Sentence examples for point of distortion from inspiring English sources

Prevailing economic theory, which explains efficiency using formalized rational choice models, often simplifies human behavior to the point of distortion.

Most of the voices were over-loud, sometimes to the point of distortion and indecipherability (at which point it seemed nakedly clear that their true purpose wasn't informational but punitive).

Pranksters must always be accountable for their actions, but in the digital age the burden of responsibility also lies with those who use the echo chamber to amplify things to the point of distortion and stress.

Metallica fans have complained that the band's new album, "Death Magnetic," sounds better in the version made for the "Guitar Hero" video game than on the consumer CD, which is compressed to the point of distortion so it will sound louder on the radio.

"These are sophisticated people, guys coming back from combat who know how to use their weapons and are dealing with PTSD," he said, despite the insistence of the Department of Veterans Affairs that the link between PTSD and violent crime is overblown to the point of distortion.

Still, this book irritates a bit with some of its complacent assertions, such as that Rimbaud's famous declaration (in a letter written at age 16), "Je est un autre" ("I is someone else"), "meant that in the act of introspection we objectify the self, we experience our self as if it belongs to another person," which takes banality to the point of distortion.

The only point free of distortion is the centre point, though distortion of shape is moderate throughout.

Elements of the American media, like Fox News, are partisan to the point of outright distortion, while others are hampered by what Paul Krugman has called the "cult of balance", refusing to directly contest misleading statements by politicians and instead only offering the other side the opportunity of rebuttal, or leaving to columnists and commentators the task of judging political assertions.

He kept the cast very busy, stressing realistic detail sometimes to the point of symbolic distortion.

He identifies the focal point of the distortion when he refers to the desperate young woman and the sexual abuse she endures.

And although Donald Trump is by all other accounts a grown man, he reduces politics to the point of complete distortion, hopeful that his policies will appeal to those who, like he, have no experience thinking critically about the complexities of what it means to be not only the president of the United States, but a defendant of democracy and humanity, in all of its variations.