Word: selfishly
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...midst of something serious better be reading heavy-duty theory and nothing else,” Barman says. “If anything, I think I’ve made a mistake by being too serious. Then you begin to feel preachy, and that’s even more selfish than talking about yourself...
...British science popularizer Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker) presided over a lively discussion about the rising pressure in the U.S. to give equal instruction time in biology classrooms to an alternative to evolutionary theory called creation science. Most participants agreed that this was a thinly veiled updating of the Biblical version of human origins wrapped in the cloak of science, but they had no real answer to this trend in light of the strong pressure from religious conservatives on local school boards. Dawkins suggested that biology teachers might help their cause by emphasizing that when scientists speak...
...what’s the problem? It’s about time we stop exterminating innocent unborn children based on the casual whims of morally bankrupt men and women quick to gratify carnal desires yet too selfish, lazy, and cold to take responsibility for their actions...
...Part of it is just simple selfish reasons. I have friends in bands,” Winters says. “I’ve reached the point where I can’t even go to their shows anymore because I am hacking to death, and I feel miserable afterwards...
That is the crux of the problem. Parents don't want to think about their death either, and nobody wants to talk about it. But, say experts, parents need to be parents one last time. "It's selfish not to take care of these end-of-life issues," says Belcher, "and selfish not to communicate with your kids about them." More important, it's the final statement you make as a parent. Done openly, it will ensure the greatest legacy of all: family members who remain friends after you're gone...