Sentences with phrase «ordinary human failings»

Finally, the credibility of science itself has been shown — once again, and as if we needed a reminder — to be subject to such ordinary human failings as ego defense, the willingness to bend the truth rather than admit error, and the temptation to disparage and insult one's opponents.

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We accept that our politicians are ordinary human beings, with the same range of abilities, failings and temptations as the rest of us.

Marx failed to adequately appreciate the value of the human capital possessed by ordinary people individually.