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Marc Cortez<\/a> shared the above cartoon, and it seemed to me quite poignant. It is easy to judge others \u2013 those who spend what seems like too much time on their phones, and those who refuse to embrace new technology; those who seem calm when the circumstances require panic, and those who seem panicked when the circumstances require calm. It takes a lot to appreciate that the person who is responding to a situation differently than we are most likely have at least a snippet of an important truth that we can learn from. Sometimes there is both truth and falsity in the same things, rather than a dichotomy that requires it either be purely one or purely the other.<\/p>\n

Which reminds me of this clever but unsuccessful attempt to apply that idea to an exam:<\/p>\n

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