Sentences with phrase «as wishful»

This is a huge obstacle known as wishful thinking.

Of course, it's hard not to interpret all this as wishful thinking on the part of anonymous insiders and tipsters in lack of corroborating evidence, with Nokia unwilling to reveal any specifics on its other devices slated for «more announcements coming in 2017.»

So it seems that at this time of «industrial capitalism» or as some wishful thinkers (self - deceived or delusional!)

I hope I am wrong and you are right that significant changes in climate can be taken in stride but just hoping that massive amounts of published and peer - reviewed research on this topic is wrong strikes me as wishful thinking.

Your point 2 strikes me as wishful thinking.

The paper has been debunked as wishful thinking and statistical failures (particularly embarrassing if you're trying to overturn statistical evidence) that rely heavily and uncritically on biased sources and is coated with an irrelevant layer of political posturing.

That being said, I think it would be a mistake to laugh off Jones» statement as wishful thinking.

Comes across as wishful thinking.

What began life as a wishful what - if exchange on Twitter has now grown into a full - blown authors» program from one of the US's dominant railway companies, Amtrak.

But his prescription for the future comes across as wishful thinking even if you're disposed to agree with it.

On the other hand, he defies proponents of charters, vouchers, and other forms of school choice as wishful thinkers disposed to let marketplace theories trump evidence of student achievement while also undervaluing education's civic and cultural roles.

Some people see this as wishful thinking.

But secondly, it is because, despite the success of last year's rise in NI contributions, the national mood on tax has not shifted as much as the wishful thinkers of the left imagine.

Though some people might like to dismiss these sorts of sentiments as wishful thinking, melodramatic affectation or worse, they actually emerge from deeply held beliefs about the power of suffering, the motivational memory of the beloved, and ultimately the hope of a potential reunion.

In any event, mutatis mutandis, I think that I could endorse Allan's statement at the end of his critique which he himself seems to dismiss as wishful thinking but which I think could be vindicated in terms of my own hypothesis:

Belief in a teleological universe is viewed as wishful thinking rather than verified knowledge.

Her comment might be seen as wishful thinking in the light of her active promotion of another diocesan document on Catholic schools, namely Birmingham's undoubtedly helpful Christ at the Centre: A Summary of why the Church provides Catholic Schools, published in 2005.

I'm also aware that some may contest this interpretation as wishful thinking, etc..

Not exact matches

Most of them were still using ancient tactics, such as advertising on billboards and wishful thinking.

RIP oil age (I can't wait to hear the funny comments of petrolhead wishful thinkers, trying to fool themselves into thinking EVs will never go mainstream and that the oil industry as we know it is not doomed; yeah yeah petrochemicals will always be there I know, but what % of oil demand does that represent?

Investors who look at a rally in stocks as a signal of impending economic rebound are engaging not in analysis, but in wishful thinking and superstition.

Balanced budgets are wishful thinking and the Finance Minister should drop balanced budgets as a fiscal anchor.

As you approach the age where claiming social security benefits is feasible, try not to bet the farm on «maybes» or wishful thinking.

One based in reality as evidenced and one based in wishful thinking based on fairy tale magical rationale.

Belief is but the beginning... if you don't do as Christ has taught your salvation is merely wishful thinking.

But anyway, do you think Beinart's essay captures the political instincts of the millennial Dems, or is it, as lefty historian Michael Kazin suggests (H / T, RCP), simply a case of wishful lefty thinking?

We might have dismissed Ezekiel's projects of reconstruction as no better than «wishful thinking» if the reconstruction had not in course of time actually come about (though not precisely as he had imagined it).

Fine, as long as you acknowledge that it is a dream - wishful thinking - and don't claim it as fact, without a whit of verifiable evidence, as is your wont with your «God» character and the accompanying fantasy scenarios.

Yet such faith is still a subtle form of self - assertion so long as the love of God is merely a piece of wishful thinking.

While this prediction accords with some ongoing dynamics of Christian history, and while it might be vindicated several centuries down the line, the persistent vitality of traditional Protestantism, as well as certain ecumenical moves by both Catholics and Protestants, suggest this was a kind of pro-Catholic wishful thinking on Tocqueville's part, as well as a too determinedly logical kind of thinking.

Without an exact date as to when this would happen it is more like wishful thinking that turned out to be correct.

viewing Marxist - Leninist communism as somehow disparate from atheism is also wishful thinking and goes against virtually all critical analysis.

Wishful thinking of this sort is difficult to argue against, but it may be relevant to note briefly that the status of «action at a distance» is by no means so clear cut in contemporary philosophy of science as they seem to suppose.

I don't believe your loving me could shut up your heart; it's only adding to what you've been before, not taking away from it; for it seems to me it's the same with love and happiness as with sorrow — the more we know of it the better we can feel what other people's lives are or might be, and so we shall only be more tender to»em, and wishful to help»em.

All of us, whatever we call ourselves, are vulnerable to wishful thinking; intellectual integrity requires that we safeguard ourselves against this danger as best we can.

= > wishful thinking at best as there is no evidence to support this claim.

It is wishful thinking to believe that the educational system can assume the responsibility of passing to the next generation the central and binding values, as well as the moral and ethical concepts, that set us free to be who we can be.

Now most of us think of hope as a sort of «wishful thinking.»

It can be combined just as well with wishful fantasies of future glory, with economic ideals and hopes, with thoughts of revenge and pictures of hell.

Such faith is still a subtle form of self - assertion so long as the love of God is merely a piece of wishful thinking.

But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.

At least since Epicurus some have viewed death as obviously the end, and the conviction that it is not as merely immature wishful thinking.

Like the content of our dreams, the Hindu pictures of Krishna, the native American's belief in Wakan Tanka, and the Christian's image of the risen Lord can all be psychologically «explained» as arising out of wishful thinking.

«Dawkins» belief that this is a blindly indifferent universe is a piece of wishful thinking -LSB-...] In fact, though evolutionary biology itself, as a scientific discipline, is silent on the subject of God's existence, it provides a quite remarkable array of data which strongly suggests the existence of at least an extremely wise and powerful designer.

It looks as if prayer for other persons might be mere wishful thinking — at best an attempt at thought transference, at worst a relic of primitive magic and incantation.

Maybe that is just wishful thinking too as most papers are saying he wants to see out his contract at Arsenal and fight for his place.

I don't really blame any of those players at all, first mistake from Wenger was his team selection and secondly wrong players in a wrong position,, its quite sad with all their mouths and boasting of starting the season strongly and aiming for the league just a waste of energy and wishful thinking, am putting the whole blame on Wenger, where is Belerin, why Ozil, Cazorla played out of positions, you should know their weaknesses and strength as a coach, why must we pass and pass to score a goal, many opportunities came from shooting distance but the players will always be looking for the next person to pass the ball to, its quite unfortunate that a big club like arsenal is relying on a scrappy Giroud to lead an attack of a team aiming to win the league.

Anyhow, if someone like Vidal turned up (wishful thinking) I am guessing that AW will revert to a 4 -2-3-1 (relying on the energy of 2 players who can cover the ground and between them provide the defensive tenacity — Vidal / Ramsey as the 2?)

This is wishful thinks.There r so many world class player out there but i know Wenger has his own value for each player dnt b shock to c Groud as the lone striker next season

i thought it was interesting how arteta replaced ramsey and not le coq maybe wenger does not see arteta as back up to le coq and if flamini goes we might buy the dm that we need or could just be wishful thinking lol