Sentences with phrase «bit of a human nature»

There's a bit of a human nature piece in this.

This bit of human nature cuts across all lines.

Not exact matches

The biopharma world went into a bit of a frenzy on Tuesday as Nature reported that a team of Chinese scientists had become the first in the world to launch human trials of the groundbreaking CRISPR gene - editing technology.

The fourth step goes a bit further, to see «the trajectory eventuating in the creation of human historical existence» not «as a metaphysical surd but rather as grounded in the ultimate nature of things, in the ultimate mystery.»

Jennifer Moorcroft, a lay Carmelite, brings a deep understanding of the Carmelite tradition, combined with sensitivity and insight into human nature to introduce the reader to the «bit players».

Vast numbers of people think that the fact of a relatively settled order of nature, along with the scientific interpretation of change and the description of the inner dynamics of human personality (and much else as well), has ruled out once and for all genuine novelty and made change nothing more than the reshuffling of bits of matter - in - motion.

A brilliant school of interpretation of Greek mythology would have it that in their origin the Greek gods were only half - metaphoric personifications of those great spheres of abstract law and order into which the natural world falls apart — the sky — sphere, the ocean - sphere, the earth - sphere, and the like; just as even now we may speak of the smile of the morning, the kiss of the breeze, or the bite of the cold, without really meaning that these phenomena of nature actually wear a human face.

Along with dualistic mythology several developments in scientific thought since the seventeenth century have contributed to the exorcism of mind from nature: first, there is the cosmography of classical (Newtonian) physics picturing our world as composed of inanimate, unconscious bits of «matter» needing only the brute laws of inertia to explain their action; second, the Darwinian theory of evolution with its emphasis on chance, waste and the apparent «impersonality» of natural selection; third, the laws of thermodynamics (and particularly the second law) with the allied cosmological interpretation that our universe is running out of energy available to sustain life, evolution and human consciousness; fourth, the geological and astronomical disclosure of enormous tracts of apparently lifeless space and matter in the universe; fifth, the recent suggestions that life may be reducible to an inanimate chemical basis; and, finally, perhaps most shocking of all, the suspicion that mind may be explained exhaustively in terms of mindless brain chemistry.

Learn a bit more about history and the nature of human kind — you might see some amazing similarities.

Although quite a bit of evidence was produced concerning the difference of human behaviour from animals, the nature of spirit, and the ensoulment of man (both in terms of the ensoulment of each individual human person, and also the initial ensoulment of the first fully human man) were unsatisfactorily addressed.

And if you want to take human nature out of the game, then you need to take every bit of contact out of the game and play it to the letter of the law.

Maybe it is our curious nature as humans or maybe we — as sports bettors — have a bit of a masochistic streak.

The problem with getting rid of the monogamous bit is that it's human nature to want a faithful partner.

Ernst Fehr is completely right that economic theory should incorporate a bit of realism about human nature (1 May, p...

The journey is fraught with nail - biting interactions, playing with concepts of identity, individuality, existence, mutations, the nature of cell division and duplication (and duality), and what it means to be human.

The real enigma isn't the glimmering, matter - warping nature of Area X, despite how intoxicating it looks on screen — it's the darkest part of the human heart, that desire to break ourselves open, even if it's just a little bit, in rebellion against our animal instincts toward self - preservation.

While Anon doesn't boast a superior story, it's engaging in the way many B - grade noir films from the «40s and «50s were — pulpy excursions into the dark side of human nature with hard - bitten heroes and duplicitous femmes fatale.

Pellington is working from an uncharacteristically sentimental screenplay from Alex Ross Perry, known for his biting, incisive and often merciless portrayals of human nature in the independent films he's written and directed himself, including «The Color Wheel» and «Queen of Earth.»

There's also a certain amount of trepidation at what this kind of power will feel like on the road in a mid-engined car on regular street tyres, but human nature being what it is, it's not too long before your right foot pushes a bit harder for a bit longer until those turbos wake up with a banshee wail.

I'm an observer of human nature, storing bits and pieces of information that may be used in the process of writing a novel.

It suggests that it is human nature for homeowners to believe the last bit of «expert» advice they receive, even if it is contrary to previous advice.

Predictable and consistent behavior Prefers human company, especially children Relatively «directable» without training Affectionate Able to be banged around, by kids and clumsy humans Comfortable indoors and outdoors Doesn't require a lot of exercise Calm in the home; not hyperactive High drives and excellent mental focus Athletic, excellent conformation, and excellent endurance Able to take, and learn from, a correction High initiative Low fearfulness Submissive to Dominant: depends upon the nature of the work Low other - dog aggression is preferred, but not always a requirement Quiet: unless barking is needed for the work If used for protection, will follow through and bite with intention, if not used for protection, then little to no aggression in most circumstances Easily Housetrained

Partially because of these early breeding efforts which frowned on «man biters,» pit bulls gained a reputation for their trustworthy nature with humans.

But then the writers make a few more terrible jokes, including one scene where Bryce checks out Arcadia's lingerie in her apartment, that start to drag poor Bryce back into the realms of being unlikable, and that leaves me at a bit of an impasse: I could argue that Bryce is perhaps an interesting study on human nature, questioning what someone would actually become after 500 - years of watching friends and family die around them without being able to die themselves, always having to live on the outer fringes of society.

«Bits of Elsewhere» is Manalo's third exhibition with Addison Ripley, and the new work follows her ongoing pursuit of capturing memory and the tenuous, ethereal uncertainty of human nature.

Gary Indiana wrote of her work in Utopia's Debris (2008): «This is the subtext: The conviction that empathy can, in fact, change the world — a little at a time, and not always, and you will only improve things a little bit, anyway, but if you don't even try, the incurably ugly side of human nature has already won the war inside us all.»

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

although Shakespeare could not have predicted the rise of urban entertainment centers in the late 20th century, he did know a bit about human nature and entertainment.