Future scenarios like these depend on technology not yet widely available.
There is, however, no evidence that they are able to construct, reflect and compare different
future scenarios like humans are.
Not exact matches
Set in a fictional
future where a single company looms, Big Brother —
like, over all of Internet commerce and connection, the book presents an absolute worst - case
scenario for our current mass - experiment in living online.
Whatever happens to rates in the
future you can be sure the
scenario won't play out exactly
like it did in the past.
It is true, we are still investigating what caused the big bang, and we don't know if another big bang may be in our
future, but just
like a CSI and a blood splattered wall, the evidence is there and we need to follow it, not start inventing
scenarios as to how it might have been the butler or the husband or the wife did it when there is no physical evidence to indicate thus.
It goes
like this: Maybe a possible
scenario pops in our mind, we are faced with a decision to make, or maybe our brains are reacting to a small occurrence in our day but either way, we allow the
future to fearfully unravel in our minds.
In trying to assess the possible meaning and role of our groups in the
future I would
like to outline three possible
scenarios for American society: liberal, traditional authoritarian, and revolutionary.
i am not being rude, but with this mental state we wont win anything, and i am thinking about
future, and constant injuries, its
like player wants to be injured, wenger needs new pshyhologist for the team, cuz this
scenarios are repeating since 2009.
«I would
like to assure supporters that I am open to various
future scenarios — a constructive partnership with the majority shareholder, the purchase of his stake either alone or in a consortium, or if a party appears who shares my and undoubtedly the majority of fans» visions for the club, I could consider the question of selling my stake.»
You have to truly believe that this visualization will be what your
future looks
like in order to prevent you from thinking about the worst - case
scenario instead.
After delving into what life in Buffalo Niagara could be
like in 2050 under each of these
scenarios, you will be asked to refine your vision for the
future of Buffalo Niagara one final time.
But the study, published today in Earth's
Future, finds that scientists won't be able to determine, based on measurements of large - scale phenomena
like global sea level and Antarctic mass changes, which
scenario the planet faces until the 2060s.
The second was a
scenario modeled for a
future of increased expansion of industrial farms growing crops
like oil palm, a product that is blamed for significant forest losses in other nations
like Indonesia.
It made a significant difference to our understanding of the potential damage to Seattle from seismically triggered landslides,» said Allstadt, who would
like to use the new framework to run many more
scenarios to prepare for
future earthquakes in Seattle.
He proposed that in the distant
future, intelligent beings might figure out a way to «cheat» a Big Freeze -
like scenario.
And they're now modeling how glaciers will respond to
future climate
scenarios, particularly how coastal glaciers
like Wolverine impact the ecosystem along the Gulf of Alaska.
For large animals,
like hippo and buffalo, their sensitivity to change — especially with predictions of more frequent and prolonged drought — means they don't do well in any of the
future scenarios modelled by the park's scientific teams.
That job I got laid off from brought me to LA which I wanted so bad, that failed dating
scenario taught me a lot about myself, as well as my
likes + dislikes and questioning my happiness +
future made me realize how passionate I really am about blogging and my career path in digital marketing + social media!!
To help us with office
scenarios like this in the
future, we asked Idris Elba and Richard Madden for their best advice on navigating office politics.
Consider
scenarios of what learning will look
like in the near
future as powerful new technological tools become available.
I think we'd both
like to see a
future in which books and ebooks can co-exist peacefully — and perhaps they will, but I worry that a
scenario where we see a race to lower ebook pricing could have a negative impact on publishers» inclination to produce actual books.
It's also all conjecture — as is the
future of electronic books, digital ink and any other of the technology
scenarios that futurists
like to conceive.
Using a personal loan for longer - term financial
scenarios,
like paying down debt or home improvements, are the more practical options, since the former is about improving credit in the near
future; the latter, increasing equity.
At levels
like that
future market outcomes are poor under almost every historical
scenario, and even if the market doesn't seem nuts in terms of qualitative signals, the amount you leave on the table is piddly over a 10 - year horizon.
Global markets are in upheaval, the financial sector is in shambles, and people are genuinely worried about the possibility of a Depression -
like scenario in the near
future, which only begs the question: So what does this mean for my next trip?
No one knows how the
future will look
like but if this
scenario can be even partially true — count me in; --RRB-
Finally a case is made for considering accessibility when designing
future versions of gaming user interfaces, and speculative
scenarios are presented for what such interfaces might look
like.
While the rival Call of Duty titles have been marching ever further into the
future, Battlefield 1 is an attempt to re-engage with fans of the genre, who fell for titles
like Battlefield 1942, Medal of Honor and the original Call of Duty games with their depiction of historically authentic
scenarios.
What I
Like: character development (Lara), gameplay variety, high replay value, challenging action - based puzzles, deep environments, solid origin plot, combat system, terrain movements, collectibles, multiplayer mode addition, music / dialogue cues, excellent graphics, Lara's memorable challenges /
scenarios, great potential for likely
future installments
Pulling
scenarios like Random Thanos in this collaboration would set a high standard for
future
Other, more sophisticated
scenarios were drawn up based on reasonable estimates of what the
future world will be
like because of decisions and actions governments will / might make (more info).
Scenarios are not predictions of what will happen, but they can be useful tools for researching a wide range of «what if» questions about what the world might be
like in the
future.
There is no
future scenario — regardless of how the remaining carbon budget is apportioned — in which the South has sufficient space to avoid a decarbonization transition so rapid that, in anything
like a business - as - usual world, it threatens the South's prospects for development.
My RS presentation on climate models provides my thoughts on what this would look
like, with a greater emphasis on the historical and paleo data record and climate models used to develop and assess likelihood of a much broader range of
future climate
scenarios.
Here, we explore possible impacts through two experiments designed to bracket uncertainty in ultraviolet irradiance in a
scenario in which
future solar activity decreases to Maunder Minimum -
like conditions by 2050.
It provided the most likely
future evolution of the global mean temperature under different socio - economic
scenarios and that of other quantities
like regional precipitation changes.
David Stockwell's paper on how to improve the methodology for adjusting the raw temperature data or for adjusting for missing temperature data is distinct from computer modelling where an algorithm is employed based on various assumptions about AGW, CO2, clouds and the
like to predict
future climate «
scenarios».
Sugiyama, T. and J. Sinton, 2005: Orchestra of treaties: A
future climate regime
scenario with multiple treaties among
like - minded countries.
Oil companies,
like climate septics, are smart enough to understand that demand for their products is unlikely to reduce in any foreseeable
future scenario.
«We use
scenarios much
like testing probes to explore
future societal developments and their consequences for climate and the environment,» said Keywan Riahi, a lead author on the IPCC's latest assessment report and convening the three - day meet in Vienna.
I would
like to think that the time is coming when we can say with confidence that the true disaster
scenarios are off the table and it's now all about finetuning our actions — choosing between a range of low - target, strong - mitigation
futures in which we never go anywhere near catastrophe.
To me, such «zero - minus» or «low - stabilization»
scenarios have a ring of truth about them; they sound
like the
future you would aim for, once you really understand the situation.
I would
like to discuss the effect of two
scenarios: The International Energy Agency's 2011 «New Policies
Scenario» (IEA 2011a), as updated in IEA's 2012 «Facing China's Coal
Future», which is available HERE, and the US Energy Information Agency's «International Energy Outlook 2011 Reference Case» (IEO2011), available HERE.
Like coal, three
scenarios of
future production were developed to illustrate the range of uncertainty.
There's a lot of incertitude about the
future, but the worst case
scenario is not pretty and it seems
like every time we improve our estimates, they get worse...
Just as online databases transformed the ways to study law,
future interactive gamification - based learning platforms will provide more life -
like scenario - based experiences that will build the skills of tomorrow's lawyers online to make them more work ready.
Using a personal loan for longer - term financial
scenarios,
like paying down debt or home improvements, are the more practical options, since the former is about improving credit in the near
future; the latter, increasing equity.
You're considering the worst case
scenario — what their
future looks
like if you're gone.
That said, in the situations where an app wraps around the front - facing camera in the way I describe in the first
scenario, the Essential Phone feels
like a peek into the
future of smartphones.
I recently came a TED talk by author Karen Thompson Walker which discusses how fear is
like a story, and can help us to imagine all possible
future scenarios and how to cope with them.