So, I had this intuition when I was younger that we should do things faster — more intuitive, and
more in a scientific way.
Not exact matches
A
more scientific way to respond to this question is to look at historical returns and see what blends of U.S. and international stocks result
in the lowest historical risk.
It matters not so much HOW the universe was created (although the first version creation
in Genesis is interestingly similar
in some
ways to the modern
scientific view, going from light — the big bang — to simple then
more increasingly complex life, but I digress) what matter is that it was created by a loving God.
The mentality that Rauschenbusch deployed to seduce his readers — the turn away from troubling debates about doctrine, the shift from personal salvation to social reform, and the reassurance that progressive disdain for traditional religion was
in fact a sign of a
more authentic and
scientific faith — provided a
way to remain Christian while setting aside whatever seems incompatible with modern life.
This theoretical attitude, which comes so naturally to modern
scientific humankind, is likely to be far
more destructive to Christianity than any attack that the atheists might launch, because it can cut the very heart out of the Christian life — and
in such a
way that the individual does not at all think of himself or herself as having given up the faith.
Whitehead pointed out long ago,
in Science and the Modern World, that the habits of medieval rationalism prepared the
way for the
scientific discoveries of the seventeenth century, an insight given far
more documentation, depth, and scope
in the writings of the historian and philosopher of science Stanley L. Jaki
in our time.
The revealed account of creation mentions only the «dust of the earth» as material cause; there is no certain
scientific doctrine to the contrary; therefore there is no reason to abandon a «literal» interpretation of Genesis, all the
more so as the history of the theory of evolution shows that this tends to be regarded
in a radically materialistic
way as a complete explanation of man's origin, and so involves theses which are certainly heretical.
In a
way, every new
scientific discovery is a proof that we're headed towards a time when we don't need God as an explanation any
more.
However, the Church's theological discourse can not be so intimately bound to any one
scientific theory, as «the final
way» to explain something, that it becomes difficult to separate itself from such a theory, either because a theological doctrine itself can no longer be explained without it (which it can) or because a
scientific theory has been superseded by a
more coherent
scientific theory (better able to explain reality) as is the nature of progress
in science.There is a precedent for this
in the Galileo controversy from the 1600s.
Perhaps the Eastern Christian Tradition can provide a
way to preserve the material blessings of Western technology and
scientific insights without losing the intuitive spiritual wisdom gained earlier when Religious Traditions experienced Grace
more deeply by their participation
in the natural rhythms of life.
In the same
way, new
scientific discoveries, which correct previous errors, can not make the existence of God
more or less probable.
The electronic age with its offering of a wide variety of
ways to present the human voice has commanded new attention to oral language.1 Perhaps the ascendancy of science and the domination of the
scientific method has created such a restricted view of language that a reaction
in favor of
more dimensions to language is to be taken simply as clear testimony to a general degeneration of meaningful discourse, a degeneration
in which the church figures prominently.
Nature is
in fact always much richer and
more complex than our imaginative and mathematical models, and we unduly shrivel our understanding of the cosmos if we equate it
in a simple
way with our
scientific schemes.
In a very real
way, our time and the surrounding culture may be defined by
scientific and technological advances, and perhaps even
more by the incoherent and confused responses to these advances.
The
more scientific folks can correct or fill
in the details here, but I remeber seeing it
in Carl Sagan's book and PBS special COSMOS as well as I think Discovery magazine,
way back
in the late 70's early 80's.
We will see that
scientific theories influence observation, but that religious beliefs influence experience
in a
more problematic
way.
Darwin, however, deserves to be called a
scientific creationist because he attempted to knit together
scientific and theological theories
in a
way that affords a
more unified and comprehensive view of reality.
I think I was put on this earth to make the world a better place — or help people to get
more out of life —
in a
way that doesn't require any
scientific knowledge.
Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the
scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization»
in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money
in Concussion, Inc.), gives
way to greater collaboration among researchers and a
more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.
The problem is not that traits
more frequently attributed to women are undesirable, Dutt says, but leadership ability is associated with excelling
in science, and women «don't get described
in the same
way that pertains to
scientific leadership.»
More broadly, science diplomacy benefits foreign policy
in somewhat less obvious but no less important
ways: Whether we are engaging with Russia or China or Cuba or any other country, we are strongest when we can leverage our signature asset, American ingenuity and when
scientific exchanges provide the basis for cooperation.
Our goal is that presenting science to the public
in an entertaining, system - based
way, rather than bogging them down with a series of scattered facts, it will help
more people understand it and feel that they can contribute to the
scientific conversation.
As Chase explains
in the June issue of
Scientific American, vacancy chains are an excellent
way to distribute resources: Unlike
more typical competition, a single vacancy chain benefits everyone involved — each individual gets an upgrade.
Islam is
in many
ways more tolerant of
scientific study than is Christian fundamentalism.
There are
scientific signs
in more than one thousand verses of the Koran, according to El - Naggar, and
in many sayings of the Prophet, although these signs often do not speak
in a direct
scientific way.
The fastest
way to train
more minority scientists
in scientific and technical fields, it says, is simply to improve the retention and completion rates of undergraduate students already interested
in the natural sciences and engineering.
Kinzig has always been interested
in the application of
scientific information
in this
way, but like many researchers, Kinzig wondered if academia was really right for her, or if she would be happier working someplace where the goals were
more immediate.
Their book is the second of two volumes about the role for expert advice
in the process of decision making by European governments, the first of which looked at the subject
in general, while this examines the
more specialised area of
scientific advice and the
way in which it is used to underpin large technological programmes.
International
scientific organizations, such as AAAS or SPIE, should take the lead
in harmonizing these structures
in a very collaborative
way, as well as the ethical norms and intellectual property policies that surround them, thus making science
more accessible to laymen and policy - makers for a purer and standardized global research environment.
A Case Study of a Mom - Scientist: Canopy Meg 1 September 2006 Being a single mom makes starting out
in a
scientific career all the
more challenging, but Margaret Dalzwell Lowman found a
way to involve her two sons.
Learn
more about the many
ways cities are becoming
more efficient
in the September 2011 issue of
Scientific American.
For
more on reproducibility
in science, see SN's feature «Is redoing
scientific research the best
way to find truth?»
By continuing to find
ways to squeeze
in more experiments while making the
way people interact with LCLS
more straightforward, Fuoss said, «We can improve productivity and allow the
scientific users to have a
more hands - on role
in the actual data collection.
As the project scales up, Vincent hopes to find
ways for this informal «peer review of the media» to receive
more recognition,
in ways similar to current efforts to recognize
scientific peer - review activities.
«I believe the career I have carved out for myself will help pave the
way for future generations of underrepresented minority scientists to thrive, and for all members of the
scientific community to be
more culturally sensitive than those who came before them,» Smith wrote
in a column published
in the 30 September edition of Science disclosing his own experiences with bias.
The lack of
scientific tools to translate perceptions — such as
more beautiful or rejuvenated — into numbers that can be analyzed is a challenge
in the field of facial plastic surgery and it can get
in the
way of producing high - quality
scientific publications.
They will be providing them with new skills which can transform their
scientific ideas
in a new
way and help them be different and
more adaptable to the changing conditions of our dynamic world.
We hope to explore that and to understand
more fully how news and information about
scientific activities makes their
way to citizens, how they understand it, and how,
in some circumstances, they contribute to it.»
What's
more, «there is a lot of
scientific mentoring and evaluation along the
way to help the new group leaders
in the initial years.
Readers of
scientific articles can use this to find the data they need
in a much
more efficient
way.»
In the June issue of
Scientific American, Markus Hofmann, head of Bell Labs Research, the research and development arm of Alcatel — Lucent, describes how he and his team of engineers are developing
ways to help the Internet
more efficiently route information, a move that should free up network bandwidth and reduce traffic bottlenecks.
In general, the practice of reanalysing data in many different ways without a clear scientific rationale to yield a target result, or deciding to collect more data after failing to see the expected result within properly sampled groups are also instances of DR
In general, the practice of reanalysing data
in many different ways without a clear scientific rationale to yield a target result, or deciding to collect more data after failing to see the expected result within properly sampled groups are also instances of DR
in many different
ways without a clear
scientific rationale to yield a target result, or deciding to collect
more data after failing to see the expected result within properly sampled groups are also instances of DRP.
The Centre is now housed
in the Wellcome Collection, and believes that scientists can have a huge impact on the
way the media cover
scientific issues, by engaging
more quickly and
more effectively with the stories that are influencing public debate and attitudes to science.
In the summer of 1996, the Department of Energy challenged the
scientific community to develop new and
more effective
ways to remove mercury from the environment.
Anyone who has spent an hour
in the
scientific world knows that simply saying «Go collaborate
more, and oh, by the
way, break down a few silos while you're at it» isn't the answer.
The Zooniverse is the world's largest and most successful
scientific crowdsourcing platform, engaging
more than 800,000 volunteers
in tasks including classifying galaxies, discovering planets, and mapping star formation
in the Milky
Way.
The evolution of Neanderthal imagery over the past 100 years actually says
more about our own evolution, both
in terms of our
scientific discovery and
in the
way we now evaluate «primitive» cultures.
While TIGR and the former JCVI have been leading the
way in genomic breakthroughs for
more than 15 years, we are now confident that our unified organization will be an even greater
scientific force
in genomic research.»
Let those
more interested
in politics (action) find some other
way than using «
scientific climate data».
Though the APS statement about climate change is
more nuanced than the AAAS letter, stating — for example — «
scientific challenges remain
in our abilities to observe, interpret, and project climate change,» it
in no
way disputes the
scientific consensus on climate change or the risks it poses.