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Quotes that Make you think
"The purpose of sociology [psychology or anthropology - really, any social science] is to enable the individual to see the everyday - the ordinary and mundane details of life - in a new way; to challenge, as it were, the perceived notions we hold of the world and the institutions and peoples that inhabit it."
- Peter Berger, Sociologist
Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. - Anon.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
True or False
I think that some of the questions were contrivercial depending on the way you looked at it. For example the dream question, some people believe they don't dream because they don't remember so in that sense the answer is true.
Some indeed were controversial, Maggie. But, that said, I hope they have really challenged us all to think more carefully about the issues, and not simply accept the preconceived notions so many hold.
Some indeed were controversial, Maggie. But, that said, I hope they have really challenged us all to think more carefully about the issues, and not simply accept the preconceived notions so many hold.
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