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What Makes Beauty Subjective?

What Makes Beauty Subjective? | Science News | Scoop.it

When people have conventions of beauty so thoroughly solidified through photos, television, and other media involving no real human interaction, it likely strengthens our objective notions of beauty and weakens the influence of subjective factors.

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Our goals can influence what we see

Our goals can influence what we see | Science News | Scoop.it
A paper in the April, 2012 issue of Psychological Science suggests that changing the way people see something can also influence their skill.


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Wearing two different hats: Moral decisions may depend on the situation

Wearing two different hats: Moral decisions may depend on the situation | Science News | Scoop.it
An individual's sense of right or wrong may change depending on their activities at the time – and they may not be aware of their own shifting moral integrity — according to a new study looking at why people make ethical or unethical decisions.
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New Developments or: Passions, Relativism and the Mind – Why Mr Keating Was Right

New Developments or: Passions, Relativism and the Mind – Why Mr Keating Was Right | Science News | Scoop.it

"I do not know whether your pleasure is the same as my pleasure."

They are not about reviewing something or giving it a score, or even just outline my opinion or thoughts. They go further than that and try to explain how they fit inside my mind because until the day when we can all share each others minds - whenever it will be – I will never use the term review. I will use the term “Transmission” and it will be just that: a Transmission of how something fits into my mind and how it affects my view of reality.

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