I believe the answer is: Consciousness
Consciousness allow you to analyze the internal capabilities that you have and the factors that influence the situation around you.
By knowing this information, you have the capability to identify the next decision/course of action that would benefit you the most.
This human proclivity, wherein the students were shown to be 84% assured in their self-predictions but then they only correctly predicted their own behavior only 71 percent of the time, is known as overconfidence.
Being overconfident may have its own pros and cons depending on the situation this behavior used in.
The chemical composition of sodium dioxide is : <span>Na2O2 . remember that if it has 'dioxide' then it has to have an 02 somewhere</span><span />
Answer:
1. Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.
2. Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
3. Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
4. Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
5. The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
Explanation:
The passage in the question is from the very first paragraph of the text of Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron", a novel about a dystopian world. This excerpt shows the perceived "perfect utopian world' whereas the citizens still seem to be under the constant threat of being 'punished'.
The passage is also an example of the characteristics of a dystopic world that is the setting of the story. Here, propaganda is used as a means to control the citizens, with the restriction of the information and various other independent thoughts. This led to the fear and reluctance of the citizens in associating with the outside world, and the dehumanization of the perceived perfect society. All these is an illusion that the society they are living is the perfect utopian world.
