Sentences with phrase «as kernels of truth»

According to mental health expert Dr. John Grohol of the website Psych Central, myths start as kernels of truth that somehow get misinterpreted.

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As is true with many stereotypes, they spring from a kernel of truth.

Often the same situation looks radically different when you start that way as opposed to when you start with the chorus and their interpretation of that kernel of truth.

He acknowledges, as he has before, the «kernel of truth» in Marxism which is the declared concern for the poor and social solidarity.

This does not mean that they approached the myths as moderns, believing only what accorded with some kind of evidence, or seeking the kernel of existential truth in the supernaturalistic husk.

As ever with bad ideas, there is a kernel of truth here.

But as Treasury committee chairman John McFall admitted, their claims contained a «kernel of truth».

There is a kernel of truth in Cuomo's rationalizations: The state's anti-corruption regime will never be foolproof, and it will require regular updates as bad guys figure out how to game the system.

Starting from the same kernel of scientific truth as did The Day After Tomorrow — that global warming could disrupt ocean currents in the North Atlantic — a study commissioned by the Pentagon, of all organizations, concluded that the «risk of abrupt climate change... should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a U.S. national security concern.»

As a result though, certain myths, some of which carry extra weight because they do in fact involve a kernel of truth, tend to circulate among academics about industry.

As with any myth, however, there is a kernel of truth at the core of the matter: many neurons remain dormant for most if not all of our life, even while their direct neighbours show regular activity.

The whole kernel of truth: as part of your healthy way of eating, whole grains can significantly lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

The whole kernel of truth: as part of your healthy way of eating, whole grains, such as buckwheat, can significantly lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

There must be some kernel of truth to this, as evidenced by one of the co-writers of Columbus Circle.

This revelation is actually the very old truth that is the kernel of a renewed emphasis on connection and understanding as cornerstones of school community.

With wrong information flying everywhere these days it would be best to not take this information as the gospel truth but the kernels of data within the screenshot would put a smile on the faces of those of you who use Verizon's HTC Rezound, Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR Maxx or Motorola XOOM 3G / 4G tablets.

Each in its own way is an attempt at eking out some ineluctable truth whether that kernel of knowledge be hidden in the history of language, the development of images as objects, the failure of various artistic tropes, or the duplicity of an object that serves both form and function and neither simultaneously.

As with any conventional wisdom, one could find a kernel of truth in these statements.

As with many myths, there's a kernel of truth here.

Comeau writes his letters as a joke, but as with all jokes, there is a kernel of truth here.