and locked the doors. The leader of the operatio...

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	Ruler Lab (Preview) Kate102 While doing the trials, although my reaction time improved overall, it didn't improve consistently. Actually, the reaction time fluctuated so much that in some trials the reaction time got much worse than the previous trial. If humans were like machines, then the reaction time wouldn'...	102intro	1	234	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab Question 4 (Preview) Penname: JawnyQuest <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Question 4 Our ruler lab results do not support the idea that humans are like machines. First, because it was another human and I completing this experiment, there were times where we would have a f...	102intro	0	213	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) Pen name: broccoli <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> The data that my partner and I collected suggests that humans are different from machines. The data showed widely varying results in all of the trials with no steady improvement (th...	102intro	1	232	Sep 15, 2009 by Mini Anna Freud
	Ruler Lab Response (Preview) -TartanTalker13- I do not agree with the fact that humans are very similar to the functionality of machines. Although machines are able to improve with greater technology, they are mostly consistant with every result. Humans fluctuate on trials because we are not able to generate the same amount o...	tartantalker13	1	238	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) Penname: Minifreud This lab disproves the argument that humans are like machines due to the fact that the variation was way too high. Whether the change was due to the fact that my reflexes were getting faster, or my actions were different every time, this change does not exist in computers. Unlike a h...	102intro	1	230	Sep 15, 2009 by popsiclesareyummy
	Ruler Lab! (Preview) I disagree with Gleitman's view of humans as machines because, if we were suppose to be like machines, then we would be much more efficient in our results. Even with ultimate focus, we still fail to be as efficient as machine because our reaction times changes almost every time. With machines, they wo...	Mini Anna Freud	2	242	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab-We are not machines (Preview) carnegiescottie The results of this lab do not support the view of humans as machines in any way. My results contained way too much variation for me to even consider that we as humans work in the same systematic way machines do. If we were machines we would achieve the same reaction time repeatedly. My...	102intro	0	212	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) Pen names: dreams09 The result of our lab does not support the views of Gletiman. Our results show inconsistent reaction times unlike a machine which would not have so much variation. Also a machine is not able to learn and improve. The machine cant focus on the response or stimulus. -- Edited by 102in...	102intro	0	216	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab, are we machines? (Preview) Pen name: Eriatlov To a degree I would have to say that the test lends some support to the idea of humans as machines. When focusing on the action I needed to take in response to the stimulus, I did slightly better. A machine tends to be able to take stimulus quite readily, and yet the response to the stimul...	102intro	0	195	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	ruler lab (Preview) melissa alleyne 4.The results of this lab does not support the view of humans as machines as Descartes notes in chapter three because if humans were more machine-like the results of this lab would be more constant and practice would indeed make perfect. But because the results are jumpy and inconsis...	102intro	1	256	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) theblacksheep I believe that humans and machines are ultimately different, but they have a few similarities. Machines and humans both have a purpose and a goal for doing something and we complete tasks through a process. We are wired similarly, but instead of electrical sensors we have nerves and...	102intro	1	269	Sep 15, 2009 by 102intro
	ruler lab question 4 (Preview) pen name: lily Well after doing this lab, I think humans are fundamentally different from machines. We defiantly are not as accurate as machines. I did not get the same reaction time throughout the 8 trials. Instead, my time fluctuated a lot. This shows humans are not machine like; we are not rigid, w...	102intro	0	228	Sep 14, 2009 by 102intro
	Humans = Machines? (Preview) -Gaon Based on the data I got on this lab, the results of this lab do not support the view of humans as machines. In the sense that we move according to signals that we cannot control, we are like machines following a written program in their system. However, it is the precision of results that we differ fr...	102intro	2	236	Sep 14, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) This lab does not support the view of humans as machines. My response time did not get consistently better, but instead was rather inconsistent. This is perhaps due to my varying levels of concentration due to me focusing on other activities other than the ruler. Machines follow precise instructio...	MarchTwelfth	0	198	Sep 14, 2009 by MarchTwelfth
	ruler lab #4 (Preview) question 4: How do the results of this lab support (or not support) the view of humans as machines as discussed in the Chapter 2 of Gleitman? My results of the lab do not support the view of humans as machines as discussed in Gleitman. Based on the experience of this lab, humans improve with practice and t...	102intro	0	229	Sep 14, 2009 by 102intro
	RULER LAB RESPONSE (Preview) After witnessing the result of this lab, I realized just how similar to machines we are. It's like the nerves of our bodies are the wires of a machine, and the electrical impulses that travel along them certainly do take time to travel to their destination. By studying the results, I can clearly see a co...	Sammin	2	332	Sep 14, 2009 by 102intro
	RULER LAB (Preview) With regards to the chapter, I do NOT agree that humans are like machines. During the course of the experiment there was a marked improvement in the reaction times (especially for my right hand). This, however, would not have been the case for a machine, which would have given a consistent performanc...	ajanakir	2	254	Sep 14, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) I believe that my results does not demonstrate human beings being machines because of the constantly fluctuating results, and the general improvement that I experienced. As machines, these values should be fairly consistent which totally contradicts with my results.	102intro	2	254	Sep 14, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab - Question # 4 (Preview) Pen-name: Finky314 Question 4: How do the results of this lab support (or not support) the view of humans as machines as discussed in Chapter two of Gleitman? There are two views associated with "humans as machines." The first is that of Descartes. It is predicated around the fact that t...	102intro	1	240	Sep 14, 2009 by cmusich
	Ruler Lab - A.T.M. (Preview) Machines and humans are not the same. Machines can successfully reproduce the same motion consistently. Humans can attempt to reproduce the same motion, but there will always be a margin of error. Humans are not consistent. -- Edited by 102intro on Sunday 13th of September 2009 10:03:28 P...	102intro	0	235	Sep 13, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) -- Posting as dreamerpsych102 -- I do not agree with the fact that machines and humans are the same. Machines can mimic the same motions for every trial and are consistent. On the other hand, humans can try to mimic the motions but it is impossible to get the same results every time and be as precise...	dreamerpsych102	0	201	Sep 13, 2009 by dreamerpsych102
	Question 4- machines (Preview) The Infamous: From the irregular data I received from the ruler lab, I disagree with the claim of humans being similar to machines. Although we do have reflexes and take certain time to react to what our eyes perceive and how our brain processes signals, our reaction time do not follow a pattern enough...	102intro	0	200	Sep 13, 2009 by 102intro
	ruler lab (Preview) The results of the ruler lab show a clear improvement in the reaction time to catch the falling ruler. The improvement factor in reaction time shows the difference between humans and machines. The human body does in a way work like a machine as in there is an input and output, but the difference is that h...	102intro	0	214	Sep 13, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) For the ruler lab I was able to perform the task fairly well, and my reaction times generally improved over the course of the experiment. However, there was always some amount of variation in my times. I do not think these behaviors supports the views of humans as machines; a machine wou...	GOAT	1	241	Sep 12, 2009 by 102intro
	Ruler Lab (Preview) Descartes believed that the human functioned semi-mechanically. However, our lab results do not fully support this argument. Our reaction times improved with practice, whereas machines cannot think to do things faster. Their improvement is achieved only by changing the machinery to have fast...	fruitjunkie	1	223	Sep 11, 2009 by Chevy
	Car Crash (Preview) Pen name: Blackhawk I had a dream that I was gifted a Ferrari. And then I gave one of my friends a chance to drive it with me in the passenger seat. We are really enjoying the drive when suddenly a car comes out of nowhere and my friend turns the car over a hill. The car was falling down the hill .....thats all...	102intro	0	193	Sep 9, 2009 by 102intro
	My Dream (Round 2) (Preview) I was at home with my mom, dad, and sister. (I don't know where my other sister was). We were all sitting in the family room watching some presidential election on TV. I don't know which presidential election it was though. All I remember was the President was announced and then balloons started to fall...	Ron Weasley	0	243	Sep 8, 2009 by Ron Weasley
	dreamm 2nd week (Preview) I thought about my dream about 20 minutes after i woke up. I was at the US open ( flushing meadows) and i watched Andy Roddick lose horribly. ( He actually did lose!) I don't really remember any details but I do remember being really upset.	MeganSmith	0	241	Sep 8, 2009 by MeganSmith
	my dream (Preview) In my dream I was back home and my family was having a party in the backyard. I was at the next door neighbor's house in their backyard, and I could see the party at my house very clearly. There was a cop car in my backyard for some reason, and nothing looked the same as it does in real life. I was having some...	ReppinNY	0	227	Sep 8, 2009 by ReppinNY
	The Traveling Dream (Preview) Well, my dream started off with me walking a veryt long distance. It seem liked I was traveling across states in a matter of seconds but I was walking very fast. I entered a bank. A bunch of guys with ski mask covering there faces rushed into the bank behind and locked the doors. The leader of the operatio...	ehollins28	0	233	Sep 8, 2009 by ehollins28
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