Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM/BMS/MBA/MBS & +2)

Ray Bradbury, USA (1920-2012) " A Sound of Thunder " is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury . The story is about a man named Eckels who is a passionate hunter. Eckels travels back in time to kill a dinosaur but his actions alter the balance of nature and he changes the future. The author uses a series of unique describing techniques, which make this story full of surprises.  Ray Bradbury presents the fact of how the small act of human beings at present can change the future drastically.  The story is set in 2055. A hunter named Eckels goes on an adventure travelling back into the past on a safari to kill a  Tyrannosaurus Rex . As they wait to depart, they talk about the recent presidential elections, in which an apparently fascist candidate,  Deutscher , has just been defeated by the more moderate  Keith , to the relief of many people. After the party arrives in the past,  Travis  (the hunting guide) and  Lesperance...

Chapter 15: Reasoning About Causation In many situations, causes are correlated with their effects.  An event C is said to be positively correlated with E when the presence of C increases the probability that E will also occur.  C is said to be negatively correlated with E when C decreases the probability of E .  If C has no effect on the probability of E , then C is not correlated with E , or C is independent of E . So for example, the appearance of lightning is positively correlated with thunder, negatively correlated with a clear sky, and presumably not at all correlated with the day of the week.  Correlation is about how often two things are associated with each other, so there is no thunder without lightning. This is 100% or a perfect correlation.  Smoking is positively correlated with lung cancer, but obviously, not all smokers will get cancer.  A low correlation between two types of events does not rule out causation in particular...

FLAX GOLDEN TALES SUMMARIES: Yudhisthira's Wisdom The Brave Little Parrot If Not Higher Why Go to University? Don't Cut Down the Trees, Brother Woodcutter Surely You are Joking, Mr. Feynman A 1996 Commencement Speech The Parrot in the Cage A Sound of Thunder No Smoke From the Chimneys The Wretched Stone TV Can be a Good Parent Marriage is a Private Affair Then and Now: Finding My Voice Arranging a Marriage in India Life is Sweet at Kumansenu The Lunatic How Sane are We? Gaia The Making of a Scientist Scientific Inquiry: Invention and Test King John and the Abbot Canterbury Third Thoughts The Clock Tower The Stub-Book Mr. Know All Keeping Errors at Bay What is Intelligence, Anyway? To His Coy Mistress The Telegram on the Table Piano The Great Answer Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening A Tale Ethics Where the Mind is Without Fear New Year