Sentences with phrase «about the limit of»

Which seems a little bit of a discouraging sign about the limits of human judgment, but ties in nicely with the final and perhaps simplest tip.

The man known for his ability to see into the future has written a book that's largely about the limits of our predictive powers.

Doing so makes his business partners feel comfortable that they can be open and honest about the limits of their own expertise as well, which leads to a more well - rounded partnership built on trust.

We must start thinking about the limits of choice architecture in the age of microtargeting.

How is a theological debate any different that a group of Trekies arguing about the limits of the prime directive, or warp technology?

Again, no one is claiming that Thomas's position is identical with Scalia's, but, given what the great Catholic theologian had to say about the limits of judicial authority in reference to the written law, his position is far closer to that of the late justice than to the idea of a «living» or «evolving» Constitution so ubiquitous today.

That was about the limit of our conversation, except a few days later at some special screening being shown in the round in a darkened room, Kozintsev came up to me, pressing my hand for a moment.

Finally, I admit that, even if I accept the Lawlerian idea that Locke partially corrects Aristotle, by stealing certain Christian insights about the limits of the polis (see chapter 7 of Modern and American Dignity especially), I still hold that Aristotle is better than Locke.

The question is not which is greater in its use of language and its power of insight, but why Milton has been the more important for our culture and what we can learn about the limits of both canonical writings and their challengers through this interesting juxtaposition.

, but we are not interested in hearing about the limits of modern medicine or the inevitable result of two thousand pounds of steel impacting on skin and bones.

All that has been said about the limits of the Church's ministry in the concrete shaping of the world must not itself be regarded as a formula with the help of which all problems regarding criticism of the Church can be solved.

Now on our scale of concerns, what to do about meat sacrificed to idols ranks somewhere below decisions about whether to sod or seed the yard, but in Paul's day eating meat was a question about the limits of Christian participation in pagan culture.

The «communal tensions» between the groups were «of major importance in the life of the nation,» Herberg added, suggesting that they began non-divisive discussions about the limits of American democracy and allowed all 96 percent of Americans who identified as Protestant, Catholic, or Jew to have some social, political, and cultural recognition in America.

Second, what about the limits of the natural environment?

Important questions are raised about the limits of human creativity and they're (finally!)

Churches should be realistic about the limits of what they can accomplish in the inner city.

But with all these qualifications about the limits of the church's possible help, I am convinced that its contribution is also important.

But his realism about the limits of the modern metaphysical imagination — and his winsome efforts to recall us to a cosmos tensed with higher purposes — do not require us to forsake natural law arguments.

Generally, a lot of scotch bonnet is used, up to double what I used for this recipe but this is about the limit of my heat tolerance, feel free to use more or less.

Seek out advice or evaluation from trustworthy sources who are familiar with current evidence and guidelines, who can have honest conversations with you about the limits of evidence and medical knowledge, and who can help you forge a thoughtful, reasonable approach that aligns with your values.

First up, Obama Chief Scientist Rayid Ghani and others talk a about the limits of data in political targeting.

Interesting that Sunder makes the point about the limits of community organising as a change initiator.

He brings firsthand experience to foreign affairs and defense issues from his service as an Army colonel — experience that allows him to speak frankly about the limits of military power and possible cuts to defense without fears of being labeled «soft on terror» or other such nonsense, which, in our increasingly veteran - light Congress, others try to insulate themselves against.

We may not be able to do anything about the limits of individual donors but we can separately be building another infrastructure, a public financing infrastructure that at least enables candidates to get heard in their relevant district without have a lot of money and without having big money backers,» said Teachout.

The former deputy Labour leader landed herself in hot water during a discussion on This Week about the limits of acceptable humour.

Experts might be forgiven for being wrong about the limits of their skills...

This is not in any way a weakness, although it says a lot more about the limits of science and its divergence from Buddhism than perhaps Barash intended.

Money is only a part of what really makes us happy, and we're learning more about the limits of money.»

Instead of telling other people what not to hope, a more constructive approach is to learn how to be more articulate about the limits of experimentation.

Award - winning author Douglas Fox talks about his cover story in the July issue of Scientific American about the limits of intelligence, placed there by the laws of physics

The Arabian Gulf populations are an example of the capacity for local adaptation to allow corals to cope with conditions that prevail in the Arabian Gulf; this pattern tells us little about the limits of adaptability.

It is in fact a claim about the limits of explanation by reduction.

Likewise, advocates for smoking bans should be more candid about the limits of the arguments when interventions depend on weak evidence.

«One of the responsibilities that we have as scientists, particularly those of us who receive public funding for our research, is to be engaged with the public about our understanding of the way that the world works and also about the limits of our understanding,» said the Stanford University researcher, who holds dual appointments with the School of Environmental Earth System Science and the Woods Institute for the Environment.

Although each of them worked in separate realms, together they stretched our understanding of what light could do and successfully challenged long - held beliefs about the limits of optical microscopy and imaging.

He explains that it is difficult to make forecasts about the limits of human life.

It will make you think long and hard about the limits of cloning as a resurrective technology.

Scientists have been thinking hard about the limits of wind power — and their thoughts have turned into a paper just published in Nature Climate Change.

There is no need to worry about the limits of the dating because you can date as many people as you want on the internet dating website and that would be simple, quick and highly convenient for you.

There are hints of themes here — about the limits of power, and about learning to accept yourself as you are — but the chief pleasures of Mary and the Witch's Flower are visual.

A nominee for the Platform prize at the 2017 Festival, the debut film by Michael Pearce is a riveting, slow - burning thriller about the limits of love and the darkness inside us.

Credit Cera's understatement and the sneaking suspicion that his character was also overwritten, but pruned by a guy whose wisdom about the limits of his abilities makes up for his general lack of range.

A spin on the tangled relationship politics for the age of texting, Drinking Buddies is about the limits of friendship, the rules and trials of relationships, and, of course, the unique fellowship that comes from sharing a perfect craft beer.

A full weekend cinema to see two well know straight actors play gay rôles and that's about the limit of the film.

It's about the limits of control, what it's like to live under an occupying force, and how hard it can be to relinquish power.

While Harrison's play was set in one room, moving it to a bright, modern beach house with a number of interiors and exteriors opens the tale's visual atmosphere palpably, giving us the sense of nature — rain, snow, fog, the sea — framing this drama about the limits of nature.

I'll wrap this all up in the next couple posts by talking a bit about what this means for the role of education technology and what it says about the limits of expertise.

about the limits of the dream, what motives him, and why being impractical isn't such a bad thing.

«I'm very interested in learning about the limits of mobile devices,» Dede says.

But we have to be realistic about the limits of its power and influence.