Not exact matches
At
other moments in history — like three months ago, for example — the «big deal» in Trump's remarks might have been
confirmation that he intends to overhaul (sorry, «tweak») the trade rules that are the foundation
of Canada's economic well - being.
In a sense, what Silver is pointing out is similar to what we see in the rise
of so - called «fake news» that circulates through Facebook and
other social platforms — namely, a massive case
of confirmation bias.
It's been a busy week for health care news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for
others, the
confirmation of a new FDA chief, health care merger drama, and a slew
of public health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.
Scientific
confirmation that spending time with your smartphones late at night is contributing to a national epidemic
of undersleep might be the final nail in the coffin for your evening email or text habit, but Johnson is hardly the first to urge entrepreneurs and
others to put down their phones in the evenings.
In practical business terms, if I quickly establish myself as credible through just a few good decisions in a row, a few good first impressions, or any
other set
of positive interactions, I am establishing positive
confirmation bias.
President Barack Obama will now have an easier time getting swift
confirmation for Janet Yellen as chair
of the Federal Reserve and for two
other open spots on the central bank board.
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My reaction to Robert's book was not
of enlightenment, or criticism — but I felt more
of a
confirmation that I'm not crazy for thinking differently from
others.
The concern that the network hashrate will become too low is based on several assumptions and variables, including the number
of daily transactions, the willingness
of the users to wait for
confirmations, the willingness
of the users to pay small amounts, the behavior
of the miners, the fee policies set by various wallets, the emergent consensus on acceptable fees by the mining community, and
other factors, including what actually is «too low»
of a network hashrate in the first place.
April 19 — WASHINGTON — In a sign
of deep worry about secretary
of state nominee Mike Pompeo's
confirmation prospects, President Trump and
other Republicans launched a concerted messaging blitz against Senate Democrats and GOP Sen.. The push came on the heels
of the White House confirming news that Pompeo, the CIA director the president tapped to replace Rex...
Last week there was
confirmation from the horse's mouth that my conclusion was correct, as well as some
other interesting information on how an eventual tightening
of US monetary policy will proceed.
The best pin bar strategies occur with a confluence
of signals such as support and resistance levels, dominant trend
confirmation, or
other «confirming» factors.
He's the kind
of guy who can get through Senate
confirmation, and this administration has so many
other problems to deal with,» said John Silva, chief economist at Wells Fargo.
However, few analysts would use this as a trading signal in isolation, and would look for
confirmation of a trend reversal from
other technical indicators.
If you examine those «facts» critically and try to eliminate the obvious
confirmation bias, it is immediately clear that they are not facts
of anything
other than mass - delusion.
He reserves his most ferocious verbal assaults for «zealots» like Nellie Gray; he attacks Phyllis Schlafly («Why anyone paid any attention to this lady is one
of the mysteries
of the 80s»); he turns on Carl Anderson, who perhaps more than any
other single figure in the Reagan Administration was responsible for the success
of Koop's
confirmation process, and berates him unmercifully for his opposition to the condom solution for AIDS.
Fourth, the indelible character
of baptism (grace),
confirmation (mission) and orders (office) means that allChristians remain enabled and available for every new encounter with the Lord: in
other words, they are deputed towards Christ.
Confirmation bias is one problem, the
other is absolutely lying about several scientific facts: «If the universe did indeed have a beginning, by the simple logic
of cause and effect, there had to be an agent — separate and apart from the effect — that caused it.»
We appropriately celebrate rather than deny the presence
of potentially helpful ideas in
other religions, whether those ideas are
confirmations of truths already contained in Christianity, or whether they offer something new and heretofore unrecognized by Christianity.
One can in a pinch do without
confirmation from
others, but not that
of oneself.
For this anthropology man is the creature
of possibility who needs
confirmation by
others and by himself in order that he may be and become the particular man that he is.
Rogers emphasizes unqualified acceptance
of the client by the therapist whereas Buber emphasizes a
confirmation which begins with acceptance but goes on to helping the
other in the struggle against himself for the sake
of what he is meant to become.
On the
other hand,
of course, an empty claim for
confirmation, without devotion for being and becoming, again and again mars the truth
of life between man and man.
There are six stages
of willing, according to Assagioli; (1) the existence
of a purpose to be achieved; (2) deliberation on the various goals and their relative importance; (3) making a decision on one important goal and setting aside the
others; (4)
confirmation of the choice by an affirmation
of this goal by will; (5) development
of a plan to achieve the goal; (6) directing the implementation
of the plan.
After my
confirmation came a series
of others who further shaped me in faith.
His training as an illusionist had made him realise he was prone to the same
confirmation bias (counting the hits and ignoring the misses) that he recognised in psychics, astrologists and all manner
of other belief systems he rejected.
An affirmative answer to this question receives some
confirmation from the fact that within the immediate context we find some
other words and phrases which point to the influence
of the Baal cult on the language
of Hosea and his contemporaries.
Some gave their
confirmation as a result
of bribery and some through fear, but Mu`awiya did not get even silent assent from Husain and some
of the
others until he brought them together in the presence
of a heavily armed force and said to them, «When I ask you not to oppose my son as my successor, you must be silent; otherwise all
of you will be killed.»
We can imagine him beginning to yearn for some
confirmation, some touch
of his
other, eternal home.
«My homosexuality, my exclusive attraction to
other men, my grief over it and my repentance, my halting effort to live fittingly in the grace
of Christ and the power
of the Spirit — gradually I am learning not to view all
of these things as
confirmations of my rank corruption and hypocrisy.
I shall assume that the aim
of an explication
of «valid induction» is to find a numerical or comparative function c (h, e)-- the «
confirmation of hypothesis h given evidence e» — which is a syntactic function
of the statements h and e, and which has a high or comparatively high value in those cases where normally accepted or intuitive inductive methods would direct us to accept hypothesis h on evidence e, at least in comparison with
other hypotheses having lower c - value.
In
other words, Ogden's analysis
of various descriptions
of experience is informed by two distinctions, both
of which apply to the noetic pole
of experience: a twofold distinction between nonsensuous and sensory modes
of experience and a threefold distinction
of what Whitehead calls «the feeling
of the ego, the
others, the totality,» that is,
of self,
other, and whole (PP 84).8 This comprehensive hermeneutical grid then permits an explanation
of what he claims is a «sense
of ourselves and
others as
of transcendent worth,» as precisely an «awareness
of ourselves and the world as
of worth to God» (PP 86f) Y Ogden notes that such an evidently theistic explanation is not open to empirical or experiential
confirmation on either
of the two more restrictive descriptions which, as he observes, must either «refer the word God» to some merely creaturely reality or process
of interaction, or else., must deny it all reference whatever by construing its meaning as wholly noncognitive,» if they seek experiential illustration for such a sense at all (PP 80) 10
In the Church
of England and some
other churches, it is expected that a person will have been confirmed before receiving communion, although in the Roman Catholic church «first Communion» may precede
confirmation.
According to the Chronicler, Uzziah also conquered the Philistine territory on the Mediterranean coast (26:6), exacted tribute from Ammon (v. 8), built up the fortifications
of Jerusalem (v. 9), and, among
other accomplishments including activity in Arabia, developed the Negeb, the desert region to the south
of Judah (v. 10) Archaeology provides some strong
confirmation of the Chronicler's record.
On the
other hand if you are determined to hate the God
of the OT no matter what, it is unlikely that you will escape the grasp
of confirmation bias.
The book
of Hebrews has more words like confidence, boldness, assurance,
confirmation, access, promises, hope, eternal redemption, eternal salvation and eternal inheritance than any
other book
of the Bible.
Further, there is Kassapa, the former barber
of Upali, a true apostle; Rahula, the Buddha's son; Devadatta, the Judas Iscariot
of Buddhism; and Ananda Upatthaka, a friend and companion
of the exalted one as no
other,
of whose temptation and
confirmation the texts tell us, as in the great sutra concerning the end
of the master.
His treatises include works on Marriage, on
Confirmation, and on the Holy Communion, and his ethical and devotional writings take up the principles
of spiritual guidance as a pastor might want to know them in dealing with
others, as well as assisting priest or people in their own inner life.
While there has yet to be any
confirmation of what the city's commitment to Meat Free Monday will look like, Paul's video message clearly laid out the aims
of the campaign: «We encourage people to not eat meat on Monday or any
other day
of the week... just one day makes a real difference.»
Part
of that money will reportedly go to the Red Cross, but there's no
confirmation right now
of the exact breakdown
of how much money is going to which organizations, or what
other relief efforts might be receiving funds.
We are just past the half - way stage
of Arsenal's winter transfer window, and as we await final
confirmation of 17 year - old Krystian Bielik's long - awaited capture, we look to our
other targets who could give a more immediate boost to our first - team squad.
Unhappily, it is also
confirmation of the sad truth about this and every
other draft — the rich keep getting richer.
Barcelona had also been keen to sign him, and despite recent images
of «Hummels 5» shirts going up for sale in Spain, the
confirmation of Barca star Sergio Busquets taking the number 5 shirt today looks to have discredited those rumours, with the Catalan giants focusing on
other targets such as Paris Saint - Germain youngster Marquinhos.
And, while United appeared to quickly jump ahead
of their rivals, an official
confirmation of the deal which saw Sánchez join José Mourinho «s side and Henrikh Mkhitaryan move the
other way still seemed to drag.
When asked on Monday if he was satisfied at the Argentine's arrival Spalletti responded with a «yes», before adding «it's
confirmation of what I was saying the
other day, that [in Ausilio and Sabatini] we have two good directors.
Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com immediately after
confirmation of the tie, the boss said: «Because I knew I'd have to say something after it, I tried to think about what I feel, but it was not that I thought «Thank God not Bayern, thank God not Real Madrid, yippee Roma» or the
other way around.
Other sources have long insisted on Roma's interest in Pellegrini and Defrel, so Di Marzio's report should be viewed as both a
confirmation of this interest and a signal that Frederic Massara and the Roman big wigs are interested in making a splash this January.
Bruno Bettelheim, the child psychologist, writes in A Good Enough Parent that «acting on the recommendations
of others can not evoke in us the feelings
of confirmation that well up in us only when we have understood on our own, in our own ways, what is involved in a particular situation, and what we can therefore do about it.»
The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel to be director
of the CIA, ending a bruising
confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency's past use
of waterboarding and
other brutal interrogation techniques.