Sentences with phrase «events in our thought experiment»

So here's a possible chain of events in our thought experiment that's perfectly consistent with the laws of thermodynamics but is inconsistent with the notion that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie: first, the sugar causes A to be insulin resistant; second, the insulin resistance serves to cause a compensatory elevation of serum insulin levels; third, the elevated insulin causes A to store calories in his fat tissue every day and grow fatter.

Not exact matches

A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research found that people who were asked to think about the past were willing to pay more for products than those who were asked to think about new or future memories; another experiment showed an increased willingness to give more money to others after recalling a nostalgic event.

Philosophy is great when dealing with abstract, human concepts (beacuse it's process is based around the human as the standard) but without some way to test philosophical treaties, you are just doing thought experiments which may or may not have any bearing on events in the «real» world.

I'll be sharing more in depth information on specific tools and programs that I think you'll love soon; meanwhile, I decided to experiment and recap the event via my very first Sway.

Then, in a series of experiments, the researchers looked at how the highest and lowest rated power songs affected both people's sense of power and three previously identified psychological and behavioral consequences of power: the tendency to see the forest instead of the trees (thought abstraction), perceived control over social events (illusion of control), and the desire to move first in competitive interactions.

The exhibition and related events for COUM Transmissions at the Humber Street Gallery, Hull, proposes an unprecedented exploration of the private thinking and public actions of the collective, who first started to meet and experiment in the city in the late 1960s.

Building on the hugely successful Disrupt San Francisco 2017 event, which included discussions on blockchain startups, cryptocurrency and ICOs with guests such as Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, we're delighted to host TC Sessions: Blockchain on July 6 in Zug, the city in Switzerland known as «Crypto Valley» because of the numerous blockchain companies that have moved there to capitalize on Zug's openness to blockchain experiments and forward - thinking approach to regulation.