The eminent scientists gathered around the table nod in understanding. What made me sad was that Scalzi could picture a future where an anti-intellectual President was squatting in the White House, having to be spoon-fed small pieces of information. After all, we’d seen that in 2016-2020....
The sample was gathered using an online questionnaire, which might have affected the representativeness of findings. Moreover, the study relied on snowball sampling, which is considered a powerful tool for accessing specific populations (such as war-affected individuals). At the same time, however,...
Jesus spoke about the wise and foolish virgins in Matthew 25. They were all virgins—believers—but approached their faith differently. Some were superficial, complacent, and self-sufficient, while others took the extra steps to ensure they had all the essential spiritual virtues instead of the ex...
5Joseph had a dream,and when he told it to his brothers,they hated him all the more.6He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:7We were binding sheavesof grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down...
I'm heating things up a little in T-Town. They call me 'The Seeker' George Orwell: "There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”
Huge crowds gathered to hear the small excited man in a tailcoat. “Eat foods that are good for you,” cried Sylvester. “Find Nature’s way and follow her!” Many people took his advice, and he began to hope that someday all Americans would stop eating like boa constrictors.Flour ...
From everyone’s relatively careful movements and exhausted appearance, we gathered a good time was had by all. Josh headed home, we returned to LilyPad and secured everything unstable for our next pause, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The prospect of seeing the land deal we passed up in 1971,...
The evolution of social cooperation is favored by aggregative behavior to facilitate stable social structure and proximity among kin. High dispersal rates reduce group stability and kin cohesion, so it is generally assumed that there is a fundamental tra
Robyn gathered a group of sex workers to protest outside the courthouseat Williams’ arraignment in September. Unfortunately (but understandably), Williams wanted the whole mess to go away as soon as possible and so had no desire to become the “poster child” for prostitutes’ rights. Robyn ...
When everyone had gathered, the senior corpsman instructed them to inspect each other for dust, crumbs and wrinkles. Then we headed for the side entrance not far from where we stood. An usher met us on the steps. “Welcome. We’re honored to have Clifton’s friends here for his ...