Sentences with phrase «rather than sufficient»

That these simulations are able to «mimic» real world processes is then taken as proof, which again, I find very awkward (i.e. even managing to correlate, proves nothing of the underlying causal relationship, it is a necessary, rather than sufficient condition, for validation).

Not exact matches

Chad has repeatedly betrayed: his non-comprehension of what a species - level change is (i.e. the focus of PE) and that this most minor of changes does not require a wholesale reordering of a genome; his inability to grasp that gradualism, although the clear minority in the fossil record, is present in various lineages (See Gould's various references to Foraminfera); his non-comprehension of the role of historic genetic contingency (i.e. that silent mutations can coalesce into rather dramatic novel functionality, e.g. Lenskis» E. coli); that the nodes of PE are more than sufficient for the requisite species - level evolutionary changes (See Pod Mrcaru lizards); etc, etc..

Part of it has to do with our psychology as «followers» and our need to follow something rather than become self - sufficient and independent from other people, (not God.)

To that assessment this essay will contribute modestly by arguing (1) that an account of experience must be compatible with the fact that there is no one thing which is what experience is or is the essence of experience, (2) that no philosophically adequate account of what experience is can be established merely by appeal to direct, personal, intuitive experience of one's own experience, (3) that generalization from features found in human experience is not sufficient to justify the claim that temporality is essential to experience, but (4) that dialectical argument rather than intuition or generalization is necessary to support the claim that experience is essentially temporal.

It is at the social level rather than the political or the cultural that America remains divided into largely self - sufficient ethnic groups.

Nevertheless, we can say that at that point at which the surplus psychic energy became sufficient in quantity to enable the psychic life to become its own end rather than primarily a means to the survival and health of the body, the threshold was crossed dividing man from the animal.

Complete human response to the divine prompting may be a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the Christ - event if we define such response in relative rather than absolute terms.

When this idea was attacked, on the grounds that the new Medicare subsidy might not be adequate to purchase sufficient health care benefits, Ryan changed his proposal so that Medicare would have a «defined benefit,» but the size of the government subsidy would be determined by competitive bidding (determining who could provide the benefits at the lowest price), rather than by government bureaucrats.

Jürgen Moltmann has pointed out that one amazing ramification of Christianity's peculiar doctrine of the Trinity is the way it transcends the patriarchalism implicit in Jewish monotheism as well as the matriarchalism implicit in pagan pantheism.49 Using sexual terms in a metasexual rather than a literal, genital, and bodily sense, the feminine dimension of personality refers to the receptive, passive, self - effacing, care - receiving capacity in us all that contrasts with the initiating, aggressive, self - assertive, self - sufficient traits we associate with the masculine dimension.

«Sufficient reason» is a theistic premise, to be sure, but it explains the world as we perceive it, rather than the single monistic glob implied by Spinoza.

Socrates» statements about suffering injustice rather than inflicting injustice, Jesus» teachings and Paul's elaborations, and Luther's classic description of the power of the Christian life, to name but a few, are sufficient testimony for those who have the eyes and hearts to see.

This would mean making possible sufficient food and other necessities on the basis of a degree and type of labor that is itself enriching rather than debilitating.

It is certainly not self - evident that the additional value that would accrue to God by God's knowing that the creatures» fiduciary attitudes were authentic, rather than spurious, is sufficient to justify all that evils that would have been avoided had God been willing to forgo this additional value.

seems to reflect the general mess that the club is now in... rent seeking owner disinterested in the game, delusional manager who continues to believe the game is played in his own head rather than against other teams who are strengthening, too many players in some positions too few in others, inflated wage bill due to hanging on to deadwood players, injury prone before season starts, lack of footballing identity... wexit a necessary but probably not sufficient condition for club to regain its status

I don't know about the rest of you Arsenal fans out there, but I have been starting to worry about Arsene Wenger and his determination to ensure that the Gunners have enough players of sufficient quality to push on for the Premier League title, rather than hoping that we do not suffer from too many injury problems and the players we already have play at the top of their game.

This is why it is important to lose weight in a healthy way, not only by getting sufficient nutrients, but also by working with, rather than against, our metabolism.

They should have had and they could have had sufficient officers who were suitably trained and equipped on hand to deal with that and they should have arrested the perpetrators of the rioting at the time rather than relying on CCTV images afterwards.

It is also unjustified — none of the arguments advanced to keep them hold water and even if you believe that Bishops have something important to add to debate, that is not a sufficient reason why they should have special reserved places rather than come through the same appointments producer as anyone else.

This leaves PIs to pick up the salaries of senior postdocs and leaves postdocs more dependent rather than more self - sufficient.

At a sufficient thickness for imaging cells, the light is reduced to a small point rather than a wide sheet.

A Nation of Railroads «The first of the transcontinental railroads across the western deserts and mountains were built rather more for military and governmental reasons than through any hope of their immediately earning a sufficient amount to make the enormous investment in their construction profitable.

Other photographed objects have been too massive to be conclusively labeled planets, falling instead into the brown dwarf category (objects about eight to 80 Jupiters in size that lack sufficient mass to ignite hydrogen fusion in their cores, thereby never becoming true stars); have been found to themselves orbit brown dwarfs rather than stars; or have not been shown to be gravitationally bound to a star.

Research in support of this hypothesis, theoretical and empirical, has focused on the possible kindred advantages of post-reproductive life and if such contributions are sufficient to explain the maintenance of menopause [2], [40], [53]--[58], as they would have to overcome the twofold cost for a grandmother to raise each grandchild rather than one of her own.

The study showed that measuring MRD just twice during remission induction therapy — at day 19 and day 46 — rather than multiple times during the more than two years of treatment was sufficient to guide treatment of most pediatric ALL patients.

Without a sufficient source of K2, both osteocalcin and MGP can remain partially uncarboxylated or completely uncarboxylated, allowing calcium to deposit in the blood vessels rather than the bone, where we need it the most.

While sufficient, it's lighter than it needs to be which can lead to the paint chipping rather easily.

Rather than waiting for the glacial progress of modern biomedical research, which needs decades to assemble sufficient evidence to get an application for funding for a clinical trial past skeptical reviewers, anyone with a brain or neurological condition should simply experiment with a ketogenic diet themselves to see if it helps.

If your workout was a resistance workout rather than cardio, then a shorter pulse lowering session will be sufficient.

This nervous system is, more often than not, functioning at a rather sufficient level.

Various on - line dating sites claim that their methods for pairing individuals produce more frequent, higher quality, or longer lasting marriages, but the evidence underlying the claims to date has not met conventional standards of scientific evidence including: (i) sufficient methodological details to permit independent replication; (ii) open and shared data to permit a verification of analyses; (iii) the presentation of evidence through peer - reviewed journals rather than through Internet postings and blogs; (iv) data collection free of artifacts, such as expectancy effects, placebo effects, and confirmatory biases by investigators; and (v) randomized clinical trials (3, 9).

To the extent the objective is sufficient diversity so that students see fellow students as individuals rather than solely as members of a racial group, using means that treat students solely as members of a racial group is fundamentally at cross-purposes with that end.

It must also ask whether the board has allocated sufficient resources to support implementation, whether union contracts build in time for collaboration, and whether the evaluation process supports (or punishes) teachers based on whom they teach rather than how.

While those help to mitigate the rigged market problem that exists in our state, only vouchers may prove sufficient for those of us who are aware of the limitations of the Common Core and who want to experiment, with our own (rather than someone else's) children and their like - minded friends, with educational models based on curricula already proved to have worked in helping students prepare for the world's finest universities.

The new policy means the district must meet a more stringent «just cause» standard in disciplinary action, rather than the previous «good and sufficient» standard.

Apparently winning controversial votes by a margin of 6 - 3 rather than 9 - 0 is just not sufficient for politicians who want to make sure there are no questions or opposition to their proposals.

What's more, Pathak and his colleagues worry that, absent sufficient information for parents, choice - based education systems «penalize schools that enroll low - achievers rather than schools that offer poor instruction» and give school leaders a perverse incentive to focus on «making sure your school's got the best kids» rather than improving school quality.

Thus, it would be sensible to have candidates take content tests while this knowledge is fresh rather than wait two years to fulfill the requirement, and candidates lacking sufficient expertise would be able to remedy deficits prior to entering formal preparation.

State inspections could encompass such things as assessment of the curriculum assuring that it is broad and engaging, appraisal of teachers» continuing education ensuring quality and sufficient learning opportunities are being offered, evaluation of the level of parental and family engagement opportunities and communications, and that there is satisfactory evidence that the school is conscientiously working towards improving rather than just complying with paperwork.

In this sense, one could argue that the key to ensuring the success of pregnant teens isn't so much dependent on their segregation from a regular student body as it is the school's ability to provide them with a network of support that is sufficient enough to allow them to focus on school, rather than having to navigate the difficulties of pregnancy alone.

I find the 16» wheels & low rolling resistance tyres lack sufficient grip to hustle along really quickly on winding routes but I am still getting used to rwd after a 17 year period driving fwd / 4wd cars, so perhaps it is my courage that is lacking rather than absolute levels of grip!

The exterior updates were rather insignificant, and that is where most automakers fail as well, but Mazda followed up with serious updates inside and under the metal and that, my friends, is much more important than revising a look that was more than sufficient and attractive in the first place.

Budget constraints are a reality for indie publishers as well, but rather than releasing a bad book, the indie publisher may shelve the book project until sufficient money is raised.

Yet so far, most companies in this market are creating closed formats rather than open platforms — which could lead to a Balkanized market in which no one has sufficient momentum to create a new standard.

ViewSonic has just introduced its Android - powered VTablet 101 yesterday, where you will find a rather speedy 1Ghz ARM A9 SMP processor within alongside a NVIDIA Tegra T20 chipset which ought to provide more than sufficient graphical firepower wherever you are.

«Rather than offering fragments of texts,» he said, «what we are seeking are independent, self - sufficient volumes.

The immediate concerns would be that there is sufficient liquidity in the options market to do the trade you want, slippage as you execute the various legs, and the options may not go out that far (e.g. only to one or two years, rather than 6).

I'd probably opt to contribute to TFSAs rather than paying down your rental property mortgages if your cash flow is sufficient and if your risk tolerance allows it, Jackie.

We should also incorporate a year's worth of cash burn — rather astonishingly, the company's cash on hand is actually sufficient (easy when you accrue bills, rather than pay them!).

The broker advises its clients to monitor closely their positions, make sure they have sufficient funds and use Stop Limit type orders (rather than Stop Market).

«You should brush rather than bathe,» says Crupi, noting that three to six baths a year is probably sufficient.