Sentences with phrase «much scientific progress»

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In the modern period the classical Western deity more and more took on the garb of the One who ultimately validates scientific and industrial progress, including not only much that was truly progressive, but also the industrial rape of nature and, ultimately, through a variety of corporate structures, the oppression of the poor, and the dispossessed.

In fact, scientific progress is much more a matter of pruning and reevaluation, wherein problems thought to be resolved come crashing back at us with resounding irresolution.

I would submit that much of the scientific and social progress that has transpired since the Dark Ages was driven by those who didn't drink the Kool - Aid of organized religion, but who dared to strike - out on their own spiritual path, without necessarily «tossing out» the concept of a higher power in our lives.

Since then, for a number of reasons (air and water pollution, health concerns ignored and in fact unknown by scientific medicine, ecological issues), this questioning of the omnicompetence of the scientific method to uncover the truth, and of the creative value of technological «progress,» has deepened and spread and now penetrates much further into the culture as a whole.

However bitter our disillusionment with human goodness, there are stronger scientific reasons than ever before for believing that we do really progress and that we can advance much further still, provided we are clear about the direction in which progress lies and are resolved to take the right road.

I wish to show in this paper that, however bitter our disillusionment with human goodness in recent years, there are stronger scientific reasons than ever before for believing that we do really progress and that we can advance much further still, provided we are clear about the direction in which progress lies and are resolved to take the right road.

And, with their help, we get a sense of how much work is going on to develop the new tools and technologies that underpin scientific progress and allow research scientists and engineers to tackle some of the biggest scientific questions ever.

Sharp - eyed reader Paul Marks spotted the following interesting paragraph in the Office of Science and Technology's Forward Look report on government spending on science: «Despite enormous progress over the past decade, software engineering still suffers from being too much of an art and not enough of a science and much remains to be done to establish it on a firmer scientific basis.»

We can judge the progress of our ability to harness scientific achievement simply by looking at a robot and asking this question: Exactly how much is this machine like a human?

Agenda: Dr. No Money (p 10) Progress in scientific research is hindered because scientists spend too much of their time trying to raise money for their work.

But most scientists still don't share one crucial piece of information — the source codes of the computer programs driving much of today's scientific progress.

But Aeras will continue to fight for progress by learning as much as we can from our ongoing trials and research; by sharing scientific gains, building strong partnerships, and making sure that the world hears our call for increased and essential investment in TB vaccine research and development; and by leading the push for innovation, in the lab and beyond.

Much progress has been accomplished in the breed since the year 1900 in the developing of different strains by scientific breeding, and some inbreeding, that has produced some very fine dogs, with clean cut short heads, snow white markings, dark soft eyes and the happy medium body leaning more to the Terrier that the Bulldog.

«Ceva knows the importance of supporting industry organizations that do so much to advance scientific progress and educate the veterinarian community and the public on heartworm disease and prevention,» Wallace says.

«Normal scientific progress since 1998, including improvement of methods and much more data, suggests that the long - term variability is somewhat larger then previously thought.»

JCH, The progress of scientific understanding has much in common with Bayesian approach to using empirical data in building posterior likelihoods.

I'm not of the «party, party, party» mindset, but I do believe that in fifty years or so we are going to have much better technological choices for energy and climate out of the ordinary run of scientific progress, assuming we don't plunge the world into severe economic turmoil with draconian measures to reduce carbon levels to 350 ppm ASAP.

«Mr. Cuccinelli's investigation, unless based on a much more substantial body of evidence than is apparent, could inappropriately inhibit the free exchange of scientific findings and ideas and thus limit the progress of science,» the AAAS Board said.

Playing on the fringes of contrarianism about every scientific finding is a great way to go crazy, but it won't help you progress much.