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FACT VS FAKE

I. FAKE NEWS: 1. Michigan State University SHOOTING SUSPECT is 21 year old 'Lynn Dee Walker.'" https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/internet-hoax-spreads-false-id-on-michigan-state-university-shooter/ 2. Toxic' levels of aluminum found at Mt. Shasta due to 'geoengineering' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/04/20/fact-check-false-claim-toxic-aluminum-levels-mt-shasta-california-geoengineering/11593381002/ 3. Monkeypox "is now classified as a form of herpes." https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/four-false-claims-about-monkeypox/ 4. On what South Korea pays the U.S. to maintain American military bases there: "I had a deal for full payment to us, $Billions, and Biden gave it away." https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/trumps-false-claim-about-defense-deal-with-south-korea/ 5. "But you go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want and no background check." https://www.factcheck.org/2021/04/bidens-missteps-on-gun-policies/ II....

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Passage 1: Title: Supreme Court upholds bail to Pinjra Tod activists; dismisses Delhi Police appeal The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by Delhi Police challenging the bail granted to the three Pinjra Tod activists – Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, and Asif Iqbal Tanha in connection with their provocative speeches during the Delhi riots of February 2020. The trio is facing provisions under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ahsanuddin Amanullah dismissed the appeal that was pending in the top court for nearly two years while clarifying that the June 15, 2021 order of the high court shall not be treated as a precedent by the accused in the trial or in any other proceeding. The Delhi Police had approached the top court to set aside the HC decision as, besides discussion on bail, it questioned the various provisions of UAPA. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the police, said, "The HC judgement...

CONDENSING PASSAGES

Passage 1. Title: Condense the following news story to 60 words while retaining the key facts and the essence of the story:  https://scroll.in/latest/1048441/election-commission-asks-parties-to-focus-on-issue-ba sed-debates-in-karnataka-assembly-campaign Offensive language during the Karnataka elections lead to the Election Commission’s advisory to parties to maintain decorum and concentrate on issue-based discussions. Due to racial unrest, Congress wants to ban Amit Shah and Adityanath’s campaign. PM Modi addresses Congress’s remark calling him a venomous snakes. The Commission issued a warning against personal attacks because they make an unfair playing field. Passage 2. Title: Condense the following news story to 200 words while retaining the key facts and the essence of the story:  https://scroll.in/article/1046939/why-finns-are-so-happy-with-their-lives-and-indi ans-are-not The World Happiness Survey has named Finland the happiest nation in the world for the sixth year in...

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Story 1 :  ' Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton expressed concerns over tools like ChatGPT scouring the internet for information and creating a final product. He believes "the internet might soon be flooded with false photos...and the average person will "not be able to know what is true anymore". He adds, machine learning "takes away the drudge work...It might take away more than that" Headlines:  -Godfather of AI, Geoffrey hinton, quits google, warns of growing dangers of AI. -Godfather of AI leaves google. Story 2 : After Congress released its Karnataka polls manifesto, in which it promised to impose a complete ban on Bajrang Dal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah called it "appeasement politics". "They didn't do anything when it came to Ram Mandir. Now they've a problem with Bajrang Bali too," Shah said, adding the people of Karnataka will decide if Congress is right. Headlines: - Congress unveils poll manifesto, vows ban on Ba...

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ASSIGNMENT

Structuralism: is a mode of knowledge of nature and human life that is interested in relationships rather than individual objects or, alternatively, where objects are defined by the set of relationships of which they are part and not by the qualities possessed by them taken in isolation.  (1) Structuralism attempts to analyze world as a production of ideas. (2) It assumes that the world has a logical pattern. (3) There is death of the subject, that is, the individual in structural analyses is dead. It was focused on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components. Researchers tried to understand the basic elements of consciousness using a method known as introspection. An example of structuralism is describing an apple. An apple is crisp, sweet, juicy, round, and hard. Another example of structuralism is describing your experience at the ocean by saying it is windy, salty, and cold.  Post-structuralism: is an intellectual movement that emerged in philosophy and t...