Instead, a full twenty-one per cent of the pilots surveyed reported thinking about inconsequential topics, just as Shaw and Renslow had done.
Smith cannot think about her father without thinking in galactic dimensions, which, paradoxically, minimize him: drawn to that scale, individual lives (even his) can seem puny, and private traumas (even hers) inconsequential.
I found myself thinking my academic qualifications were inconsequential in light of the "real" achievements of these women, and I wondered how on earth I was selected to be a part of this group.
Could my sons, living away from home for the first time, take advantage of another person, thinking it was somehow humorous or inconsequential?
I didn't see the film at the time of its release, but caught up with it a few years later, when it came out on VHS, found it surprisingly inconsequential — and stopped the tape long before the end, thinking that if this was the future of Chinese cinema, it was already in the past.
As inconsequential as their decision may seem, it got us thinking: today, building blocks, but tomorrow?
"...in this new modern supposedly evolved 21st Century, accomplished women more and more are finding themselves alone, "never married,"...It almost makes you wonder how much progress we have made after all!" This is a way of thinking that dismisses every relationship - no matter how deep, meaningful, or long-lasting - as inconsequential if it is not a sexual, romantic relationship.
And thinking, thinking, thinking".
McCarthy made herself a target of sexist condescension, the thinking goes, by writing primarily of inconsequential things, by being "minor" in her choice of subject.
The point about Abbey might seem inconsequential but Kareiva's comments underscore a major flaw in his thinking about the value of pristine nature, as do Andy's endorsement of them.
