Word: misunderstandings
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Having just come from a visit to the Grand Canyon, I can say without much hesitation that Roosevelt would not have been pleased. Like so many other natural wonders and wildernesses, the Canyon has become thoroughly "Disneyfied." Let no one misunderstand: I am a veteran Disney fan, but I also believe there are places that don't need to be phonied up for entertainment value. To board a bus and be taken from one tourist station to another, surrounded by "Grand Canyon" hats, mugs, and fake rattle snakes, was not my idea of escaping into nature...
...engaging their fellow citizens in initially uncomfortable conversations and discussions, working with community leaders in other communities can begin to rebuild the inter-racial and multicultural foundation that this country will need in the 21st century. Indeed, we cannot solve the problems of racial tension if we continue to misunderstand one another, if we continue to live in separate worlds and if we continue to argue past each other. Many may think that mine is a naive and overly idealistic synthesis of the best aspects of the liberal and the conservative viewpoints. But their criticisms may represent nothing more than...
However, the choice is still met with negative responses. People who focus on the right to vote as the foundation upon which political participation is built are making a mistake. They claim that I forfeit my right to be critical of future administrations. And they misunderstand the concept of a civic society. It has to be argued that voting in the current presidential election may not produce any worthwhile results and that other forms of political participation would allow us to avoid having to choose between the lesser of two evils. Most Americans want to choose between the greater...
...Mysterians are fundamentally scientific in outlook. They don't begin by doubting the audacious premises of AI. O.K., they say, maybe it is possible--in principle, at least--to build an electronic machine that can do everything a human brain can do. They just think people like Dennett misunderstand the import of such a prospect: rather than bury old puzzles about consciousness, it resurrects them in clearer form than ever...
According to this line of thought, schools could misunderstand the data, and view a high median in small courses (like tutorials) as inflated, when in fact it reflects a high level of effort and expertise on the part of the students...