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Just my thoughts #0707

Milutin Milanković argued that the Earth’s Ice Age was caused by a change in the Earth’s orbit around the sun. This change is said to affect the inclination of the Earth’s northern and southern hemispheres and reduce the amount of solar radiation. However, the main reason is believed to be that summer isn’t hot enough. The ice kept accumulating as summer passed, and winter arrived before all the ice could melt. Even in our lives, things we neglect tend to build up and lead to big problems. Small, untreated chores can produce significant results over time. Good luck or bad luck, maybe that’s all there is. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0452

In languages such as English, the form or pronunciation of an article differs depending on whether the following noun begins with a consonant or a vowel. In other words, the change in the article that precedes the noun (e.g., ‘a’ or ‘an’) is influenced by the noun that follows it. There is a logical contradiction in that the article must be pronounced before the nouns to follow, yet it must already be determined and spoken even if the noun hasn’t been stated yet. This situation presents a challenge. A significant cognitive process occurs in an English-speaking person, where one must speak while simultaneously predicting the words that will come next. Learning a foreign language involves training your brain to make this process habitual, reducing the prediction time and requiring less cognitive effort. Ultimately, one must rely on patterns that are memorized through repetition. Thus, memorization and repetition serve as effective strategies to overcome these contradictory connections. -...