Our beliefs have many errors, i.e., deviations from truth.
Reducing error is important goal, for which we are willing to pay substantial costs.
The causes of our errors can be seen as ranging from context specific to general trends.
We in fact have many identifiable stable general error trends, in addition to legion context specific causes.
By reflecting on error causes, we can seek ways to adjust our pattens of thought and social institutions to reduce error.
For a substantial fraction of error causes, we can in fact find feasible adjustments.
It is often more cost-effective to seek and implement adjustments for general trends, than for context specific errors.
The sentence that suggests the narrator does not closely monitor Bar.tleby's performance after hiring him is given below.
<h3>What is the evidence that the lawyer didn't do thorough background checks on Bar.tleby?</h3>
The textual evidence is as follows;
"The Lawyer asks him: "What earthly right have you to stay here? Do you pay any rent? Do you pay any taxes? Or is this property yours?"
Bar.tleby makes no response, and the Lawyer becomes resigned to the idea that Bar.tleby will simply haunt his office, doing nothing.
The Lawyer believes he is doing a good, Christian thing by allowing Bar.tleby to continue existing in his office."
<h3>Who is Bar.tleby?</h3>
From the text "Bar.tleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street", Bar.tleby is an old scrivener at The Lawyer's office, Turkey. He is cheerful and productive until midday, when he gets dru.nk, grumpy, and basically worth.less.
We never discover his full name since The Lawyer only refers to him by his nickname. A twelve-year-old assistant in the legal office.
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I believe that the message the author is trying to convey in this excerpt is that humans need to take action to end further destruction of the natural environment, because if they don't, more and more species will disappear.
Answer:
Explanation:
words that are similar in meaning are called SYNONYMS.I
Example: for question #1
1: synonym for ACT is MOVE
2: synonym for PERFORMED is ACT or PRESENT
3. synonym for COMMON is FAMILIAR
4. synonym for LANGUAGE is SPEECH
5. synonym for QUALITIES is CONDITIONS
all these words mean the same.
for question #2... I don't know
