No one knows for sure who first invented money, but historians believe metal objects were first used as money as early as 5,000 B.C. Around 700 B.C., the Lydians became the first Western culture to make coins. Eventually, societies moved away from using precious metals to make money - the first paper money issued in …
What Can You Do With a Psychology Degree?
Defining Psychology in general terms is “the study of the human mind and human behavior”. This opens numerous investigation possibilities such as; the brain’s functions, how it changes in response to environmental fluctuations (for example in stressful events), how it processes information and taking it further, how it encodes it permanently in the brain (if, …
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Storing data in holograms
Our every-day life is based on storing data. The card you use to open different doors around college, your phone and your laptop are all devices that store data inside them, allowing them to fulfil their functions. For decades now, data storing technology has been based on magnetic data storage and conventional optical data storage. Holographic data …
Is the Governance of the UK Legitimate?
Is the governance of the UK legitimate? The term ‘legitimacy’ is a prominent concept in global politics and international relations, which refers to an acceptable actor acting in an acceptable way. The most general and reasonablesource of legitimacy is democracy, the power of people. A state, in order to be considered democratic, must have a balance of power. Meaning that the decision-making power is spread between three branches: executive, legislator and judicial. Moreover, every vote should count equally, and the government should represent …
Machines or Doctors?
Could machines make doctors obsolete anytime soon or at all? This is most certainly one of the most debated topics of this decade and will become even more so as time proceeds. There is definitely nothing such as a lack of arguments on either of the both fronts of this debate. This short fact- and …
