Sentences with phrase «of observation points»

Today, there are thousands of observation points around the world at different locations, at different wavelengths, different resolutions.

«Our synthesis of data from a large number of observation points across the globe is unique and serves an important need.»

In a weekly climate - focused newsletter, the SEPP argued that, «given poor geographic coverage of the surface - air observations, the movement of observation points on the surface, and the frequent manipulation of the data by the reporting entities, not clearly publically disclosed, the margin of error is likely to be well above + / - 0.1 deg C and it is actually unknown.»

«Our synthesis of data from a large number of observation points across the globe is unique and serves an important need.»

If this index grows in linear fashion, the sum of the observation points is 80,000; divided by 5, that produces an average appreciation of 16,000.

Then, as the ionospheric response evolves and recovers on its own time scales, STIM estimates the time delay in the ionospheric storm onset and formulates the ionospheric storm - time response by taking into account the latitude and the LT of the observation point at the storm onset.

Not exact matches

That last point touches upon another observation made by BAML — that while stocks certainly look pricey, certain areas of the market are actually attractively priced, at least compared with recent months.

Both observations kind of miss the point.

As I point out in the video, his observations showed the masses of clusters were too large, but the numbers he got were far too high, and we now know they must have been in error (or, to be more fair, his uncertainties were too large).

This comes out to a 60 % growth rate, but the figure changes significantly based on the observation points: if the index experiences very slow growth for most of the term, only to see rapid growth late in the term, then the average appreciation will decrease, since 67,500 divided by 5 is 13,500, or 35 % growth.

But MacIntyre's observation also shows why, for non-emotivists, such surveys must always issue in a complete non sequitur: one does not abrogate the Ten Commandments by pointing to the number of murders in Detroit, or the divorce rate in Reno, or the decline in church attendance in Peoria.

Critics of Intelligent Falling point out that gravity is a provable law based on empirical observations of natural phenomena.

It's to the point with some Christian posters here that any criticism of their actions and religious beliefs garners the immediate judgment that the person doing so is being hateful when, in reality, they are only fulfilling that very same Bible observation made by Jesus.

Jeff, I agree with your initial observation... and I guess for me this is also kind of the point in that, at some stage (hopefully), we are able to evaluate in a different way because we also become aware of all (or at least some!)

But should observation on few general issues, The site style is wonderful, the articles is in point of fact excellent: D. Excellent process, cheers

The point is you speak of things as FACT and then something changes by 14 BILLION YEARS in a distance of 347 miles from the Earth observation to Orbit, and you just say OH well that's science for ya.

I think his observations are valid; I am not an evangelical Christian but I have, at one point or another, heard ALL of these terms and practices he describes from friends, acquaintances, and commentators on boards like this one who are «born again.»

I am often puzzled though why she only flirts with the idea of connecting to mainline, historic, liturgical christianity and doesn't fully embrace the inclination towards which so many of her essays and observations point?

How was Isaiah able to know that the earth is like a «circle» long in advance of actual observation, such as when the Apollo astronauts confirmed that the earth was indeed round in July 1969 from their vantage point on the moon?

• Murasaki Shikibu, The Diary of Lady Murasaki: Needless to say, The Tale of Genji is the greatest literary achievement of the glorious Heian period of Japanese high culture, and one of the greatest novels ever written, and so I win no points for needless obscurity here, but having recommended Lady Sarashina's journal above, I would be remiss in failing to recommend Lady Murasaki's equally (but very differently) lovely collection of vignettes and meditations and acute observations (and gossip).

There is one further point to be made, however, to bring these remarks into relation with the deepest insights of the Christian tradition in its best moments, and into relation with the convictions of the wisest men and women — past and present, in our own family, of our own acquaintance or within our own awareness and observation.

I prefaced my comment with the observation that none of you ever address my point, and you are no different.

She points to my observation of the Levitical purity codes and my highly literal interpretation of praising my husband at the city gate as examples of violating these interpretive principles.

When Friedrich Nietzsche, in his several tirades against Christianity, points to these elements as of the essence of the biblical tradition, he is certainly correct — though not in the dark conclusions he draws from the observation,

And finally, an important observation is furnished by Bronislaw Malinowski, who describes the transition from ordinary human experience to religious experience and belief as a «breaking point» to which the human organism reacts in spontaneous outbursts, and in which rudimentary modes of behavior and rudimentary beliefs are engendered.15

The point is that science is merely man's OBSERVATIONS of the world around him > The Bible claims to be something more.

One could also subjectively point to the conformity of Scotus» theology with personal experience of God and observation of creation.

So Luke loses the point altogether, thinking it has something to do with the incompatibility of new and old, and Thomas simply summarizes the simile without concern for the original point of departure in observation of life.

Firstly, it must be remembered, that he disclaims very early in the book that he can only speak for the mainline denominations with which he is familiar, and although my memory may fail me, he implies that he can only speak for his observations of the churches / leaders with whom he is familiar, and also that he may be wrong, and also, that he is only pointing out what he calls a possible cause for the problems he has seen, and hopes that his suggestions / ideas, will be considered, researched, etc, and that time will tell if his thesis bears any truth or not.

What is often called «direct observation» is in point of fact a highly sophisticated mental function in which the causal impact of objects on the observer is interpreted selectively by observers according to their purposes.

Now, you can present the existence of a deity responsible for the creation of the universe as a hypothesis for the observation that the universe exists, but the whole point of a hypothesis is that you test it to see if it's accurate.

At one point, in what appears a clever lawyerlike play, Pagels discredits Augustine's doctrine of the literal fall of Adam and Eve with the observation that it is hopelessly unscientific, and as a historian she feels compelled to add that Augustine's great foe, Pelagius, would also have had no use for science.

In particular, the denial that epistemology is wholly prior to ontology; the denial that we can have an absolutely certain starting point; the idea that those elements of experience thought by most people to be primitive givens are in fact physiologically, personally, and socially constructed; the idea that all of our descriptions of our observations involve culturally conditioned interpretations; the idea that our interpretations, and the focus of our conscious attention, are conditioned by our purposes; the idea that the so - called scientific method does not guarantee neutral, purely objective, truths; and the idea that most of our ideas do not correspond to things beyond ourselves in any simple, straightforward way (for example, red as we see it does not exist in the «red brick» itself).

More disturbing are the observations of Jenny McCartney who points to the problematic nature of using the Irish Troubles as the basis for «triumph of the underdog» narratives.

More to the point, for educators in these troubled times, is David Griffin's trenchant observation that those who seek to improve the human condition dare not ignore the transcultural proclivity to evil deep within the human heart and the strong element of competition in finite existence.

For a long time now the Christian understanding of man has been obscured by theories of his nature built on other dogmas than that of the sovereignty of God and constructed out of observations of his behavior made from other points of view than those of Christian faith.

My point is not that this suggests the possibility of positive support for Whitehead's notion of a variety of cosmic epochs (on his own theory of perception, it must be impossible for us to make observations of another epoch); my point is the negative one that generalizations from available astronomical data to uniformity throughout the universe may be precarious.

Here are my first random observations in search of a point:

When the two theories yielded different views of the simultaneity of distant events, both parties could retreat to observations on which they concurred, namely the simultaneity of two signals reaching a single point.

Now the point toward which my remarks are intended to argue is that the canons of reason and observation within a postliberal theology must assume a far humbler role than was observed or exercised by an earlier liberalism.

That said, these observations are not intended to highlight any sins of omission of Gaine's part, but to point to the considerable depth and value of how his findings might unfold for us today, if we are convinced by his resolute conviction that the Saviour did, indeed, see the Father.

The second is to remain part of the public conversation, but only with sardonic observations: merrily pointing out the perpetual follies of the world, and branding as naïve any Christian foolish enough to believe they might actually change it.

To deny something without any basis in fact when simple observation points to root struggle for existence in every creature reflects more a heart of stone than a mind of intelligence.

Yet the key point for Catholic thinkers to acknowledge is that the philosophy of science from Bacon right through to modernity has shown that the success of modern experimental observation does challenge Aristotelian - Scholastic «natures».

These observations also point to the role of mathematics in the making of persons.

However, upon comparing observations, it will become evident to the respective observers that some of the «points» in their space correspond (to a greater or lesser degree) to points in their neighbors» mappings as well.

In using Sacks» profound observations on an extreme neurological disorder, I have tried to point to dimensions of identity / community that need to be considered by Sandel.

Of course, for practical purposes we regard the position from which we make an observation as a fixed point, but this is an arbitrary choice on our part.

The reintegration of science, metaphysics and theology lies in the direction of showing that observation gives rise to questions that science answers, but that these themselves raise questions that call for metaphysical responses, and that these in turn point to a different kind of explanation which, though ultimate, is also personal.

Yet the Catholic tradition disagrees with the «isn't derived from observation of the world» point.