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BORES - E. V. Lucas, 1. Why does Lucas say everybody is a bore at sometime?, Lucas says that everybody is a bore because everybody now and again has a, and the fixed ideas of the few are the boredom of the many., 2. Why is ‘Lucas’ peer described as eccentric?, , Lucas peer is described as eccentric because he had the habit of thinking loud., , fixed idea to impart, , His thoughts were, , - _ often at variance with his words., , 3. Why, according to Lucas, are bores happy?, According to Lucas bores are happy because they h, to tell it to., , 4. Why do bores always find an audience?, , Bores always find an audience because of the ineradicable kindness of human nature., cant tell the bores to go away as they are bored with them., , 5. What was the compact made by Lucas acquaintance with the page boy to escape from, , ave so much to tell and they can find people, , People, , bores?, Lucas acquaintance asked the page boy to come and say he is wanted on the telephone whenever, he is attacked by a bore in a club., , 6. What is the greatest asset of a bore?, The greatest asset of a bore is his simplicity that disarms., , 7. According to Lucas who are seldom bores?, According to Lucas, Astute, crafty man and very busy men are seldom bores., , 8. Who is button holding bores?, Button holding bore is the one who comes close-up the man wih threads bird line ali over you, , 9, What will happen if the weekly humorous paper ceases publication?, , Tf the weekly humorous paper ceases publication there would be a decrease in bore topics, because then no one would any longer repeat those sayings of his children which are good, enough for punch. ., , y Paragraph Questions, , 1. How do Bores thrive on the weakness and benignancy of human nature?, , No bore is conscious of his borishness. He thinkshimself as the most companionable. In fact, everybody is a bore because there are occasions when one has to impart a fixed idea. The fixed, ideas of the few are the boredom of the many. Even the least self control man sometimes force, others to listen to their personal experiences. Egotism is the foundation stone of bores. He thinks, what interests him must interest others also. Bores are happy because they are so much to tell and, they get people to listen to them. The tragedy is that they always find their listens, even the, notorious bores too. It is because of the kindness of human nature. Nobody will say “please go, away, you bore me”. Bores gives us only two options — listen to them or run away. So we tend to, listen because of the benignancy of human nature, , H 2. Why does Lucas describe bores as happy men and world’s axle trees?, , Bores as a rule bores always. Egotism is the foundation stone of bores. They believe that what, , interest him and involves himself as a central figure must interest each others. All the time, , something is happening in which he is the central figure. He talks about himself, his house, his, garden, his wife, his children, his car, his handicap, his health, the ancestry the strange way in, which people tell him, their secrets ard seek his advice, his humorous way with waiters, his, immunity from influence his travels, the instinct that always takes him to him to good, , , , , , Scanned with CamSeanner

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eee, , ee ">., mers, his ideas about the best =, he world depends upon, , , , restaurants, his clothes, his dentists, his freedom from old custo, church, what he likes in art and his triumph over tax-men . They think t, them. They are thus world’s happy men and world’s axle trees., , 3. Types of bores as discussed in Luca’s essay ‘Bores’?, Everybody is a bore, because now and again has a fixed ide, are the boredom of the many. Egotism is the foundation stone of bores., things happening in their life, in which he is the central figure. These are happy man, they can, always find their listeners of all the bores. The worst is the one who comes very close to you., The buttonhole bore this is the kind described as “the man who spreads bird line all over you ’, The worst thing is when they come too close to you and tell you a funny story at is not funny ali., Then there is the bore who begins a funny story and although you tell him you have heard it,, doesn’t stop. Another worst type bore is the man who says “where should we be without our, sense of humour”? Then there is the man who says “Live and let live” as authors dear father used, to say. In fact we are all bores on one way or the other., , a to impart and fixed ideas of the few, Some bores always says, , Essay, 1. Write an essay on E.V. Lucas as an observer of life in the light of Bores?, E.V. Lucas was a keen observer of life. In the essay “Bores’ Lucas makes a witty observation of, a common human trait imposing two much of ourselves on others. A bore is a person wno, arouses boredom. A long conversation does not necessarily make a person bore. We had gre«t, conversationalist like Dr. Johnson if and Fidel Castro. It is the irrelevance of the subject, total, disregard for the context , non consideration for the listeners interest that makes a person a bore., Bore thrive on our own human nature kindness and a tendency to listen to others., Lucas goes on to say who a bore is. No bore is conscious of the borishness. He, thinks himself as the most companionable. In fact everybody is a bore because there are, occasions when one has to impart a fixed idea. The fixed ideas of the few are the boredom of the, many. Even the least self centered man sometime force others listen to their personal experience., But bores are always bores. Egotism is the foundation stone of bores. He thinks what intersects, him must interest others also., Something new is always happening in which the bore is the central figure. He, talks about himself, his house, his garden, his wife, his children, his ear, his travels and so on., : A bore thinks that what interest himself must interest others also. Bores are, happy because they have so much to tell and they get people to listen to them. The tragedy is that, they always find their listeners-cven the notorious bores find listeners. It is because of the, kindness of the human nature. Nobody will say ‘please go away you bore me’. Bores gives us, only two options-listen to them or run away. So we tend to listen., Lucas goes onto describe the kinds of bores of all bores the worst is the one who, comes very close to you. The buttonhole bore. This is the kind described “The man who spreads, birdlime all over you”. The worst thing is when they come to close to you and tell you a funny, Story that is funny at all. It is humiliating to pretend laughing. But we do it because of our kind, WE Then there is a bore who says nothing but his unfailing sense of humour saved him. Then ,, there is the man ‘vho says “live and let live”. The author's father was like that. The style of, , , , , , , , , , , , Lucas is highly withy., ; ‘Bors’ is a typical Lucas essay. The writer makes withy observation about one of, universal human trait imposing two much of ourselves on others., , Scanned with CamSeanner

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L, , ———, SSS Se, , Night Walkers and Mystery Mongers:, , Sense and non- sense At the Edge of Science (Carl Sagan), , . How did Alexander of Abonutichus deal with the written questions in sealed envelop?, When alone he would lift off the seal, read the message, remake the envelop and attach a, response., - In what form has science emerged in the popular mind?, Science has emerged in the popular mind as a primary means of penetrating the secrets of the, universe., 3. What makes Sagan say “playing fast and loose” with the truth is a very serious matter?, Many people claims that it is possible to float in the air unaided. Those who make uncritical, observations or fraudulent claims lead us into error and deflect from us the major human goal, of understanding how the world works. This situation makes Sagan say that “playing fast and, loose” with that truth is a very serious matter., 4. What is mean by pre — cognitive experience?, Pre conjunctive experience is a when a person has a compelling perception of an imminent, disaster, the death of a loved one, or a communication from a long lost friend, and the, predicted event then occurs., 5. What can be the reasons for the strange light in the sky, to Sagan?, According to Sagan the strange light in the sky may be an automobile headlight reflect off a, high attitude cloud, or a flight of luminescent insects or an unconventional aircraft with un, conventional lighting patterns., 6. What was the invitation from the office of the president in 1977 that NASA received and why, did it decline it?, Many reports of seeing flying saucers UFO were coming from different people and places., “tne invitation was to undertake a serious investigation of the UFO reports. When hoaxes and, anecdotes were excluded, there was nothing left to study and therefore NASA declined it., 7. Upon which what does the success of science depend?, The success of science depends upon the self ® correcting character of science. There must, be a way of testing any valid idea. It must be possible to reproduce any valid experiment., Science depends on valid proof and not beliefs and hearsay., 8. What are nieteorites?, The stones that fall from heaven are meteorites., 9. What method is used in everyday practical matters?, The method used in everyday practical matters is critical and sceptical examination .When, , buying a new or used car, we insist on written warranties, test drivers and checks of particular, parts., , 10.What is the best anigEdote of Pseudo?, , The best antidote for Pseudo science is real science,, , Paragraph Questions, , The imposter of Alexander the oracle monger?, , Alexander Abonutichus a master conman lived in 2" century Greece, during the reign of the, , Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. He was handsome, clever and totally unscrupulous. He, , went about living on occult pretensions. He rushed into the market place naked except for a, loincloth, with a scimitar. Shaking his long loose hair, he climbed into a high altar and, delivered a long speech, predicting the coming of a aew and oracular god. He then ye rushed, , N, , , , , Scanned with CamSeanner

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"UC, eo ———, , he people would follow him. There he discovered a, , ke, He himself previously buried it. Opening the egg, , od. Then he would go to his house for a few, , say this serpent, , large serpent. Then he would, pent was large and one docile, , from Macedonia. It was out fitted with linen head of, , dimly lit. Because of the huge crowd no visitor could, Alexander would say the snake, , , , ———, into the const, goose eg in whi, he would say that, , days. Later he woul, was the one he got earlier from t, , which had got for this purpose, somewhat human face. The room was, , stay for very long or inspect the serpent very carefully. Then s, would answer written questions, delivered in sealed enveloped. When alone he would lift off, , the seal, read the message, remake the envelope, and attach a response. People from all over, the empire flocked to see this wonder, an oracle serpent with the head of a man. Ifa rich man, | or woman revealed some weakness or secret he extorted money from them. With all this he, , got lot of money and popularity., 2. Instance of extra sensory perception cited by Sagan?, One of the most striking instances of extrasensory perception is the precognitive experience., , This is when a person has foreknowledge of an imminent disaster like the death of a loved, one. Those who have he such experience report some kind of emotional intensity and a sense, of conduct with another realm of reality Sagan had such an experience. Many years ago he, evoke in the dead of night in a cold sweat. He dreamt about the death of a close relative. He, was worried even to make a phone call to verify the truth of it .In fact the relative is alive and, well. His fore knowledge proved wrong. Suppose the relative died that night it would be, difficult to convince him that it was a coincidence. Each American has such premonitory, experiences a few time in his lifetime. But it is rare that a person dream of a disaster and then, immediately it happens. He did not write a letter to an institute of parapsychology because it, did not happen. If his dreams had comes true, such a letter would have been taken as an, evidence of pre- cognitions. The hits are recorded, but the misses are not. Thus human naiure—, produces biased reporting., 3. How does Sagan distinguish between those who promote borderline belief system and those, who accept them?, Sagan makes a distinction between those who penetrate and promote broader line belief, systems and those who accept them. Those who accepted them are attracted by the novelty of, the Systems and feeling of insight and grandeur they give. These are in fact scientific aria, and scientific goals. It is easy to imagine visitors from other planets, flying in their s :, vehicles or airplanes and teaching us civilization. It is similar to western religious stories "The, search for Martian microbes or interstellar radio messages is more difficult to unde: , i, There is a lot of interest in scientific questions schools, press and commercial Payision a ,, imaginative and ineffective effort at science education and scientist do not do mi ch °, PEpularise science. Flying sauce or UFO’s are well known to everyone seeing a stran, mn :, in the sky doesn’t mean somebody from other planet is coming to visit us. It oe b ., automobile head light reflected off a high attitude cloud or a fight of pane ly . an, ee. with strange lightening patterns. There has been no clear evidence of any, Essay, 2 : +, song we and Noccencs ue cae, se and Nonsense at the edge of science” is a feature, , was written by arl Sagan. He gives different instances of oracle mongers in the feature., Cae ae, ~, Page 2, , ruction site of a temple. T, ch there was @ baby snal, t the baby snake is the new g, , id be seen entwined with a, he egg it had grown. The ser], , , , Scanned with CamSeanner

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Alexander Abonutichus a master conman lived in 2" century Greece, ete, the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, He was handsome, clever and totally, unscrupulous. He went about living on occult pretensions, He rushed into the market nce, naked except for a loincloth, with a scimitar. Shaking his long loose hair, he climbed into a, high altar and delivered a long speech, predicting the coming of a new and oracular god. He, then successful into the construction site of a temple. The people would follow him. ihere he, discovered a goose egg in within there was a baby snake. He himself previously buried it., Opening the egg he would say that the baby snake is the new god. Then he would go to his, house for a few days. Later he would be seen entwined with a large serpent. Then he would, say this spent was the are he got earlier from the egg it had grown, Then serpent Ne large, and decline one which had got for this purpose fromyMacédamnia. Jt was out fitted with a linen, head of somewhat human face. The room was dimly Tit. Because of the huge crowd no, visitor could stay for very long or inspect the serpent very carefully. Then Alexander would, say the snake would answer written questions, delivered in sealed enveloped. When alone he, would lift off the seal, read the message, remake the envelope, and attach a response. People, from all over the empire flocked to see this wonder, an oracle serpent with the heard of a, man. If a rich man or woman revealed some weakness or secret he extorted money from, them. With all this he got lot of money and popularity., , M. Lamar Keene another conman spent 13 years as spiritualist medium. He, was a pastor of the New age Assembly church in Tampa a trustee of the Universal spiritual, , Association, and for many years a leading figure in the mainstream of the American, , spiritualist Movement. He is self confessed fraud. He believes that all spirit readings, séances, , and mediumistic message from the dead are deceptions, and exploiting our love for the dead., Keene like Alexander, gave, , answer to the questions in sealed envelops, , publicly from the pulpit. He viewed the content with a concealed bright lamp or by smearing, lighter fluid which makes the envelop momentarily transparent. He would find lost objects,, , present people with astounding revelations about their private life, common with the spirit all, , using simple tries, His self confidence and the credulity of the people make the fraud, successful. He also made lot of money as Alexander,, , , , Scanned with CamSeanner