Sentences with phrase «state as the certainty»

The uncertainty is just as much a part of the quantum state as the certainty.

The correct statement is that there is no God including me, and even a positive atheist would generally only say there is probably no God, not state it as a certainty.

Not exact matches

That said, Atheism has become a new religion in it's own right, stating with as much certainty as people of «faith», THERE IS NO GOD.

By way of deductive reasoning, we can state that there is no god with the same degree of certainty as with anything else we believe that doesn't exist, i.e. Santa Claus.

As I stated in my original article, prior to conducting experiments with human cells, ANT - OAR techniques would need to be rigorously tested in animal models to establish a procedure that guarantees with reasonable certainty that an embryo is not generated.

Certainly these are allegories for an internal, undeniable, unsought for, unmeasurable experience which leaves a previously non-theistic person in a state of certainty that there is, in fact, a benevolent, guiding force upon them individually and upon us all as creatures of a loving power?

The Council of Trent rejected the doctrine of the Reformation at this point, because it took it as claiming certainty about one's personal state of grace.

It is a near certainty that the next president of the United States will nominate at least two and as many as three or four justices to the High Court, shaping it for the balance of our adult lives.

As I stated with the Klingon example, he has no provable certainty that at the moment of death all cognitive fucntion or awareness of the universe will cease.

All biologists agree that the behavior of organisms as a whole is directive, in the sense that in the course of evolution some at least of it has been modified by selection so as to lead with greater or less certainty towards states which favour the survival and reproduction of the individual.

Hamburger makes two implicit, related claims: 1) we can know with relative certainty what early American Founders or dissenters intended regarding church and state, and speak about those intentions as a coherent body of thought; and 2) continuing decisions about church - state relations ought to remain faithful to the intentions of those groups.

For example, we know with certainty that the Earth is roughly spherical and revolves around the Sun - not flat and at the center of the solar system, as was once erroneously believed by people in a greater state of ignorance than ours at present.

So it was interesting to hear our manager stating with certainty that he would sign a centre back over the next two weeks, as reported by the Evening Standard, and I think he may have inadvertently dropped a big hint about who that might be.

«Illinois is one of the most surrogate - friendly states if not the most surrogate - friendly, especially in terms of certainty and the ease of the process, as long as you follow our statute,» said Heather Ross, a partner in the Northbrook law firm of Ross & Zuckerman LLP, specializing in third - party reproductive arrangements.

In the view of the EFSA opinion, and considering that the Commission is currently working on a delegated act as regards infant formula and follow - on formula: 1) Is the Commission considering extending the advertising restrictions that apply to infant formula to follow - on - formula, and if not, how will the Commission provide Member States with legal certainty that they can adopt stricter rules on advertising?

«The president has not addressed the questions on the lips of all Nigerians, as to make full and frank disclosures, on the nature of his ailment, that took him out of Nigeria for 103 days, the state of his health presently, and the nature of his treatment, so as to engender hope in this regime and bring certainty to governance.

Speaking at the state GOP's inaugural breakfast, Gingrich said Trump's unpredictability means the only certainty about his first days as president is that he'll «show up and give an inaugural speech» Friday.

Technically, the authorizers in this case are the State University of New York trustees, who recognize the value of locking in renewals now and asked the Regents to OK them: Doing so will give the schools, Bronx Better Learning and eight Success Academy charters, certainty about their futures, particularly as they consider expansions.

The competing numbers come amid the certainty that lawmakers, correction officers» unions and the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision — the agency that runs state prisons — will take a hard look at the procedures as well as conditions in the 3,000 - inmate prison in the aftermath of the escape of Richard Matt and John Sweat.

Much as we might wish otherwise, state empowerment is more likely, not less, with the ironclad certainty of formal federal regulation.

But we want it done in a manner that gives us certainty as quickly as possible,» said Chris Minnich of the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Except that, given that the report explicitly celebrates teacher «residencies,» flags only models like the Boston Teacher Residency, talks explicitly of «instructional rounds,» and so forth, the near - certainty is that higher education and state education agencies which run with the NCATE agenda will do so with BTR as the model.

And if we're going to be honest about this, the state's API rankings really don't offer any certainty about «performance» unless you are content to take state test scores as the functional measure of performance.

It treats all States equitably and provides you with as much certainty as we can in a very uncertain situation.

In this example, the inspection is the «future event or circumstance that can not be predicted with certainty,» as stated in the definition above.

Thorp, the quantitative investor, valued securities on a probabilistic basis and relied on the statistical phenomenon known as «the law of large numbers» — the law states that more observations we make, the closer our sample will be to the population, and hence greater the certainty of our prediction — to construct portfolios of securities that would, in aggregate, outperform the market.

As for the ethics of all of this, Donald A. Brown of Pennsylvania State University argues that the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases are morally obligated to curb carbon dioxide and similar emissions based on the level of certainty that is already established on the impacts of those emissions — most of which will be in poorer places with small contributions to the human - caused gas buildup in the atmosphere.

But in general, it would seem that, since Gavin is discussing John Nissen's presenting things that are really highly uncertain as being certain, I would simply state that expecting the Holocene record (or the whole Pleistocene record for that matter) to predict what we should expect of sensitive and complex arctic systems in our Anthropocene, at 400ppm CO2 and an arctic where methane is often spiking over ~ 1900ppb now (versus a little over ~ 700ppb, I believe, for the Eemian) might itself be guilty of the same problem, because one has mistakenly assumed the certainty of a past analogue when really there isn't any.

In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report stated a clear expert consensus that: «It is extremely likely [defined as 95 - 100 % certainty] that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic [human - caused] increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

A related point is that one person may think that others assume everything well known, when the uncertainty is not specified, while another has the view that everything is taken as deeply uncertain unless its certainty is explicitly stated.

The problem is that this science is much newer even than climate change, has even less certainty and is as much infused with apocalyptic visions of future states.

It will mean higher prices and potential supply disruptions and will put considerable leverage in the hands of governments in the Greater Middle East as well as in those of other oil - exporting states which have not been marked recently by stability and certainty: Russia, Venezuela, and Nigeria, for example (ETES pp. 1 - 2).

As we continue to ramp up renewables (which the CES will deliver), we need comparable regulatory certainty for energy efficiency: New York needs a clear energy - efficiency standard, even as the means of delivering that efficiency will continue to evolve under the REV.. Once this standard is put in place, it can ensure New York accomplishes what other leading states already have — year - over-year electricity savings of 2 percent a year or morAs we continue to ramp up renewables (which the CES will deliver), we need comparable regulatory certainty for energy efficiency: New York needs a clear energy - efficiency standard, even as the means of delivering that efficiency will continue to evolve under the REV.. Once this standard is put in place, it can ensure New York accomplishes what other leading states already have — year - over-year electricity savings of 2 percent a year or moras the means of delivering that efficiency will continue to evolve under the REV.. Once this standard is put in place, it can ensure New York accomplishes what other leading states already have — year - over-year electricity savings of 2 percent a year or more.

Thus the 1992 Rio Declaration, setting out principles for sustainable development, states, «Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost - effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.»

As they stated, this corresponds to S being between 1.0 and 4.1 °C, with 95 % certainty — what the IPCC calls «extremely likely» — and a central (median) estimate for S of 1.6 °C.

Now, taking even the most wildly optimistic statement of certainty of AGW — the «very likely (> 90 % probability) stated by IPCC in AR4, this hardy makes AGW a «fact» such as gravity, and thus subject to the pejorative denialist label (Catastrophic AGW and effectiveness of mitigations would have certainty far far below this 90 %).

has near the certainty as stated and alarmists don't believe that's a valid opinion because we don't have enough letters in front of our names.

Despite a half century of climate change that has significantly affected temperature and precipitation patterns and has already had widespread ecological and hydrological impacts, and despite a near certainty that the United States will experience at least as much climate change in the coming decades, just as a result of the current atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, those organizations in the public and private sectors that are most at risk, that are making long - term investments and commitments, and that have the planning, forecasting and institutional capacity to adapt, have not yet done so.

The overarching justification for most climate change policies today derives from a political interpretation of Principle 15 (now called the Precautionary Principle) of the United Nations Rio Declaration of 1992, which states: «Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost - effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.»

In his February State of the Union speech, Obama said that if Congress won't pass climate - change legislation — a virtual certainty given partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill — then his administration will do as much as it can using its existing authority.

Although this work still continues, we can — by looking back to pioneers such as the able Baron — appreciate the degree to which our certainty regarding factors affecting «the thermometrical state of our globe» has grown.

As I mentioned in my article, the state of California might allow some of its industries to comply with a forthcoming global warming policy by steering money into tropical forest protection, but even that is no certainty.

The Rio declaration, signed by the UK and 171 other states, defines it as follows: «Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost - effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.»

Leaked Liberal speakers notes from July 2012 say the Liberals would «work with industry to reduce impediments to [energy] investment», as well as «streamlining approval requirements and procedures», «merging wherever possible State and Federal Government requirements», and «delivering more certainty to the electricity generation sector».

Does this mean that EU law has effectively lowered the legal protection of individuals in Italy and any other Member State that considers the principle of legality or legal certainty to be universally applicable, regardless of whether some provisions are labelled as substantive or procedural?

At the same time, according to him, «it can not be automatically assumed that Treaty provisions which impose on Member States a precise and unconditional obligation as to the result to be achieved, as is the case for Article 325 (1) and (2) TFEU, automatically fulfil, in each and every situation, the requirement of foreseeability required by the principles of legality and legal certainty» (para. 176).

Given the negotiation parties» desire to establish legal certainty, consistency and transparency for the roughly 5 million affected citizens and the prospect of an unprecedented bureaucratic operation, the Court missed an opportunity to clarify what kind of residence actually qualifies as «legal» residence for the purpose of acquiring permanent residence under Article 16 of the Citizens Directive: is this any period of non-reliance on the social assistance system (as AG Wathelet appears to suggest) or only periods in which applicants can demonstrate compliance with certain minimum thresholds for «work» or «sufficient resources» (as Member States seem to prefer)?

The earliest reference seems to be in a 2004 order handed down by Indiana bankruptcy judge Philip Klingeberger, who ruled that certainty in the valuation of motor vehicles serves the needs of the many, or «as so aptly stated by Mr. Spock in the Wrath of Khan, «the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

«The Bill will also give UK citizens less protection against the power of the state as they will no longer be able to challenge EU law brought into UK law on the basis of non-discrimination, proportionality, legal certainty or the right of defence.

The domestic treatment of this issue varies somewhat between the member states, and as a result, the Court of Justice's likely approach to this issue is difficult to predict with any certainty.