English 122 help

Respond to 2 peers engaging with the peer and asking questions.

Peer 1:

(Nadia S)

Konrad Szocik, a certified space philosopher at Yale University released this article in 2020 talking about the challenges of Space Exploration, one of them being space colonization. This article is biased but backed with properly sourced research and experiments from previous scientists. The majority of his article specifically the topic of space colonization is trying to create a new opening conversation with the challenges of space exploration and its effect on humans. Konrad Szocik also opened a conversation about possible solutions and other questions with space exploration using sources that clash with previous and other sources in perspective.

.Though this second source, a book from 2012 features the problems of space exploration, it also highlights the necessity of it as well, especially space colonization. It contrasts well with my first chosen article.  S.V. Krichevskiy is a Doctor philosopher, a professor at the Institute for the History of Science and Technology in Moscow, Russia. He is a reliable professor with credible sources to his name. Within his research article, he proved many credible sources from his own research. 

It was difficult to find two sources that contrast each other, especially finding a specific subtopic of space exploration. These two articles work well because they both highlight the contrasting perspective of space exploration that many of us don’t critically think about through philosophy and research. The first article talks about how hard space exploration will be for humans while the second one also introduced why it is necessary.

Work Cited

Szocik, Konrad, et al. “Ethical Challenges in Human Space Missions: A Space Refuge,

Scientific Value, and Human Gene Editing for Space.” Science & Engineering

Ethics, vol. 26, no. 3, June 2020, pp. 1209–27. EBSCOhost,

https://doi-org.ccco.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11948-019-00131-1.

Krichevskiy S. V. “Space Colonization: Problems and Prospects.” Философия и

Космология, vol. 11, no. 1, Apr. 2012, pp. 135–43. EBSCOhost,

https://search-ebscohost-com.ccco.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eds

oj&AN=edsdoj.1a5da8c483004183841a622bd6f971d5&site=eds-live&scope=site

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Peer 2: Brennen M)

The first article I found is from New York Times. It was posted in 2018, so its fairly recent, and is recent enough for my topic. This source shows 5 different maps that show the opinions of U.S. citizens on various climate change topics. This article was written by Nadja Popovich, a journalist who has worked for various other newspapers before. This article is mostly fact, with no bias or persuasion at all.

The second article I found comes from the British Journal of Politics & International Relations. The article was posted in 2020, so it’s only a few years old, which works well for my topic This source uses a lot of different types of information, such as surveys, graphs, other articles, and more. It also includes references to the data and quotations it uses. This article was written by Sam Crawley, Hilde Coffee, and Ralph Chapman, and all three have a background in environmental topics. I would say that BJPIR is a good source of information. It takes quite a few steps to even have a paper that can be published, so nobody can easily put false information onto the articles. The source is factual, provides a lot of evidence, and has very little bias.

I feel that these articles work fairly well together. Some people may question the true credibility of the first article, but it works for the topic being discussed. They are both credible sources that show two different topics about climate change. One talks about how people feel about climate change, while the other talks about how the government isn’t doing much about climate change, and why people lose awareness of climate change.

Works Cited

Crawley, Sam, et al. “Public Opinion on Climate Change: Belief and Concern, Issue Salience and Support for Government Action.” British Journal of Politics & International Relations, vol. 22, no. 1, Feb. 2020, pp. 102–21. EBSCOhost, doi-org.ccco.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/1369148119888827.

Popovich, Nadja. “Where Americans (Mostly) Agree on Climate Change Policies, in Five Maps.” New York Times, vol. 168, no. 58135, 3 Nov. 2018, p. A13. EBSCOhost, search-ebscohost-com.ccco.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=132831623&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

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