Sentences with phrase «worst human tendencies»

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Economists tell us that quitting is actually often the smart move and that while humans have a natural tendency to avoid losing sunk costs (otherwise known «throwing good money after bad»), cutting your losses is frequently the better course of action.

Part of the gap in returns can probably be explained by the human tendency to panic at bad news, Professor Kelly said.

Even if there is no serious sin in someone's life, bad things happen to all people, and when these things happen, the tendency of the average human being is to think that God is punishing them for something.

Resembling a children's movie for grown - ups while reining in Del Toro's worst tendencies, its hybrid form holds clear appeal for another year when the highest - grossing films replace humans with costumed superheroes and animated creatures, our postmodern costume dramas.

In the end it is only the discipline of a defined strategy that can help counterbalance the natural human tendency to invest badly.

Unfortunately, some backyard bred dogs may be born with bad temperaments and / or human - aggressive tendencies because unknowledgeable and irresponsible individuals who don't make temperament a priority, are allowed to breed dogs.

In tracking population growth, spikes in resource appetites, and explosive change in technologies that are sheathing the planet in human activity, it's not hard to find support for the contention by Stuart Hart of Cornell that our moment is unique, that we're not suffering from «chronocentrism,» the tendency of each generation to see its time as special (in a good or bad way).

With the human tendency to engage in such reasoning, it is as I claim worse than useless.

Ultimately the lesson to me is that irrespective of ideology, the human tendency to be, well human in all the worst ways will always manifest itself.