Both are theories and so by taking a stance that «science», i.e. the Big Bang was more believable because of your theory which is no more provable
than the theory of a God was hypocritical, something you claim people who believe in God are.
This may be granted at once, but then the point has to be made that the literary relationships between the texts of the synoptic gospels are more complex
than any theory of direct relationship imagines.
But, as Popper says, «a theory of the non-existence of consciousness can not be taken any more seriously
than a theory of the non-existence of matter.»
The theory of evolution is no more lacking in evidence and research
than the theory of gravity.
Bruckstein's theorem should be seen as a contribution to the mathematics of pursuit, motivated by ant trails, rather
than a theory of ant behaviour.
This problem could be resolved if, for example, the core of the Sun were 10 per cent cooler
than the theory of the solar interior requires, or if on the way from the core of the Sun to the Earth solar neutrinos were «altered» in such a way as to make two - thirds undetectable.
All are independent of universities, and they share an emphasis on the mechanics of lesson delivery and classroom management rather
than theories of education, research or subject - matter expertise.
However, there is more to training than using just these tools, and there is more to training any animal
than the theory of operant conditioning or the practice of using clickers.
There are countless examples down through history of theories that were rejected time and time again by the established scientists, only to later be shown to provide a better explanation of observations
than the theories of established scientists.
The practice of law is often quite different
than the theory of it.
Not exact matches
One business for which this entire discussion is more
than theory is Dymax
of Wamego, Kansas.
«Its
theory seems to be: Let's get lots
of people to push for all sorts
of things and the world will get better, it's kind
of a shot gun approach rather
than a targeted one.
The key to the Body by Science approach is to perform reps reaaallly slowly, keeping muscles under load for an extended period
of time, and to keeping working until failure — which is even tougher in practice
than it sounds in
theory.
For more
than a year, Chuck Jeannes, CEO
of Vancouver - based Goldcorp — the world's largest gold miner by market value — has posited his «peak gold supply»
theory.
Last year, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets concluded that a single episode
of The Big Bang
Theory was more valuable to advertisers
than an entire week's worth
of viewing on YouTube.
There's no definitive answer as to why female founders raise less venture capital
than male founders, but one
of the main
theories is the lack
of female VCs.
The intuitive notion
of harnessing the body's own immune system to fight the enemy within is more
than a century old — and seemingly, each time researchers have seemed close to turning that
theory into reality, a new stumbling block appears.
Or you could think
of it as a version
of the greater fool
theory — you want to be sure there's at least one bigger sucker
than you willing to buy your goodies when you finally get over your growing greed and decide that it's time to go.
«It makes sense to point to an increase in the number
of travelers as one likely reason, but other
than that, we have no
theories.»
This notion was studied extensively by Eliyahu Goldratt, an Israeli physicist turned management guru who defined the
Theory of Constraints, which can be summed up by the ancient adage that no chain is stronger
than its weakest link.
Clayton Christensen, author
of the «Jobs to be Done»
theory of innovation, pointed out that
of 20,000 products launched between 2012 and 2016, fewer
than one percent thrived within two years.
The
theory of the Hedonic Treadmill applies and when the negative feelings came forth, just as the
theory suggests, it was felt times two because, as humans, we always feel loss more
than we feel gain.
In essence and in
theory, the human brain is capable
of solving and computing problems much quicker
than a computer.»
More
than 60 %
of the 117 CEOs agreed with the
theory.
My
theory is that it is more
than just a fear
of missing out.
Economists treat parental leave, both for women and men, as a simple cost - benefit problem: in
theory, at least, if a woman's wage is greater
than the cost
of replacing her in the home, then she should spend her time working and hire someone else to care for her children.
There is strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis (or SWOT thinking) and more
than a fair share
of theoretical or academic quadrants within which you can plug your business challenge and find a solution — in
theory anyway.
I know that using flying books, misbehaving watches, and binary dust patterns are much more dramatic means
of communication, but explaining a completely new unified
theory of gravitational force would be much easier with equations and diagrams
than with a seemingly random set
of binary data.
The study, titled «Prospect
Theory: An Analysis
of Decision under Risk,» found that loss aversion «expresses the intuition that a loss
of $ X is more aversive
than a gain
of $ X is attractive... for example, most respondents in a sample
of undergraduates refused to stake $ 10 on the toss
of a coin if they stood to win less
than $ 30.»
A major question is how plausible its economists» estimates are on key parts
of its
theory: how many
of company A's customers would drop their cable subscription without Turner's networks, how many would switch to DirectTV (rather
than just cutting the cord), and how profitable would the new customers be.
Rather
than leading an automated race to the bottom, Boomerang's tools push retailers into the realm
of game
theory and psychology — anticipating what competitors» responses to their moves will be, and how shoppers will perceive them.
Quantum
theory explains the behaviour
of particles and energy at extremely small scales — smaller
than atoms that were once considered the building block
of all matter.
Meanwhile on the TV side, the site TorrentFreak found that for the third year running, HBO's Game
of Thrones is the most pirated program
of 2014 with more
than 8 million downloads from BitTorrent, followed by AMC's The Walking Dead (4.2 million), and CBS's The Big Bang
Theory (3.6 million), the consistently most watched cable drama and network comedy.
HBO's «Westworld» is a series unlike any other, the first season
of which provided fan -
theory - enthusiasts with more fodder
than any single person could digest.
Valdis Krebs
of Orgnet explains that «Schools are still stuck on teaching 20th century math for building things rather
than 21st century math for understanding things» and suggests that curriculums focus less on the mathematics
of engineering (e.g. algebra and calculus) and more on the mathematics
of patterns (e.g. set
theory, graph
theory, etc.).
In
theory, each
of these ideas would be best tested across more
than just one building or street, and all
of them would be more easily implemented together.
(Barron's) • In Search
of the Perfect Recession Indicator (Philosophical Economics) • A Fireside Chat With Charlie Munger (MoneyBeat) • Complexity
theory and financial regulation (Science) • Five Pieces
of Conventional Wisdom That Make Smart Investors Look Dumb (CFA Institute) • This Lawyer Is Hollywood's Complete Divorce Solution (Bloomberg) • Curiosity update, sols 1218 - 1249: Digging in the sand at Mar's Bagnold Dunes (Planetary Society) • The Plot to Take Down a Fox News Analyst (NYT) • Ask the aged: Who better to answer questions about the purpose
of life
than someone who has been living theirs for a long time?
One thing leads to another and you find yourself diving down a rabbit hole
of less
than legal topics and half - serious conspiracy
theories.
It's far easier to save a steady percentage
of your income from a young age to allow compound interest to do the heavy lifting for you but for many this idea is much easier in
theory than practice.
In
theory, Sweden has such a rate, but banks there have not taken advantage
of it because they already have more funds
than anyone wants to borrow.
Law
of One Price - The law
of one price relates to the
theory that any commodity, asset or security will have the same price in more
than one exchange.
This argument, which seems more ideological
than empirical, is based on standard trade
theory in which there is an implicit assumption that any intervention will drive trade performance away from its optimum, so that the United States always gains from the further opening up
of its own market, even if trade partners don't reciprocate.
The
theory was that a miner
of the network with more resources could publish many more transactions
than a competing small miner could handle and therefore the network would tend towards few large miners rather
than many small miners.
On a final note, a new study lends additional credibility to the
theory of «wisdom
of crowds,» which states that large groups
of people are smarter and better at analyzing data
than an elite few.
Within the broader risk / reward topic is the
theory of «loss aversion,» which states that investors prefer to avoid losses even more
than they desire to reap rewards.
That Facebook pursued such a strategy is even less
of a surprise
than Google's imperious adoption
of Wikipedia as conspiracy
theory debunker: Facebook's motto was «Making the world more open and connected», and the company has repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to do just that, whether users like it or not.
Apple's original competitive advantage — the integration
of hardware and software — is more durable
than disruption
theory would suggest.
But as long as the price action is rewarding buying breakouts, buying into pullbacks, playing the upside momentum then this is more important
than any
of your
theories.
In the real world, perception and psychology are much more closely tied to market pricing behavior
than the low - utility Economics 101
theory of supply and demand.
When you see a lot
of theory, you end up discovering that everything good is generally simpler
than the more complicated things, and this also affected me for the rest
of my life» Jorge Paulo Lemann