«I have found myself increasingly chastised by climate change campaigners when my public statements and lectures on climate change have not satisfied their thirst for environmental drama and exaggerated rhetoric... Why is it not just campaigners, but politicians and scientists too, who are openly confusing the language of fear, terror and disaster with
the observable physical reality of climate change, actively ignoring the careful hedging which surrounds science's predictions?»
«Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning «knowledge») is the effort to discover, understand, or to understand better, how the physical world works, with
observable physical evidence as the basis of that understanding.»
A phenotype is
an observable physical trait that is influenced by an animal's genetics.
Germonpré's 2009 assessment of the Goyet canid was largely based on the measurement of
observable physical traits, such as the comparatively wide skull and snout, more doglike than wolfish.
Given these radically different ways in which they are «observed,» it is not self - evident, to say the least, that «mental phenomena» should be regarded as analogous to
observable physical phenomena such as the wetness of water and the hardness of ice.
Science is actually moving towards an understanding of God without knowing it as we move from
the observable physical into that which has no mass.
= > Science does a great job sorting out fact from fiction when it comes to
observable physical and falsifiable events and substances.
Not exact matches
The world is the tangible,
observable, intelligible,
physical world moved by necessity and that's it.
You are so prepared to believe all of this without any
physical proof and yet you are happy to discount a
physical,
observable, analyzable fossil record that shows a consistent and worldwide evolution of life on Earth dating back to about 3,500,000,000 years ago.
But regarding the creation story, it makes specific factual claims (albeit, internally contradictory when comparing the two different creation narratives) regarding the order of creation which are directly contradicted by
observable,
physical evidence, e.g. earth before sun, the order of the appearance of particular forms of life, etc..
The understanding is clear for those who believe and when God says I will wipe away every tear and create a new heaven and earth we will see that the missing limb had a purpose greater than what is
observable in the
physical or measurable by earthly standards (scientific method).
We find mutability in everything we observe in the
physical universe, evidencing that our
observable universe is not eternal.
Therefore, it became sort of a common practice to refer to the
observable universe, that is made of
physical matter, when speaking of the universe, and that it is finite.
The Big Bang is convenient only because it begins with a
physical «
observable» event yet leaves the question of pre Big Bang cosmology or in the theological world who made God unanswered.
Science now looks forward to an elegantly simple formula capable of illuminating the incredible diversity of
physical manifestations
observable in the cosmos in an even more integral and intelligible fashion.
Illusion is now thought to be omnipresent in definite, conscious perceptual experience — yet the dichotomy between
physical objects and illusions was introduced to express
observable differences within the field of conscious perception.
With regard to the mind or mentality, however, the «
observable properties,» such as conscious thoughts, images, and decisions, are not outwardly
observable through our
physical senses.
That which looks good to the eye (
observable in the
physical) is the illusion as it only looks good it is not actually good.
The notion of an electromagnetic field propagating in a vacuum is meaningful precisely because it is part of an elaborate
physical theory which has numerous well - confirmed
observable implications.
While biological evolution of adaptive species may have occurred through a series of localized internal (or non - purposive) teleologies, the concrescence or bringing together of
physical and biological processes corresponds to both a globally internalized (non-purposive) and globally externalized (purposive) teleology of the
observable universe.
Hence, body - centered hypnosis mediates a woman's fears about childbirth and motherhood through bodily sensation and
physical memory, and the effects are
observable.
«Linking
observable properties, such as viscosity to microscopic structures, is what
physical chemistry is all about,» co-lead author Hajime Tanaka says.
In
physical cosmology, the term large - scale structure refers to the characterization of
observable distributions of matter and light on the largest scales (typically on the order of billions of light - years).
It's not part of the requirement of a successful
physical theory that everything it describes be
observable, or that all possible predictions of the theory be verifiable.
Treatment Pain often has taken a backseat to more
observable and quantifiable
physical ailments in medical practice and training.
In an article published in Science Advances, an international team led by Prof. Nathan Goldman — Faculty of Science, Université libre de Bruxelles — predicts a novel form of quantization law, which involves a distinct type of
physical observable: the heating rate of a quantum system upon external shaking.
We will also discuss the theory of planetary
physical processes (e.g. circulation, dynamics, thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics) and review the current status of the modelling of planetary atmospheres in order to calculate
observables such as light curves.
While exercise has many potential benefits, this data suggests that the public health policy of encouraging more
physical activity is having little
observable impact on actual waistlines or health, and that current mainstream exercise trends and guidelines are not effective.
You might think of it as a «deep principle» in life science or
physical science where you can start at an early level because it's connected to, you might say,
observable phenomenon.
Absent from
observable factors are contributions teachers of highly specialized subjects make outside the classroom setting such as teachers of music, drama, dance, or
physical education who interact frequently with various publics outside of the traditional school schedule.
They are individual animals whose
physical and behavioral traits are not immediately
observable.
I suspect some people feel a need for a
physical,
observable representation of how dedicated to gaming they are.
Evidence of
physical accuracy comes with comparison against the relevant
observable.
Willis is using
physical hypotheses to describe natural regularities in our humanly
observable environment.
In both cases the (assumed linear)
physical relationship between
observables that is being estimated relates to Y (or λ), not S, and the error characteristics are similar — assumed gaussian, with errors in temperature data dominated by errors elsewhere.
-- Every behavioral
observable can be traced to racism — Every
physical observable can be traced to global warming
I think that when people need to resort to conditions 500 million years ago to «refute» present - day directly
observable radiative effects from CO2 and other IR - active atmospheric species — backed by solid, lab - tested
physical theory — that I'm not the one with a problem airly dismissing a priori «assumptions».
We apply some
physical arguments to get a relationship that links the dynamic circulation power q (3) or Q (5) to
observable atmospheric parameters.
Physical laws,
observable phenomena, models, samples, and anecdotal / circumstantial evidence being beside the point in that case.
This book shines a fascinating light on this process by revealing how climate change has been transformed from a
physical phenomenon, measurable and
observable by scientists, into a social, cultural and political one... This book is so important because Mike Hulme can not be dismissed as a skeptic yet he is calling for a radical change in the way we discuss climate change.
Observable forms of aggression such as this have helped shape our society's view of relationship aggression as being limited to
physical violence primarily performed by men against women.
Discuss
observable emotion expressiveness and
physical manifestations of the antidotes to shame
According to Rich Vetstein, «The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that off - site
physical conditions may require disclosure if the conditions are unknown and not readily
observable by the buyer and if the existence of those conditions is of sufficient materiality to affect the habitability, use, or enjoyment of the property and, therefore, render the property substantially less desirable or valuable to the objectively reasonable buyer.»