Sentences with phrase «larger than conventional wisdom»

Not exact matches

Contrary to conventional wisdom, I find that (1) it is better to lose later in the season than earlier, (2) AP voters do not pay attention to the strength of a defeated opponent, and (3) the benefit of winning by a large margin is negligible.

Before you scroll away, however, consider how a volcano - fertilized North Pacific Ocean phenomenally restored Pacific salmon runs in 2010 - to levels not seen since the early 1930's - and how this restoration squares with conventional wisdom about «iron seeding» being too hazardous to experiment with as a potential geo - engineering method.Following the late August of 2008 Aleutian volcano eruption, which spewed iron - rich ash over the North Pacific Ocean, the cohort of 2009 salmon (which «ran» in British Columbia streams in August of 2010) produced a spawning run much larger than what those same streams hosted 100 years ago.