Sentences with phrase «human ingenuity at»

And so, «we need to think straight about the dangers ahead and to meet the problem with all the resources of human ingenuity at our disposal.»

The practice that is now globally recognized and a wealth of examples of human ingenuity at work accompany Radjou's talk.

Not exact matches

At times the land seems bountiful and kindly, and again harsh and unyielding, but it is always a challenge to human strength and ingenuity and people have learned to adapt their ways accordingly... agriculture continues to involve the relationship between humanity and the plant and the soil in which it grows....

And, even though the rich man by human ingenuity should at last succeed in being able to trick the sun into shining more invitingly upon his palace than over the poor man's hut, man will never be able to trick the Good and eternity in this fashion.

see what you have to understand about living in a real world — a world where god is just a story and not real — its a world based on scientific and physical laws that are proven to exist and their effects are measurable... us as humans, mere animals, hold no real power or control aside thru ingenuity which allows us to change our environment to suit us... stay with me here... at this point in human history we ceased to change to suit our environment and started changing it to suit us — thats destruction of the earth to suit one species — that should go over well...

When the first antibiotics became available 70 years ago, they were often described as miracles of human ingenuity, rather like plastics or bright permanent dyes, which were discovered at roughly the same time.

«It is an honor to represent the Academy as its President, particularly at a time when the intersection of intelligent technology and human ingenuity are creating an unprecedented array of opportunities to advance medical imaging for the benefit of patient care.

And all this happens because of the natural ingenuity of hardworking humans making things at a profit, and continuing to advance our knowledge and technology and make us all more productive in every field.

As James A. Secord points out, they served an almost «utopian» combination of the interests of capitalism, science, public education, and art; what allowed them to serve anything at all was their artifice, which brought with it the implication that even the remote beasts of deep time could be exposed, recreated, and conquered by human ingenuity.

As in Unknown Solider, shots linger over workers» fingers as they go about their work, inviting the viewer to marvel at the dexterity of the human animal, at the ingenuity evident in the experimentation and problem - solving.

Instead of looking at the limitless potential of human ingenuity, we finger - point over historic emissions.

The eco-pragmatists who embrace the new geological epoch — Michael Schellenberger, Ted Nordhaus, Peter Kareiva, Erle Ellis, Emma Marris, Stewart Brand, Mark Lynas — express an unbounded faith in technology and human ingenuity, and view the natural world as ultimately conformable to human manipulation and resilient enough to bounce back from whatever humans throw at it.

Clive Best @ 37: «Human ingenuity can only work outside the straight - jacket of national or international governments — just look at the Internet» You're joking, right?

Human ingenuity can only work outside the straight - jacket of national or international governments — just look at the Internet!

Nevertheless, humans would still have to demonstrate ingenuity and determination in exploiting even that reduced amount of fossil fuels, while at the same time remaining oblivious to the climate consequences.

Simon took the bet, insisting that the free market and human ingenuity would find ways to produce more resources at lower costs.

Also, while I think that science and technological progress and capitalism have done a pretty good job of avoiding permanent resource scarcity so far (eg, the Simon / Ehrlich bet), I don't think we should assume that they can do so forever, or that economic growth will continue at the current several percent rate forever - they might, betting against human ingenuity is always dangerous, but a good, robust strategy would take into account the possibility that there might be limits to growth even if it is difficult to pinpoint any one given constraint.

When it comes to questions of development, it can be easy for me to be dismissive of human ingenuity, and the modern project, while looking out at the snow in suburban Washington.

Human ingenuity and technology (enabled by government, which provided infrastructure and regulations) did the job — and at the same time they brought a tremendous concurrent increase in mobility.