Word: discerning
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...Evolutionary psychologists support this theory by arguing that human beings feel more stress during times of insecurity because they sense an immediate but hard-to-discern threat - the modern-day equivalent of an unseen predator growling in the trees. Patients have been known to experience higher levels of anxiety, for example, while waiting for biopsy results than knowing the diagnosis - even if the result is cancer. It's better to get the bad news and start doing something about it rather than languish in limbo. When the uncertainty is prolonged, people stay in a sustained "fight or flight" response, which...
Still, genius can be very hard to discern, and not just among the young. Simonton tells the story of a woman who was able to get fewer than a dozen of her poems published during her brief life. Her hard work availed her little - but the raw power of her imagery and metaphor lives on. Her name? Emily Dickinson...
...Falling trees later blocked the road out of town trapping 50 residents overnight. "They got caught and they spent the night trapped in Gallipoli Park," says Adams. "There have been a lot of casualties but we don't have any idea." As information dripped in, it was hard to discern between fears, hopes and the truth "There are so many rumors," says Adams. "You hear somebody has died and then they walk through the door. We are on an emotional roller coaster at the moment...
...Even the rules of this high-school basketball league have been called into question, with demands for mercy rules and protocols for when the scoreboard should be turned off. While these may be useful in younger leagues where the youth players are less able to discern and control their style of play, no rule like this is necessary for high-school competition. A level of maturity and sportsmanship has to be required of the players, and not the rulebook...
...Georgia’s electronic voting machines are paperless—electronic machines typically don’t allow for a hand recount to double check the electronic tally. In contrast, every Minnesota voter marked a paper ballot. This allowed officials to go back and at least try to discern for whom each person voted...