First, the academic evidence
says simple rules beat judgement in almost every imaginable scenario.
Do you mean to
say that simple rules like «Don't steal — coz you won't like it if it happens to you», «Don't kill — coz you won't like it if it happens to you», can only be followed if there is fear of religion and repercussions after death?
Not exact matches
Here's a
simple rule of thumb for when to keep your own mouth shut: don't
say a thing unless it's going to help someone else in the meeting do their job better.
Evans rings off some
simple rules: don't buy anything you're pressured to buy or don't understand; ask the seller for their qualifications and track record, and if they don't give satisfactory answers, don't buy; don't invest more money than you can stand to lose, and never invest it all in one deal; avoid anything with an offshore element to it («That means your money's never coming back»); and seek out an unbiased second opinion,
say, from your accountant or bank manager.
Our interactions with each other, Nass
says, are «governed by
simple rules and patterns.»
Asked recently about the goal of Alphabet's eclectic mix of projects, Page
said he likes to apply some
simple rules: «Is that thing really, really important?
Moreover, I would assert that
simple rules are, well, too
simple, and ignore important complexities of the current situation, about which I will have more to
say shortly.
«It is about taking our existing
rules as they are and applying them in ways that are
simpler, less burdensome and less of a drag on the American economy,» he
said.
It doesn't help that 10 - year bond yields are still lower than the prospective operating earnings yield on the S&P 500 (the «Fed Model»), not only because the model is built on an omitted variables bias (see the August 22 2005 comment), but also because the model statistically underperforms a
simpler rule that
says «get in when stock yields are high and interest rates are falling, and get out when the reverse is true.»
If a basic
rule of hermeneutics is that the
simpler and clearer texts should override the more difficult and troubling texts, and if Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God so that He can
say «if you have seen Me, you have seen the Father,» why do we choose to let the more troubling, difficult, and violent texts override and trump the loving, merciful, and Christlike texts?
Another pejorative term is «reductionistic» — again,
said by people that do not understand the complex beauty of systems defined by a minimal of
simple rules.
The answer is always revelatory, which is one of the reasons Chesterton was right to
say that «the
simple need for some kind of ideal world in which fictitious persons play an unhampered part is infinitely deeper and older than the
rules of good art, and much more important.»
«Because our
rules are fairly
simple and straightforward, and because our staff are well - trained and experienced, we very rarely have any problems or controversies with regard to implementing the
rules, or tracking the playing time,» Bacon
says.
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If you're a safety - conquers - all kind of parent, remember this
simple rule: Don't graduate your kid to the next type of safety seat until you absolutely have to, because «every time you transition, you're going to lose a little bit of protection,» Hoffman, the Oregon pediatrician and car seat specialist,
says.
McMahon
said his proposal «takes personality out of it» by setting
simple rules and establishing a process to resolve disputes.
Judy Wessler, former director of the Commission on the Public's Health System,
said it would be much
simpler to carve out a group of hospitals and increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate, rather than change the formulas or worry over which Affordable Care Act
rules survive the next four years.
The Zurich study,
says Sugihara, «is strong evidence that
simple rules governing TNCs give rise spontaneously to highly connected groups».
«One of our most interesting findings is that the
rules governing the necessary repulsion between vehicles is rather
simple,» he
says.
«There's a fascination with the complexity that is coming out of these incredibly
simple rules,»
says Susan Stepney, a computer scientist at the University of York, UK, who ran Gemini inside Life, at New Scientist «s behest.
Swarming and synchronization both involve large, self - organizing groups of individuals interacting according to
simple rules, but rarely have they been studied together, O'Keeffe
said.
«The new growth
rule provides structural plasticity with a principle that is almost as
simple as that of synaptic plasticity,»
says co-author Arjen van Ooyen, who has been working on models for the development of neural networks for decades.
«Unfortunately, the existing feed - in tariff
rules are too
simple,» with pricing based only on the energy technology developed rather than accounting for local and regional electricity needs, he
said.
Jack
said the conflict can be avoided by remembering
simple rules: «Religion has no place telling us about the physical structure of the world; that's the business of science.
The state's largest power generators
say it's
simple fairness: The wind industry should play by the same
rules everyone else faces.
It is based on
simple rules of thumb that guarantee a role for man - made global warming in the extreme event,
said Dáithí Stone, an attribution scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
In a
simple way, this observation illustrates one of the
rules for how nests are built, Tschinkel
says: If a tunnel is vertical, the ants doing the digging tend to distribute themselves evenly as they work, and if it is sloped, they tend to collect in the lower end.
In large species communities, however, individual species appear to carry less weight and the
simple rule «more is better» holds true,»
says Brose.
«Instead of invoking large, complicated scenarios to explain the majors shifts in molar evolution during the course of hominin origins, we found that
simple adjustments and alterations to this one developmental
rule can account for most of those changes,»
says Alejandra Ortiz, a postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins and lead author of the study.
«A very
simple rule of ecology is, the more hosts there are, the more virulent things they can carry,» Holmes
said.
Termites have benefited from eons of evolution to tweak and refine the
simple rules they use to get the job done, Korb
said.
A quick Google search will yield dozens of calculators, but Gallagher
says a
simple (and fairly accurate)
rule of thumb is that your 10 - rep max should be 75 percent of your one - rep max, a five - rep max is 85 percent, and a three - rep max is 90 percent.
Let us quell any residual feelings of uncertainty with these
simple rules of thumb for deciphering when to
say «I love you» to that special someone for the first time.
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say guys are born with it, but not everyone follows the 8
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From the very beginning, the creative team behind the «Deadpool» franchise has stuck to one very
simple rule that guides every decision they make: «We always
say, «If you can't do it in another superhero movie, you'd best be doing it in a Deadpool movie,»
said screenwriter Paul Wernick.
From the beginning, the creative team behind the «Deadpool» franchise has stuck to one
simple rule that guides every decision they make: «We always
say, «If you can't do it in another superhero movie, you'd best be doing it in a Deadpool movie,»
said screenwriter Paul Wernick.
That
said, it is Nicholson, his fascinating character, and Payne's empathy toward him that ultimately
rules over the entire film; a
simple, silent, static shot of his face is one of the most beautiful, powerful, indelible images of the 2002 movie year.
The average adult just doesn't know the
rules because you were taught using analytic phonics or whole language, which just gives a smattering of
simple rhymes and then
says «oh that's an exception, memorise that».
«We have one
simple rule,» Reichard
said.
Ed Surge
says that while these
rules were well - intentioned, ESSA is not being made
simpler...
The
simple rule of decency, civility, and good manners is to stand down on the political sparring; pay respect to the memories of the men and women who have died; give your condolences to their families; and simply
say that we need to improve the world so that all of our children and families can live in safety.
And when Ellie asks me what we'll do for our honeymoon, all I can
say is that we'll aim to keep it interesting by following three
simple rules: no fast food would be eaten, no hotels rooms would be booked, and every scenic vista detour we could find would be taken.
John Schmoll from Frugal
Rules presents 6
Simple Ways to Automate Your Savings, and
says, «This post looks at some easy ways to automate your savings.
«A
simple rule is that a quarter of your income should go towards housing each month,» Professor Kleiner
said in an interview with Debt.org.
Sticking to a few
simple guidelines for why not to buy enables you to look back and
say, «I didn't put all my money into energy stocks because I would have had to break my own investing
rules.
«Capital gains and property
rules sound
simple,»
says Luk, «but in practice they get very complicated the more you drill down.»
In the
simplest terms, the
rule says that you can safely withdraw 4 % of your nest egg in Year One of retirement and adjust that number up for inflation every year thereafter.
That
said, most people people with discipline want a
simple spending
rule, and so those that are moderately conservative choose that they can spend 4 % / year of their assets.