Sentences with phrase «most human affairs»

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Most of those concerns focus on the singularity, a soon - to - arrive crossover point in the affairs of man and machine, where machines overtake human intelligence, and we cease to be the most interesting feature of the plaMost of those concerns focus on the singularity, a soon - to - arrive crossover point in the affairs of man and machine, where machines overtake human intelligence, and we cease to be the most interesting feature of the plamost interesting feature of the planet.

The most distinctive form of power in human affairs extends beyond the acquired responses of mind, to the self - transcending action of the human spirit.

Lion, many of the most prominent founding fathers were deists, that is, they believed that a god created them, but that god was not interested in human affairs, there are no miracles and that Christ, while a fine teacher was no more than another human.

Let us begin with language, perhaps the most fundamental of all studies because of the fact that speech is so clearly a distinguishing feature of human beings within the whole created order and because it is so essential to the effective conduct of all human affairs, including every aspect of education.

Thus, while process thinkers and evangelicals may both be able to claim with integrity that, through Jesus Christ, we can overcome our human «hostility to God's aims» and be «reunited with God,» for evangelicals this is true only because God became human, died and rose again — that is, because God unilaterally intervened in the most direct manner possible in earthly affairs.

In the Koran there is very little in the way of story material, most of it is made up of the forthright commands of Ali, or directives for the conduct of human affairs in the Theocracy, or poetic expressions of religious insight given to the prophets.

Some may believe that the most reasonable response to some of what we as humans experience — for example, changed lives or unusual events — is to assume that God unilaterally intervenes at times in earthly affairs and thus conclude that any theistic perspective that does not allow for such intervention must be considered inadequate.

But for the most part, routine ruled human affairs and «news» as we think we know it began with business, when trading associations in Northern Europe shared information about commodity prices and other conditions that would affect profit, developing newsletters with the new print technology.

Before the «disenchantment of the world,» something for which Protestants generally and Calvinists most especially can be credited or blamed, the presence of the divine in human affairs was everywhere acknowledged, however much some might deplore the more «superstitious» responses to it.

But it is the combination of community and contrast that is most interesting, since often this is not adequately understood and, therefore, needs a particularly emphatic statement, even today when we are obliged to agree with Willkie and acknowledge that what happens anywhere in the world of human affairs has its affect upon what happens to us, whoever and wherever we may happen to live.

But in previous ripostes to the book's critics, most notably in a 19 June Huffington Post article titled «Five Critics Say You Shouldn't Read This «Dangerous» Book,» Wade charged that his critics were «indoctrinated in the social - science creed that prohibits any role for evolution in human affairs» and contended that the book's central argument «has not been challenged by any serious scientist.»

Most recently, Mukherjee has been studying and working in the labs of CSNE member, Eric Rombokas, and Patrick Aubin at the Department of Veteran Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Limb Loss and MoBility where he is designing mechanical interfaces between humans and machines.

But what makes «Cartel Land» special, and particularly frightening, is that — unlike most mainstream movies and TV shows — it reflects the more ambiguous state of human affairs.

It takes little imagination to see how these assumptions have guided most realms of human affairs, from policy making to media portrayals of social life.

Subsequently she advanced in higher education administration as the Vice President for Human Resources, then Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at NLU and, most recently, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Argosy University.

It remains to be seen whether the series draws a substantial and sustained audience, but the Showtime team, at least in episode one, deserves plaudits for taking a compellingly fresh approach to showing the importance of climate hazards to human affairs, the role of greenhouse gases in raising the odds of some costly and dangerous outcomes and — perhaps most important — revealing the roots of the polarizing divisions in society over this issue.

As I've written before, while 20 years of intensifying inquiry has greatly reinforced confidence that humans are influencing climate in ways that could profoundly disrupt human and natural affairs, it has not substantially clarified climate outcomes that matter most: how fast and far temperatures and seas will rise in the next 100 years, how hurricanes will respond to warming, how regional conditions will change.

The most compelling assessment of the human and security implications of our failure to deal with global warming is set out by in a new book, published this month, called Climate Wars written by the highly respected international affairs and military analyst Gwynne Dyer.

your organisation, the NL government both are in the forefront of insisting that law must replace brute force, militarism and anarchy in human affairs — and while the rule by law is superior to chaos, the rule of law is our goal — and basic human rights protection is among the most critical measures.

Most recently, Rachel has been appointed to act as Special Advocate for one of the Claimants in judicial review proceedings brought against the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by three Afghan nationals claiming that they worked for the Defendants in Afghanistan as covert human intelligence sources.

This most basic of human rights — the right to have a say in decisions that impact directly on your life — is not apparent in the Government's approach to Indigenous affairs.