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truth and reality war

The inherently unresolvable conflict between the things individuals believe.
Because each individual comes to believe the things he or she believes as a result of his or her experiences, different individuals will always have certain beliefs which are from different to opposite the beliefs others have, and at different times will need to fight in the "truth and reality war."

Beliefs are thoughts linked to an emotion.

"Live and let live."
by but for February 15, 2018
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a likely benefit triggers action

People and animals decide how to act based on a sophisticated and usually subconscious cost /benefit analysis they conduct.
People and animals have already run a cost/benefit analysis of each behavior they repeat, and know the benefit(s) repeating each of those actions will yield.

When a human or an animal foresees that it is very likely that a specific action will produce a specific benefit, he or she will execute it.

Thus, "a likely benefit triggers action."
by but for March 5, 2018
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rejectionist

The other part of a receptionist's job.
Miss McCallen receives mail and packages, and welcomes visitors to the company's headquarters, but as an experience "rejectionist" is also very good at preventing unwelcomed visitors from seeing the company's executives.
by but for December 6, 2017
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typoclycemize

To change the order of letters in a word taking advantage of the fact that the brain reads words—groups of letters—as a whole, not each letter individually.
Bcuseae the brain raeds wrods as a wlohe, not ervey lteter by istlef , one way to typoclycemize, Perfect Political Representation is by transforming it to 'Pefrect Potilical Resentapretion.'

It deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
by but for May 3, 2018
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Safe Smoking

Smoking which takes place in a Safe Smoking Place—a tent, cabin, or booth with a smoke extracting fan on the ceiling to blow the smoke up into the atmosphere where the wind will not blow it into other individual's lungs.
More smokers are smoking in Safe Smoking Places and reducing the number of injuries and deaths caused by secondhand smoke.
by but for May 27, 2018
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obsoletize

To obsoletize poisoning non-smokers, Charles Knows invented a Safe Smoking Lounges (SSLs) and got permission to erect it on Coney Island Beach to see how many smokers used it voluntarily. SSL's have a solar-powered ceiling fan which blows cigarette smoke up a chimney to the atmosphere to prevent the cigarette smoke from injuring non-smokers.
by but for February 16, 2019
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know more know better

Individuals who know more are able to make better decisions and live better.
"Know more know better" is a great idiom. I tell it to my students to encourage them to study. "Know more to live better" is a counterpart.
by but for September 25, 2018
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