Sentences with phrase «uncertainty about the complexities»

Although there is still uncertainty about the complexities and the way in which that can happen on the legislative front, the bank tax has been blocked.

Not exact matches

Evangelicals have not always noted the complexity of the hermeneutical task; indeed, sometimes they have let themselves speak as if everything immediately becomes plain and obvious for believers in biblical inerrancy, to such an extent that uncertainties about interpretation never arise for them.

The complexity and diversity of interests and values represented in universal history, coupled with the radical uncertainty about any connection between performance and deserts, make it impossible today to discern God's providential hand in it with the confidence of Israel's prophets.

Discussions about the inherent complexities and uncertainties, and about desirable futures, should be opened up to a whole range of social groups, not least those who have anxieties and criticisms.

It's more than how your doctor performed on the board exam — a mind - numbing multiple - choice exercise that is all about facts and doesn't adequately address the ambiguities, complexities, and uncertainties of medical practice.

I suspect, moreover, that this complexity may take a still different form over the next year or so, as the tragedy of September 11 generates an upswing in support for government institutions, along with an increasing aversion to change and uncertainty — all of which could show up (temporarily) in the way people respond to survey items about vouchers.

While these assumptions admittedly simplify the socioeconomic complexities and uncertainties, they allowed us to draw meaningful conclusions about the economic impact of educational gaps in the United States.

When he learns of his assignment — to infiltrate a prison in Malta and rescue a double agent who has critical information about a planned assassination attempt on the Queen — he finds himself overwhelmed with uncertainty, only agreeing to the job after realizing that his training as a playwright has in fact prepared him well for the contretemps and complexity of power - broking:» «What if this were my play?»

By thinking about the future we can prepare for it in all its glorious uncertainty and complexity.

«The assessment is supported additionally by a complementary analysis in which the parameters of an Earth System Model of Intermediate Complexity (EMIC) were constrained using observations of near - surface temperature and ocean heat content, as well as prior information on the magnitudes of forcings, and which concluded that GHGs have caused 0.6 °C to 1.1 °C (5 to 95 % uncertainty) warming since the mid-20th century (Huber and Knutti, 2011); an analysis by Wigley and Santer (2013), who used an energy balance model and RF and climate sensitivity estimates from AR4, and they concluded that there was about a 93 % chance that GHGs caused a warming greater than observed over the 1950 — 2005 period; and earlier detection and attribution studies assessed in the AR4 (Hegerl et al., 2007b).»

He also brings up the whole gamut of meritless «scientific» arguments (solar activity, Milankovitch cycles, cosmic rays, nameless «natural cycles,» platitudes about «uncertainty / complexity») as well as the usual conspiracy theories about AGW theory being a commie plot to bring down the west, etc., all of which made it hard for me to take his poverty argument seriously for a long time.