By means of a number of very straightforward thought experiments, Einstein was able to show that, if it is a law that the velocity of light is constant and if this law is invariant under transformations between relatively moving frames, then whether two events are simultaneous must depend on the frame the events are viewed from.
The research behind the book was called impressive for its breadth, and its presentation was said to be straightforward and thought-provoking.
A straightforward competitive thought like, "I hate that he is so smart and always says the right thing," may turn into an attack toward ourselves like, "You are so stupid.
A new Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll found that 41% of voters saw Trump as better than Clinton at being honest and straightforward; just 31% thought that Clinton would be better than Trump in that area.
In all, the placental contribution to leptin circulating levels is small but significant, and the relationship between leptin DNA methylation and circulating levels does not seem to be as straightforward as first thought.
"Not all thoughts are straightforward, and trying to distill them down to a false simplicity that would fit into a tweet misleads more than it clarifies".
It's a refreshing thought that straightforward fawning can work where the complex science of aromatherapy can't - but you'd expect an estate agent to think of that.
This may sound somewhat vague but the thought is straightforward: if there is no explanatory gain in positing representational capacities in a system, the mechanism in question is not to be explained representationally.
What makes these verbal expressions metaphorical, according to Lakoff, is the fact that they are direct, conventionally straightforward puttings-into-words of inherently metaphorical thoughts, thoughts constructed in the first place under the supervision of the single conceptual metaphor love is a journey.
One may try to express one's thoughts in definite, straightforward language, yet because of the semiotic aspects of one's utterances, what one says carries no single meaning and is amenable to being interpreted in more than one way.
