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1) cognitive relativism (truth) - cognitive relativism affirms that all truth is relative. Something is only true when you see it. This would mean that no system of truth is more valid than another one and that there is no objective standard of truth. It would, naturally, deny that there is a God of absolute truth. 2) moral/ethical relativism - all morals are relative to the social group within which they are constructed. 3) situational relativism - that ethics (right and wrong) are dependent upon the situation. || It is the instrument deployed in a Mars landing mission launched by NASA in 1996 which explored as far as 500 metres from the Mars Lander and sent pictures back for over a month. ||
 * 45 || **smokescreen** || a cloud of smoke created to conceal military operations. ||
 * || **Rubik cubes** || usually known as Rubik’s Cube, it is a puzzle in the form of a plastic cube covered with 9 multicoloured squares on each side, which the player attempts to twist and turn so that all the squares on each face are of the same colour. ||
 * 47 || **relativism** || a philosophical theory that knowledge, truth, ethics and morality all exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context that holds them, and are not absolute. One only exists as much as it is relative to the entity that owns it. There are three branches of relativism:
 * 48 || **Sojourner - Mars** || the word ‘sojourner’ literally means one who visits a short period of time.
 * || **irritaionalism** || The main tide of philosophy followed the Age of Reason and was a reaction to it. Irrationalism found much in the life of the spirit and in human history that could not be dealt with by the rational methods of science. It disregards or contradicts rational principles. ||
 * 49 || **Stern Abraham** || 1907 - 1942 Avraham Stern in Hebrew. The Jewish underground leader of Lehi during the British mandate of Palestine. Stern sought links with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany during WWII to their sides in return for helping Jewish refugees to seek refuge in Palestine as a future Jewish State. Stern and was found killed by British policemen. ||
 * || **hackles rising** || Hackles are erectile hairs along the back of a dog or other animal that is thought of being raised when it is angry, hostile or alarmed. ||
 * || **donkey’s years** || A long time; a donkey year takes a long time to elapse. This expression punningly alludes to the considerable length of the animal's ears or the time it takes for a donkey to complete a task. It is also a play by British author Michael Frayn is a West End farce, a genre that Frayn parodied five years later in "Nothing On," the play within his play Noises Off. ||
 * 50 || **blasphemy** || A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity. It is the disrespectful use of the name of one or more gods, eg. using the Lord’s name in vain. It may include using sacred names as stress expletives without intention to pray or speak of sacred matters; it is also sometimes defined as language expressing disapproved beliefs, or disbelief. ||
 * || **inversion** ||  ||
 * || **niceties** || Fine details or distinctions, esp. one regarded as intricate and fussy; An elegant or refined feature; an amenity; accuracy or precision; a minor aspect of polite social behavior; a detail of etiquette ||