Wade Davis, a famous anthropologist, writer, explorer and other professions, stated: “The world you are born into is only a model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts to be yourself; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” The quote means that because a person is not like you or your culture, it does not make them inferior. It makes them unique in their own way. On the other side of the spectrum is David Eller who said “Insularity is the foundation of ethnocentrism and intolerance; when you only know those like you, it's easy to imagine being alone in the world or alone in being good and right in the world. Exposure to diversity, on the contrary, is the basis of relativism and tolerance; when you are forced to face and accept the Other as real, inevitable, and ultimately valuable, you cannot help but see yourself and your "truths" in a new and problematic way. What he meant is that because some people are isolated, they think that their culture is the only culture out there and when they later learn about another culture they are forced to accept the reality that other cultures exist. That every culture has its own characteristics. The difference between cultural relativism and ethnocentrism and which attitude is more favorable in today's society than the other. According to dictionary.com the definition of cultural relativism is: The concept that the importance of a particular cultural idea varies from one society or social subgroup to another, the view that ethical and moral standards are relative to what a particular society or culture believes to be good/bad, right/wrong (cultural relativism, 2014). The founder of this principle/attitude is Franz Boas, who is considered fat. .....middle of paper......enter-a-cons/Cultural relativism. (n.d.). Dictionary.com 21st Century Vocabulary. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cultural relativismEthnocentrism. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from the Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethnocentrismFranz Boas. (n.d.). Franz Boas. Retrieved April 13, 2014, from http://www.nndb.com/people/861/0000975Macionis, J. J. (2012). Sociology: fourteenth edition (international ed.). Boston: Pearson.Rachels, J. (n.d.). The challenge of cultural relativism. The challenge of cultural relativism. Retrieved April 14, 2014, from http://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phlWilliam Graham Sumner. (n.d.).American Sociological Association: William G. Sumner. Retrieved April 14, 2014, from http://asanet.org/about/presidents/william_