Sentences with phrase «rather than experiment»

Word: A priori What it doesn't mean: In advance What it does mean: Based on theory rather than experiment...

An overwhelming majority of schools and administrators indicate a desire to build digital libraries rather than experiment with book rental and subscription models, but the market is still in its early stages.

As Beale explains, her students focused on the process of the experiment rather than the experiment and its results.

Under the final rules, institutional panels will have the authority to approve animal experiments for entire programs and projects rather than the experiment - by - experiment basis envisioned in the initial proposal.

It is possible that the formula should be changed, but again, being a preemie, I think you should talk to his doctor to get advice rather than experiment yourself.

This tendency to play it safe may lead managers to favor surefire cost reductions over risky growth, for instance, or to milk an existing business rather than experiment with a new business model.

E-commerce on Facebook feels like an inevitability rather than an experiment.

I would recommend using my donut recipe rather than experimenting.

They are demonstrations rather than experiments.

It's hard to believe any future federal secretary of education will have the opportunity to abuse his power in the way the current one has; and better solutions may arise locally, particularly if legislators are willing to learn about practices already proved effective overseas, rather than experimenting ceaselessly on the unsuspecting children trapped in California's declining state schools.

Not exact matches

«Rather than journal about the day's completed tasks or process tomorrow's to - do list in one's mind, the current experiment suggests that individuals spend five minutes near bedtime thoroughly writing a to - do list,» they conclude.

Rather than quitting, many jobs can be reverse engineered to be more fulfilling, and even if a more radical change of course is required, chances are good that process will start with small experiments rather than one momentous, weighty decRather than quitting, many jobs can be reverse engineered to be more fulfilling, and even if a more radical change of course is required, chances are good that process will start with small experiments rather than one momentous, weighty decrather than one momentous, weighty decision.

And I'm going to cross post this entire post on Facebook as an experiment, rather than just posting a link on FB and trying to drive people to my blog.

Rather than try to replicate the methods of the bulky eating contest champions, Kobayashi experimented with several different methods.

And so, in 1917, while working in the Friends» Ambulance Unit on the Western Front, Richardson decided to experiment with the idea of making a numerical forecast - one based on scientific laws rather than past trends.

This made iTunes an experiment rather than a destructive paradigm shift.

Rather than sweat over business plans, they throw out something rough, then tweak and experiment.

Kolondra also said Opera is not talking with its mobile - operator partners about instituting the feature in its (far more widely used) mobile versions — many operators are controversially experimenting with blocking ads at the network level rather than in the browser, partly as a way of getting publishers and ad networks to give them a slice of their revenue.

In another experiment, rather than prime participants for particular roles, testosterone levels were used as a marker of which study subjects were inclined towards dominating power structures and which less interested in leading.

Not only did the Zero Lower Bound turn out to be not so debilitating as all that — rather than work their will via interest rates, central banks took to injecting money directly into the economy via large - scale asset purchases — but it does not even seem to be the lower bound: central banks, notably in Europe, have successfully experimented with negative interest rates.

[Einstein] made imaginative leaps and discerned great principles through thought experiments rather than by methodical inductions based on experimental data»

Starting out as a personal project rather than an intentional marketing effort, I spent the greater part of those 2 years experimenting with what to write and what audience OMG serves.

Several studies show using natural experiments that the willingness of homeowners to take on debt is sensitive to the tax benefits they receive, so the mortgage interest deduction causes homeowners to overleverage rather than using their funds for more economically productive purposes.

He may have no eyebrows, but I would believe that was due to excessive plucking he did himself in preparation for the notorious drag balls the Vatican is world renowned for, rather than the results of some botched medical experiment, intended or not.

He pointed out how, because of the dominant reductionist view of human nature, scientists are increasingly tempted to treat the human individual as «an object to be investigated, measured and experimented upon» rather than as an «irreducible subject».

He's still a believer and a christian, so perhaps his telling the truth is indicative of reality rather than a consequence of his experiment, but I can see why a christian would leap to judgment in such a case as this.

Engaging in this kind of thought experiment is great, because it forces us to think about the physicality of the coming kingdom and helps us picture a world full of human creations rather than one of fluffy clouds and winged babies babies flying around.

Most of the observations bearing on this problem come from introspection rather than from controlled experiments.

But some at least have begun to experiment with the logic of complementarity rather than of opposition.

Any new methods he picked up in the course of his own experience were stumbled upon by accident, rather than discovered by venturesome experiment, for it did not pay to wander far from the known way.

But Friedersdorf's thought experiment emphasizes how we come to disagree, rather than our grounds for disagreement with one another.

There was an enormous diversity within this tradition but its central thinking stressed the necessity of experiment rather than reliance upon authority for understanding the world.

Most of these experiments were highly unstable and illustrated rather than refuted Rousseau's argument for mutual exclusiveness.

But the rest of the continent tried out the idea of the nation state, especially in the 1918 - 1939 period, decided it didn't like it, and abandoned it in favor of a new supranational experiment, this time secular and bureaucratic rather than religious.

The freedom from the burden of absolute knowledge is the freedom to play with theological ideas, to experiment, to test, to listen to differences with interest rather than a sense of threat.

Interested to see this as I was just going to post to say how amazing your sweet potato brownies are but also that I've just experimented making them using pumpkin (I have to admit I used tinned rather than fresh).

If I ever get my hands on a smaller pie pan I will experiment with this using fructose rather than sugar.

I didn't have any clear - cut ideas of what I wanted to make other than that sweet potatoes were to be involved, but a little experimenting actually produced a rather yummy result.

Rather than adapting the recipes and experimenting, I would recommend using the ones from the earlier years on this site (my use of grapeseed oil was more frequent then), or check out my first two books, The Gluten - Free Almond Flour Cookbook and Gluten - Free Cupcakes which also use it frequently.

I also experimented with another flavor rather than leaving the cookie plain like the first recipe attempt.

I am going to experiment with using brown rice flour rather than a g - f mix.

Even my hubby — who usually prefers to skip the bread rather than eat my grain - free experiments — said it was a winner!

Lately I've been experimenting with a more solid chocolate slice, based on almond butter, rather than coconut oil.

The Fre4nchman has experimented with a certain amount of success by converting Mikel Arteta into a deep lying playmaker, operating a bit like Xabi Alonso and using his passing ability to control the game rather than energy and tackling.

I think we should stop behaving like a small team and just buy who we need now rather than try to unearth gems who in the long run end up as very expensive failed experiments.

I said experiment because I am not sure how their chemistry would work out on the pitch as we do not see them everyday in training... for example I am not sure if Neny can play the defensive role as effectively as Coq, but since Coq is not performing at the level we usually expect of him anyway, I would pun for Neny there for now... Based on what I have seen so far, I would say Neny defensive game would be based on covering and interceptions rather than going in strongly for tackles like Coq but the plus is he runs and covers more ground than Flamini, and his movement and ball distribution is definitely better than both Flamini and Coq.

We are experimenting in midfield with Flamini, who's doing a much better job with his multi-million business rather than what he does on the pitch, and Ramsey, who's just back from injury and straight into the fire.

It's no longer time to experiment with players like this — I'd rather take my punt on Ings who has at least shown he can transfer some of that Championship talent at the top level than someone who has shown promise in a lesser league (not that I particularly want Ings).

That led to an experiment for the Cougars to see if Hercules» strength and elite first - step quickness could hold up in the middle of the defensive line rather than at the edge.

The back - three experiment also sketched a picture of Wenger as reactive rather than proactive.