Sentences with phrase «when practicing scientists»

When practicing scientists think about science, they generally have in mind this understanding of science: theories that predict and explain observed phenomena by appeal to lawlike generalizations.

Not exact matches

The best scientists know that they must practice a sort of mortification of the ego and cultivate a dispassion that allows them to report their findings, even when those findings might mean the dashing of hopes, the drying up of financial resources, and the loss of professional prestige.

Even when I was a believing and practicing Christian, I realized that regardless of their beliefs, doctors still saved lives, made discoveries, scientists still learned more about the world we live in... the idea that all knowledge has to be attached to the «creator» or it is somehow tainted or suspect, just doesn't pan out when you look at it logically.

This all began one day, when I decided to make meditation a daily practice; to really see the benefits it provides as it has been claimed by spiritual guru's, and recently by neuro - scientists all across the globe.

For years, scientists have been using computer algorithms to map criminal networks, or to guess where and when future crimes might take place, a practice known as predictive policing.

Anderson thinks these deceptive practices may stem from scientists» perceptions that they are not being treated fairly when it comes to receiving grants or getting proper credit.

If that's true in the Amazon, Saleska says, climate scientists will need to take into account practices like deforestation when predicting regional changes in weather patterns.

But opinions on the other practices were more variable, and many scientists provided explanations to justify when they had used practices such as deciding to collect more data after looking at their results or reporting only the experiments that produced the desired effects.

The second plenary session focused on how scientists can successfully and effectively collaborate with communities when conducting work that informs decisions, practices, and policies that impact public health, safety, and wellbeing.

When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

By BRIAN WYNNE and SUE MAYER When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

«When you are a junior faculty [member] and you have a family and children and large medical school debts, even if you want to be a physician - scientist, the thought of private practice or industry definitely crosses your mind,» says Vonderheide, who is now an associate professor of medicine and an investigator at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

She says the movement first gained recognition in western society in the 1970s when Jon Kabat - Zinn, a scientist, travelled to Tibet and learned about this practice.

The famous Yoga teacher BKS Iyengar said, «When I practice, I am a philosopher, when I teach, I am a scientist, when I demonstrate, I am an artist.&raWhen I practice, I am a philosopher, when I teach, I am a scientist, when I demonstrate, I am an artist.&rawhen I teach, I am a scientist, when I demonstrate, I am an artist.&rawhen I demonstrate, I am an artist.»

The potential benefits of this lifestyle practice piqued a tremendous amount of interest when scientists discovered that a calorie restricted diet could add years to your life by «tricking» your body into a survival mode of sorts.

These are the kids that could have been scientists and doctors one day and improved all our lives when we are old, but because of the predatory practices of for - profit schools like Westwood and student loan lenders, they will not.

It has been an incredibly engrossing and deeply interesting experience, particularly when I have explored the links between Freud's practice and that of contemporary artists, writers and scientists who have influenced my own.»

In Darriulat's opinion, when scientists write IPCC summaries not only are they are engaging in «a highly subjective exercise,» they're blatantly «ignoring basic scientific practices.»

«Study: «Climate scientists are more credible when they practice what they preach» — but my aerial surveys show many don't,» Watts Up With That?

At a time when the U.S. and the world's nations are trying to put together an agreement to tackle climate change (for better or for worse), Steyn's book reminds everyone of Climategate, why the public doesn't trust climate scientists and aren't buying their «consensus»... I hope that everyone will learn that adversarial science as practiced in its pathological form by Michael Mann doesn't «pay» in the long run.

Economics has a role to play in determining the «best» way to mitigate and adapt, but it has no role to play in something like «restoring the scientific method» when the scientific method as practiced by climate scientists is not now and has never been in doubt.

Joe Romm engaging in such practices is reprehensible, but it is an issue of much greater concern when other scientists do it (notably Michael Mann).

The fictive trial imagines a time when we might find our most trusted and respected scientists tried in a court of law for speaking out against our environmental practices.

In other words, when it comes to the practice of science, the scientists must never have an eye on the audience.

I think scientists should be fearless when condemning practices like truncating data or splicing data to «hide the decline.»

I see great difficulty in practice in deploying geo engineering schemes only when things get out of hand, because the perception of what is «out of hand» is clearly different among scientists as compared to the general public and most politicians....

When asked if Taylor is a lawyer by training, but not a scientist by training, Taylor responds, «I'm a lawyer by training, but I don't practice... But I'm a scientist by training as well.