One can certainly strive to keep both assertions in mind at the same time.
When two things are held in mind at the same time, they start to connect with each other.
"Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time," he said.
The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood.
The thrill is not in one or the other but in holding both views in mind at the same time.
If drawn visual element brought another word to mind at the same time (having another meaning), the consistency of the system would be decreased.
The difficulty of keeping all of these different, unconnected pieces in mind at the same time makes it nearly impossible for a student to successfully generate a solution.
But there is another, deeper irony, as old as the novel itself, that challenges us to hold competing realities in mind at the same time.
It is as if the ability of remembrance darts out of my mind at the same time the fear steals into my heart.
Ackerley can keep two opposing ideas in mind at the same time, and the counterpoise of comedy or violence only makes the lyrical, the beautiful, more so.
It struck him as a hard-won sophistication, something like F. Scott Fitzgerald's capacity to keep two opposed ideas in mind at the same time.
