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  2. 10 Phrases To Avoid With Your Adult Kids To Transform Your ...

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    "This type of communication keeps the parent in the expert role and plants seeds of doubt or insecurity in the adult child," says Dr. Michele Goldman, Ph.D., a psychologist and Hope for Depression ...

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:

  4. Lies, damned lies, and statistics - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the phrase "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is unclear, but Mark Twain attributed it to Benjamin Disraeli [1] "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, "one of the best, and best-known" critiques of applied statistics. [2]

  5. Cartesian doubt - Wikipedia

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    Cartesian doubt is a form of methodological skepticism associated with the writings and methodology of René Descartes (March 31, 1596–February 11, 1650). [1] [2]: 88 Cartesian doubt is also known as Cartesian skepticism, methodic doubt, methodological skepticism, universal doubt, systematic doubt, or hyperbolic doubt.

  6. LETTER: Media shouldn't plant seeds of doubt about opioid ...

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    I am insulted that there is any suggestion of intentional deceit, unfairness and closed-door cherry picking about the funds allowed to our community.

  7. Cogito, ergo sum - Wikipedia

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    The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", [a] is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy. He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. [1]

  8. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "survival of the fittest" refers to biological fitness, not physical fitness. Biological fitness is the quantitative measure of individual reproductive success , e.g. the tendency of lineages containing individuals that produce more offspring in a particular environment to persist and thrive in that environment.

  9. The Unknown Bridesmaid - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Day in the Observer is praises it: "her latest novel is one of her best...Forster plants a seed of doubt in the reader's mind. It's a gripping read without being a thriller because we are drawn ineluctably into something darker that we sense is always floating just beneath the surface of what Julia chooses to tell us.