Sentences with phrase «people make sense of their world»

Regarding conspiracy theories, the author says: «A likely function of this cognitive bias is to help people make sense of the world by offering simple explanations for complex events.»

These examples all illustrate the need to help people make sense of the world.

Sunday, October 14, 12 - 1 PM The theme of the panel is «Creating Our Own Realities: Young People Making Sense of Their World» and the authors are John Corey Whaley and Loretta Ellsworth.

Storytelling is coded in our DNA, it's how people make sense of the world and an integral part of the human experience.

Vernon Fisher's preoccupation with archive, information transmission, memory, and taxonomy stems from an early interest in how people make sense of the world.

I believe in helping people make sense of their world, especially when they feel foreign or as if they do not belong.

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Second, while it makes sense that an environment in which investments, like government debt, are yielding a smaller return might cause people to spend less today in order to make their retirement goals, there just isn't a lot of evidence that this happens in the real world.

«People are frantically searching for something to help them make sense of the world today.

These motion - tracking sensors will give a person «a stronger sense of being transported» to a virtual environment because they will presumably make it easier for people to move around and look at things in digital worlds like they do in real life.

In this sense, good money blogs are invaluable resources that inspire and empower millions of people around the world to make smart financial decisions.

«Matching Asian people in North America is still our main product, but 60 percent of the world's population is in Asia so in order for us to become a much bigger company and help more people find their life partner, it makes sense to enter Asia,» Tokioka explained to TechCrunch.

I think for us, the reason that we ultimately chose to make that decision is that we live in a very sceptical and cynical world, and we function and live in a culture and in a time when people are wary of leaders, pastors and organisations; that there's a sense of duplicity or lack of transparency.

They are the way that most people try to make sense of a confusing world, and achieve meaning.

First and foremost we need a faith that works for us here and now, that helps me make sense of the world and life and the people around me.

We were never separate from whites nor are we now, but given the fact that most things in this country are white by design, does it not make sense to you to desire a piece of commonality that was ripped away from most races of the world by white people?

It was a matter of setting out the larger story, the narrative framework, which makes sense of and brings order to God's world and God's people.»

nothing makes the atheist more ticked off more than when you bring up GOD... God gets all the blame for all the tragedy in the world... If there wasnt a god in the first place, humans would not know tragedy or injustice when we see it... it would be a non-issue to us... survival of the fittest would not permit the emotions of love, compassion, empathy... Darwininian theory could not allow any of those and many other of the best of people's capacity for caring to surface... You cant explain it away by synapse or neurons... without a Supreme Being, there would be no sense of justice or injustice, we would not call it anything because there is no Ultimate Moral Standard to compare it.

Stories passed down from superstitious primitive peoples that were try to make sense of a world without science.

There are lots of alternative «lightsources» that people use to make sense of the world.

Even if this made any sense, there would be plenty of better eays to get across a message about who is in contol (like creating humans who already understand that) without making a world in which people suffer now and can be sent into eternal punish, ent.

The religious impulse calls people from the distractions of a random world and helps them make sense of things.

Does it make sense for the church to own billions upon billions of dollars worth of property when those same dollars could provide vaccinations and clean water for every person in the world with money left over?

He explained it thus, «If religions can not go into the question of the welfare of humanity, those great values to which they bear witness will not make much sense to vast millions of people of this world.

On the contrary, «fundamentalism has offered ordinary people of conservative instincts an alternative to liberal faith in human progress, a way of making sense out of the world, exerting some control over their lives, and creating a way of life they can believe in.»

«43 The time, care, and enormous intelligence expended on the process of producing the Constitution expressed not only the traditional culture of a covenant - and compact - making people, perhaps unique in that respect in human history, but also a sense of the meaning of their act on the world stage.

But in my own ongoing struggle to make sense of the Christian context of life - and world - interpretation, I find basic elements of that context which I simply can not render coherent any longer, and I earnestly wonder how other persons manage to.

These include the respect in which they are held in the community, the genuine appreciation they receive for work well done, the privilege of being invited to be with persons in their brightest and darkest hours, the satisfaction of communicating ideas that are important, the security of being surrounded by people who have affection for them, and the deep sense of well - being that comes from self - investment in significant work which helps lighten the load of humanity and makes for a better world.

The stories of Genesis and Exodus, Joshua and Judges, and many others can be better understood as origin stories that helped the people of God make sense of their place in the world.

Some Atheist angles may be content to allow the rest of the world believe whatever it wants, but so long as those beliefs are hoisted upon others as a burden to bear, used to judge and separate people who are unlike others, and make absolutely no sense whatsoever... I personally will always crusade for the destruction of this plague.

In spite of the amazing intellectual achievements of our time, there was probably never an age in which so many people were unhappy, frustrated, and in doubt as to whether their lives amount to anything or whether the world makes sense.

The importance of the first two chapters of Genesis (which are quite contradictory) is that they are the creation myths of a prescientific people who were attempting to make sense of the world based on their knowledge, which included the Sun going around the Earth and required supernatural beings as explanations for natural phenomena.

Absolutely, it does make sense to at least 6 billion people on earth including but not limited to professionals and the elite such as Doctors, Scientists, Juries, Judges, Magistrates, Politicians, even by the person who holds the highest position of the most powerful country of the world.

The movement is indicative of the maturing process in the sense that it is a passing from the earlier phase in which the Islamic world was made up of Arab settlers and Arab garrison towns set apart from the native peoples of the provinces.

«We recognise that just as all truth rests in the Word of God, through whom all things were made and through Whom all thing will come to their completion, so too the construction of a true human ecology can only be achieved in relationship to the Word -LSB-...] we can see and sense the echoing of that eternally spoken Word in so much of the created world around us -LSB-... which Word is] expressed in all those actions and events which make up the history of salvation -LSB-...] we recognise most centrally that this eternal Word of God, in whom all things makes sense, finds flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth who then becomes its fullest expression and true presence in the world -LSB-...] the centre of true human ecology is the person of Christ.»

Certainly there are many other Christians struggling to make sense of what Scripture says about gender and sexuality and who long to do the right thing on behalf of the LGBT people in the Church and in the world.

wenger is a legend in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness of his own decisions... from end of last season it was clear we needed two quality attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought in another midfield option (having done the same in the winter window) which only makes sense in his own delusional world rather than the reality of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

The club has one of the best stadiums in the country, a world class multimillion - dollar training facility, a generous, passionate chairman, an astute, business savvy CEO, an experienced, dedicated, humble manager and a sense of togetherness that makes each person associated with the club feel immensely proud.

People love to claim that «Dr» Amy's followers are would - be bullies, mindlessly loyal to their evil leader, but regular readers know that commenters here also have empathy, compassion, a sense of justice and a desire to make the world a better place.

The argument that has applied for well over a century — that in every area of life we need people at the centre to make sense of the world for us and take decisions on our behalf — has collapsed.

So I believe we share a profound sense of responsibility to make this change work smoothly and sensibly, not just for people today but for the next generation who will inherit the world we leave them.

Many people who use psychedelics are not looking to be cured, but instead seek help making sense of their trips, which can sometimes fundamentally challenge how they see the world.

One way in which people alleviate such stress is to believe in the power of external sources to make sense of, and control, the world.

Nevertheless, both kinds of belief help people to make sense of the world — and also to feel more comfortable in it, the authors say.

«It is likely that some people use their ideas about science to make sense of the world and for emotional compensation in difficult situations in the same way that religious people use their supernatural beliefs,» Farias says.

We tell stories to make sense of the world, to communicate, and to influence and manipulate other people.

The authors define consciousness here as an ability to understand whether a photograph depicts an image that makes sense based on knowledge of the world that most people share — general knowledge that no present - day computer is capable of storing and processing in the way people do.

From community impact to truly out - of - this - world findings, scientific exploration that helped people make sense of themselves and the world around them well positioned UNLV to achieve its goal of becoming a top research university.

The majority of the people in this world are living in a way that simply doesn't make sense.

She sees the Motion art form as a way of addressing the profound need people have to be seen, heard, and witnessed in their efforts to make sense of our increasingly chaotic world; and to articulate their personal stories.