I will present examples drawn from recent work on the psychology and neuroscience of uniquely
human abilities for calculation and reading.
I believe in the power of my own destiny and the human capacity for love kindness as well as the deep
human ability for hate and cruelty.
I have not a doubt that religion is simply a side effect of
our human ability for self aware abstract thought and our need to comprehend the yet incomprehensible in our universe.
Although machines easily surpass
human ability for certain constrained visual tasks, such as identifying a face among thousands of passport photos, they flounder in the everyday human environment.
The Kepler team's computers are sifting through the data, but the Planet Hunters project is betting that there will be planets that can only be found via
the human ability for pattern recognition.
The distinctly
human ability for forceful precision (e.g. when turning a key) and power «squeeze» gripping (e.g. when using a hammer) is linked to two key evolutionary transitions in hand use: a reduction in arboreal climbing and the manufacture and use of stone tools.
Automation and computerization are exceeding
human ability for doing repetitive tasks and calculations, but the educational model has not changed.
Not exact matches
For one, current Federal Aviation Administration regulations prohibit drones from flying beyond the site of their human operators, thus limiting the ability for drones to deliver goods in far - off plac
For one, current Federal Aviation Administration regulations prohibit drones from flying beyond the site of their
human operators, thus limiting the
ability for drones to deliver goods in far - off plac
for drones to deliver goods in far - off places.
What sets
humans apart is love, i.e. our feeling
for justice, our creativity in the face of challenges, our
ability to empathize deeply and respond wisely.
A spokeswoman
for the EPA declined to comment, but a top official said in an internal memo that EPA leaders «will do everything in our power to protect our
ability to support the mission of the agency in protecting
human health and the environment.»
Many experts don't expect that the world will adopt Level 4 autonomy — the
ability to summon a car that goes from point A to point B without
human interference —
for 25 years, or a full generational change.
This is the root of sexual violence: The idea that women aren't autonomous
human beings with the right and
ability to say yes to sexual interactions we want and no to those we don't, but that we're receptacles
for male sexual desire, that our bodies are up
for grabs (literally, in this case).
Instant gratification turns into the need
for constant progress, being self - centered turns into the
ability to relate to people on a very basic,
human level — because we want their attention.
Daniel H. Pink outlines the six fundamentally
human abilities that are absolute essentials
for professional success and personal fulfillment — and reveals how to master them.
«Our managers look at three key areas — passion, proven history, and an employee's willingness and
ability to adapt to change and take on new things,» David Stafford, chief
human resources officer and executive vice president of personnel
for Michelin North America, told Business Insider.
Because, as Belmonte rightly explains, the new «precisely targeted» tools can help us «study species evolution, biology and disease, and may lead ultimately to the
ability to grow
human organs
for transplant.»
Rumpel adds that Uber has the
ability to go «to the next level» by automating a commercial fleet, eliminating the need
for a
human driver.
Cue, a robot who has created by Toyota and perfected its skills through artificial intelligence, demonstrated its shooting
ability against two
human opponents — Seiya Ando and Zack Baranski — who play
for Alvark.
Soon realising its
ability to improve business processes,
human interactions, and the opportunity
for individuals to large scale enterprises — ensuring true requirement of such technology.
Greater Vancouver has significant opportunity
for improvement when it comes to the
ability to successfully compete
for human capital.
The CoSchedule Headline Analyzer isn't
human, and there's no substitute
for your own
ability to think through the results.
The evolution of
human's
ability for abstract thought... not it's your turn.
We developed the
ability to feel sympathy
for our fellow
humans.
When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance
for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect
for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the
ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.
If you don't have the
ability to put yourself in another
human being shoes then we have no use
for you.
What makes
human - kind special is the
ability to accept others
for who they are and not judge.
Absolutely nothing special about
humans compared to dolphins, monkeys, cat, dogs, or ants, other than our amazing
ability for self - delusion!)
Nevertheless, by virtue of our collective
human powers — our capacity
for complex symbolic thinking, the sophistication of our tools, our
ability to steward nature, and our demonstrated interest in telling both nature's story and our own —
human beings also transcend nature.
They would not work;
for Calvin, the common
human obligation is to labor in the garden of the Lord, in whatever manner is commensurate with one's God «given gifts and
abilities on the one hand, and the needs of the situation on the other.
Belief in gods is rampant, not because the case
for their existence has any merit, it doesn't, but because
humans have an uncanny
ability to delude themselves, and be deluded.
Among the reasons they cited
for wealth being «increasingly concentrated» in the hands of the richest is tax evasion and the
ability to exploit workers as
human rights erode in countries around the world.
For example, since skin color has no demonstrable relation to intellectual
ability, esthetic sensitivity, or character, it follows that no significant conclusions about a person's characteristically
human behavior can be drawn from the nature of his pigmentation.
Ethics — A search
for viable individual, social and political principles of ethical conduct, judging them on their
ability to enhance
human well - being and individual responsibility.
He knows that it would be unfair to give John a personal guarantee, to say, «I really am who you thought — trust me,»
for that would merely leave John agonizing over his own
ability to trust another
human.
The
human ability to create something where nothing previously existed is what drives our economic growth and makes it possible
for us to survive and flourish.
Deities and afterlives are, to me, an absolutely natural side effect of the
human brain's
ability for abstract thought.
You see we as
humans have the
ability to think
for ourselves and do not require a priest class to tell us how or what to believe.
It is really bizarre that the GOP bellows about wanting «small» government and more «freedom» while at the same time working to destroy
human rights and true
ability to choose
for oneself.
Then those that are left (surviving genocides and «nature») will get a clue and realize that only God has the
ability to create the complexities of the
human eye, circulatory system, the fact we have (had) the needed water and atmosphere was not a random perfection that just occurred... will change their minds and ask
for forgiveness that was already granted them through Jesus, if they chose to accept it.
Don't you think that it's more likely what people call the voice of god is simply a complex awareness created by the
human brain which has been evolving its
ability to recognize patterns
for millions of years?
That would be fine if women had some innate
ability to detect desirable or undesirable traits that might fit into a long term plan
for development of the
human species, and were uniformly intelligent and responsible enough to adhere to such a plan.
Of course, many natural events are well outside the
ability of
humans to perform and have no obvious visible cause (e.g. thunderstorms, earthquakes, tides, etc.), so if you accept that invisible beings are responsible
for them you also have to assume those invisible beings are immensely powerful.
There are four types of evil of which the modern age is particularly aware: the loneliness of modern man before an unfriendly universe and before men whom he associates with but does not meet; the increasing tendency
for scientific instruments and techniques to outrun man's
ability to integrate those techniques into his life in some meaningful and constructive way; the inner duality of which modern man has become aware through the writings of Dostoievsky and Freud and the development of psychoanalysis; and the deliberate and large - scale degradation of
human life within the totalitarian state.
Both of these approaches negate our responsibility
for our own actions and ignore the reality of
human will and our
ability to do good or evil.
I would not fault a person
for believing there is more to the
human condition than biology while having the
ability to see the inherent corruption and hypocrisy present in organized religion in it's adherence to doctrine over scripture and political motivations.
For Hartshorne the
ability to think rationally, on at least an elementary level, is a milestone in
human life.
That is, only
human beings, it is claimed, can attempt to plan
for the future and only they can try to develop a theory regarding their telos,
abilities which lull some individuals into thinking that they can in fact perform these tasks unerringly.
Taken as the sole moral principle it undercuts our
ability to articulate an ideal
for human life.
The significance of Whiteheadian thought
for an understanding of the nature of man lies in its
ability to justify many of qualities necessary to the dignity of the
human being, such as freedom, self - respect, self - creation, and responsibility.
For MacIntyre, the practices necessary for training in practical reason through which we acquire the ability to act intelligibly requires the systematic growth of human potential by acquired excellence that can not help but challenge the character of modern moral practice and theo
For MacIntyre, the practices necessary
for training in practical reason through which we acquire the ability to act intelligibly requires the systematic growth of human potential by acquired excellence that can not help but challenge the character of modern moral practice and theo
for training in practical reason through which we acquire the
ability to act intelligibly requires the systematic growth of
human potential by acquired excellence that can not help but challenge the character of modern moral practice and theory.