What was my criticism of the Threshold Solution?

“The Puzzle of Not Making a Difference” was the name I gave to the observation that we sometimes act as if some of our individual actions are extremely morally important, even when it does not make a difference whether we do them or not. One example I gave was my own insistence to recycle every single can I use–even when the effect of recycling one can is so small that it really does not matter. Which best expresses my response to the objection that although recycling a single can may not matter, a lifetime of recycling would add up to a significant amount of material recycled, and would thus make a difference?

Extra Credit Question: Who is Dr. Moroney’s favorite billionaire?

Genetic compensation has been shown to occur in the presence of an early stop codon, but not when an entire coding region is deleted, nor if translation of the gene transcript is blocked. Name and describe the process that is triggered by an early stop-containing mRNA that is associated with a compensatory response.

Some mutations in the bacterial lacI gene can cause its product to behave in a “dominant” manner, whereby the phenotype associated with a given lacI allele cannot be fully rescued by the addition of a normal lacI allele on an artificial chromosome. Which of the following is a feature of LacI that allows these mutations to function in a dominant fashion?   

A physical therapist is working with a patient with Parkinson’s Disease and the intention is to prevent or slow further deterioration. That is in alignment with which of the following?

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True or False? If transmission channels become virtually error-free, the data link layer will no longer be needed. In the next question you must provide 1-3 sentences to explain your answer.

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Consider a transmitter that uses the following protocol. The “N out of K” code, where N bits must be a “1” and K-N bits must be a “0” where N=3 and K=7. Define error detection failure for this code.   Answer format: Only type your answer in the answer box to this question. Do not handwrite your answer to this question.