Sentence examples for should we prefer from inspiring English sources

(Why is the Nobel Prize in Literature almost always given to a novelist, never a scientist? Why should we prefer our literature to be about things that didn't happen? Wouldn't, say, Steven Pinker be a good candidate for the literature prize?) You have written several books on science and secularism.

But why should we prefer symmetric to asymmetric fundamental laws?

Should we prefer the patience and long horizons of prudent, cautious reformers?

Should we prefer politicians who stand firmly for what they believe or those who know how to compromise and work cooperatively with others?

Even as we believe in a social and economic safety net, why on earth should we prefer to have it operate in a way that dilutes our humanity and eliminates this kind of mutuality in our society -- the very same humanity and mutuality that motivates us even to provide that safety net in the first place?

Shouldn't we prefer that undergraduates with good ideas wait a bit before rushing to journals with them?

Not only should we respect preferred gender pronouns of people we know, we also shouldn't assume we know the gender pronouns of strangers.

We should be clear that we prefer a system that allows people to come to the US with visas, not in the hands of smugglers.

On the other hand, the main drawback is that there exist the loops which include more than three nodes.a These loops should be triangulated, but we prefer to avoid it in order to keep reasonable complexity.

By options, I mean that we should indicate to Russia that we prefer a peaceful accommodation in Ukraine, and NATO should invite the Russians to participate in its ongoing discussions about this crisis.

"Far beyond" is the conventional usage and it is the same number of characters, so we should prefer that, except when we are deliberately copying the way young people talk.