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People are not relativistic when it comes to matters of science, engineering, and technology; rather, they are relativistic and pluralistic in matters of religion and ethics." 37 In short, they apply their postmodern skepticism selectively

for societies are built as much on what people choose to forget as what they remember

I think that with most of our friends we choose how much of ourselves to reveal, and with a very select few it feels as if there is no choice.

Looking back on my childhood now, there's a sort of glow to my reminiscences. It's like my memory has blocked out most of the bad stuff.

Intelligence is ongoing, individual adaptability. Adaptations that an intelligent species may make in a single generation, other species make over many generations of selective breeding and selective dying. Yet intelligence is demanding. It is misdirected by accident or by intent, it can foster its own orgies of breeding and dying.

INTELLIGENCE IS ONGOING, INDIVIDUAL adaptability. Adaptations that an intelligent species may make in a single generation, other species make over many generations of selective breeding and selective dying. Yet intelligence is demanding. If it is misdirected by accident or by intent, it can foster its own orgies of breeding and dying.

Later, once they had returned to Boston and gained some perspective, she would see that this was part and parcel of extremist thought the world over: the heaping on of selective trivia that only a computer could fact-check in real time, the raw accumulation of unverifiable anecdote that could create a new reality.

Narratives are subjective and selective. They frame and filter concepts, images, and information according to desirable beliefs, values, symbols, traditions, and preferences. They are motivational tools that reinforce existing social identities and uniqueness. They arouse deep passions and allegiance.

To put it mildly, Beer Geeks are particular about the beer they drink. They don't waste time, money, and liver capacity on bad beer, and they put a formidable amount of thought into the beer they consume. But consume they do, and impressively well.

Dahmer told us he met many men who were willing to be with him. He enjoyed their company, especially if they let him have his way sexually, but he only killed the ones he found the most beautiful. Those he wanted to keep with him.

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

Bedrijfsresultaten - die steeds een selectief beeld van de werkelijkheid bieden - woren elektronisch geregistreerd, gegroepeerd en verwerkt, nagenoeg zonder dat er nog eigenlijk denkwerk aan te pas komt.

The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.

Dependents display selective memory and selective attention. They commonly fail to set priorities effectively, often focusing on activities that have little long-term value, while ignoring those that will impact on their futures.

like many elderly people, she has developed a selective sense of hearing. She ignores me and continues on her own track...