Sentences with phrase «doing necessary science»
As scientists and as a society, we accept the low probability that a handful of people may become accidentally infected and even die doing necessary science.
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In a famous passage from Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead gives this counsel to scholars in the various historical disciplines: «Do not chiefly direct your attention to those intellectual positions which [controversialists] feel it necessary explicitly to defend.»
While the Bible can be interpreted in a way that is consistent with science I don't think it is necessary.
Then light was liberated, and then gravity created the first stars and galaxies, then billions of years later, a local star went supernova and seeded the local nebula with heavier elements, elements necessary for life, elements that were not created during the Big Bang, then the sun was born, then the planets coalesced, and billions of years later some primate wrote a story about how the Earth was created at the same time as the rest of the universe, getting it wrong because that primate did not have the science nor technology to really understand what happened, so he gave it his best guess, most likely an iteration of an older story told prior to the advent of the Judeo Christian religion.
Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be a textbook of science, the old controversy between religion and science vanishes... The doctrine of the Trinity is much more abstruse than anything in relativity or quantum mechanics; but, being necessary for salvation, the doctrine is stated in the Bible.
In one sense the discovery of human individuality was necessary for the development of human rights, the economic individualism orientated to profit and free market produced the modern economy; the separation of human being from nature coupled with the autonomy of the world of science helped the development of technology; and the autonomy of different areas of life like the arts and the government, each to follow purposes and laws inherent in it, did make for unfettered creativity in the various fields.
What is necessary, Niebuhr declares, is»... a critique of historical reason, a reason that will not seek the possibility of biblical history in the conditions of natural science or idealistic metaphysics, but rather in the answer to the distinctive question, how do we know historical events.»
Believe in God all you want, but science is showing that he wasn't necessary for the creation of the universe, so that does put the two at odds.
-- Science says it's «solving» something God did — Claim is made that God isn't necessary for it — No mention is ever made that they proved nothing could do it — they continue to «search» for the answer
They didn't cut out a necessary aspect of education like music, history, science, or art (as some schools do) that children need to grow and learn as citizens of society.
Still, more needs to be done to lower the barriers between science and other fields and, where necessary, to give scientists interested in making a switch a little boost.
But since January 2009, Ari Daniel Shapiro — he uses his middle name to avoid confusion with the Ari Shapiro who reports for NPR on the Department of Justice and legal affairs — has earned his living as an independent radio and multimedia producer, recording sounds, editing audio, and doing all the things necessary to create science - related radio shows for public radio and podcasts and audio slide shows for the Web sites of research institutions.
It's a truth universally acknowledged that a strong safety culture — something the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines as combining «the necessary full attention to safety matters» and the «personal dedication and accountability of all individuals engaged in any activity which has a bearing on safety» — plays a vital role in doing science safely.
Harran himself writes, in a statement sent to Science Careers, «It seems clear... that I did not emphasize strongly enough the care and attention necessary when working with such materials.»
«Knowing that a modeled relative humidity is incorrect does not directly translate into the necessary model improvements, and models might not correctly simulate the dependence of cloud properties on relative humidity,» she wrote in an essay accompanying the research, which was also published in Science.
If a kid can come away from a science or engineering program in that decade and think, «I like this, I can do this, this is an option as a career,» then he or she can go on from there and take steps to get the necessary college education.
«It is a difficult career so I would advise women in particular to make sure they really want it and are ready to make all the necessary sacrifices before starting,» warns Isabelle Mansuy, although Anu Suomalainen - Wartiovaara wants to «encourage young female scientists — as a mother of three — by saying that family and science do not exclude each other.
«I think that the best place to do grid - related research is a good computer science department or any science department that has an interest in computer networks and collaborative projects, it's not necessary to find a prelabelled «Grid Lab.»»
A politically diverse scientific community, in which criticism is welcomed and responded to, is, according to Longino, necessary for doing good science.
Although detecting more events will help LIGO to do lots of science, its interferometers have intrinsic limitations that make it necessary to work together with a worldwide network of similar detectors that are now coming online.
«The next rover will be much bigger to carry the instruments necessary for meeting its goals, but it would be laughable to consider doing Mars Science Laboratory without the experience gained from doing the Mars Exploration Rovers,» he said.
According to Dr. Nadia Rosenthal, founding director of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and Chair of Cardiovascular Science at Imperial College London, «Comparative regenerative biology is an emerging field that is gaining momentum internationally, but there are few centers that have devoted the necessary focus, talent and resources to pursue this research at the level that MDIBL has done.
But I did not know (and it is very new science) that acidification also reduces a form of carbonate necessary for tiny ocean life to capture needed iron.
The current political situation, geography and science are also done correctly; this, however, might make the movie less accessible to the general viewers, since the understanding of how a nuclear bomb works is necessary to fully appreciate the ending.
Mercifully, it doesn't get bogged down in the science — it's sort of hazy on the details, actually, which go something like this: Synthetic DNA Something Something Nano Technology Something Something Accelerated Growth Something Something Amazing Ability — and it runs through the necessary exposition in a couple of minutes.
OK, maybe not necessary, but it does serve as a reminder that the film (based on the popular book from Andy Weir) may be filled with science... but it's also fiction — hence the label Science - Fscience... but it's also fiction — hence the label Science - FScience - Fiction.
It is necessary for the elevation of society and no less so for renewing the strength of the intellectual worker, for the flower of science does not grow in the desert.»
Yet traditional methods of teaching have done little to drive mental engagement among students, with many subjects like mathematics and science terminally regarded as two of the blandest necessary evils of the curriculum.
Of course, not everyone works the way Science Leadership Academy does, which means that protocols are not only suggested, but necessary.
Today, most Americans believe we aren't doing enough to give students the math, science, and communication skills necessary to compete in the decades ahead.
• That the Next Generation Science Standards, developed by Achieve and considered for adoption by Ohio, consist of low - level science expectations that do not promote the necessary skills for developing skilled scientists and technolScience Standards, developed by Achieve and considered for adoption by Ohio, consist of low - level science expectations that do not promote the necessary skills for developing skilled scientists and technolscience expectations that do not promote the necessary skills for developing skilled scientists and technologists.
Like many primary schools, we don't have the necessary space to store science resources when they are not in use.
The two reports were carried out in response to research last year that suggested two - thirds of science undergraduates did not have the necessary mathematical skills for their course.
Once Humans (Daimones Trilogy) by Massimo Marino Posted in Science Fiction & Fantasy by editor — December 30, 2013 Amazon, $ 4.50, 314 pages The second in the Daimones Trilogy from Massimo Marino, does a great job of clueing in the reader about the first book with a detailed prologue, making the reading of the first volume not necessary.
We are doing ultrasound scans at every visit in the absence of science to show it is safe (ultrasound is not safe and it is rarely necessary.
First of all, it is necessary to choose the best field of science that will be properly understood, as this is the main requirements needed for the proper writing; do you want to have the best science custom essays?
«Most people are doing it because they want to, not because it's necessary,» says C.A. Tony Buffington, DVM, PhD, professor of veterinary clinical sciences at The Ohio State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
It never occured to us it might be necessary to explicitly point out the difference between «the politicization of the science», which is obviously something we talk about quite frequently here at RC, and the «political implications of the science» (i.e., whether or not the Kyoto Accord should be ratified), which is something we obviously don't.
Second, having not succeeded in finding an alternative, they haven't even tried to do what would be logically necessary if they had one, which is to explain how it can be that everything modern science tells us about the interactions of greenhouse gases with energy flow in the atmosphere is wrong.»
Thursday, there was a keynote (video available here) from Ben Santer at the Stephen Schneider event who persuasively argued that in doing the science necessary to refute baseless claims made in the media and in front of Congress, actual progress can be made beyond simply demonstrating that the original claim was made up.
Modelling is generally shunned in attribution in favor of observation, but I do agree that climate science must turn to modelling when necessary, and that the statements in the 2010 post about using a lab are quite accurate and insightful.
Science, which is what this blog is about, is part of the necessary friction to get that done, but it is far from sufficient.
But I do know how science works, and it doesn't work when christian libertarian scientists sit back in their armchairs, and by merely lifting a little finger, are able to pronounce that markets will accomplish the global implementation of alternative energy, and that no effort by christian libertarian scientists is necessary at all.
I don't know if this has caused the disappearance of the frogs, but what becomes increasingly necessary is that environmental issues have to be addressed by all the science disciplines that affect the earth's biosphere and that many now in control, will have to give up some of their turf.
In my vision of technology and AI in the next 300 years, for example, mining the asteroids with robots is hardly science fiction, although I don't see why it would even be necessary.
I agree it is necessary that scientists do science and challenge the scientific orthodoxy, but I don't believe this is sufficient by itself.
In this book, he offers a comprehensive look at the current state of climate science and knowledge and the many ways to resolve the climate crisis, imploring us to do what's necessary to live in a better, cleaner future.
I still support doing climate science, but let's be clear - it's ultimate purpose is to let us know how important it is to reduce emissions and how urgently it is necessary to do that.
This latest report on the Science of Climate Change covered the key aspects of concern to those not part of the IPCC consensus, but did not involve them sufficiently, if at all, in developing the material and the result seems to be an official dismissal of the literature rather than a thorough development as is common for ideas necessary for the consensus view to be valid.
The difference between these galleries andAtmosphere is that they seem to articulate what it is possible to do with science, rather than what it is necessary to do according to science.