Sentences with phrase «what fits the theory»

But evolution is more than change, and every theory accepts as evidence only what fits the theory.

Not exact matches

Researchers at the New School for Social Research in New York have determined that reading literary fiction — books that have literary merit and don't fit into a genre — enhances what scientists call «Theory of Mind (ToM), or an ability to understand the mental states of others.

He explained his findings in nontechnical terms in Slate magazine: «Although doubt will always remain about what causes a change in social custom, the technology - shock theory does fit the facts.

First, you seem to not understand what a «theory» is (since you BOLD theory) A theory in Science is a set of principles that fit the facts that we know of.

They discuss evolution and how it can in fact fit in with what the Bible tells us, and to be honest I quite like their theory.

What has been expressed here is that * some * evidence does exist — enough to create a theory or hypothesis that reasonates with people's actual experiences, that fits the evidence and experiences they do have to go on and provides real, demonstrable benefits in the process.

They advise that one should go to the field, write up what out sees, and forget trying to mold these observations to fit some preconceived theory.

Nevertheless, Hartshorne's ideas do not necessarily conflict with physics, inasmuch as the whole notion of God fits nowhere into physical theories; but they do exceed or supplement what physics is able to conceptualize.

can't figure out the meanings of the phrase «survival of the fittest» or the words «theory» or «law,» I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it doesn't have a clue what «perversion» means, either.

Some physicists like to think that M theory will form the basis of what they call a theory of everything, a set of laws that will completely describe the universe in all its strangeness, where dark energy, quantum theory, extra dimensions, and magazine readers will all fit into one tidy package.

And what's more, the theory fitted well with what physicists expected might happen if dark matter was made up of relatively lightweight particles, with a mass of about 10 to 50 gigaelectronvolts (GeV).

And if we knew what the distribution function was for dispersal distances, then the theory could perhaps fit the data.

«In that sense this fits nicely with those kinds of theories about what makes humans special.»

I was wondering what the Dr's thought are on the old «Fit for Life» food combining theories — that you should only eat certain foods together — and that you should only ever eat fruit in the morning on an empty stomach.

Dr. Justin Marchegiani: Right, and if you look at kind of Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest, really what he's saying there in that theory is whoever can adapt the quickest and the fastest will be the most successful.

If flexibility is something you need because of changing life circumstances, it certainly makes as much sense as any other theory to pay off your debt according to what will fit your situation.

Let us know what theory and photo techniques that you want to improve upon and the number of diving days that fit your schedule in order to create the perfect Bali custom photo class.

Not entirely sure how this fits into gameplay - but it's good to see a mainstream newspaper getting so far into interesting game theory issues - the Guardian has always been fairly well - advanced that way, what with its Gamesblog.

Red Dead Redemption and LA Noire really fit that theory, we'll see what happens with GTA 5.

We do live in a society with norms about what we can and can not share, what we can and can not do, but as Einstein once said: «if the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.»

What is your theory and where do you think your work fits into that genre?

Thus, what is that theory, that upon objective examination, rigorous, scientific examination — not by climate change refuters seeking solely to fit everything into predetermined boxes while self reinforcing such notions by castigating everybody else, but by dispassionate, reasoned, analysis and objective scientific examination — says or reasonably suggests all this won't have, or doesn't even present a high risk of having, a major impact upon long term climate.

To clarify my answer to your last part concerning what was in my mind, I fitted all 9 parameters jointly taking the variance of MRES as what was to be minimized The exponential is indeed part of the hypothesis being tested here as to whether there is any good fit of theory to data.

What you have done here is largely a mathematical exercise in multi-parametric curve fitting (reminiscent of von Neumann's quip that with 5 parameters he could wiggle the ears on a mythical elephant), with but conjectural reference to unproven AHH theory.

The techniques physicists generally use are to fit theory to data, but this is not what a proxy reconstruction is trying to do.

There isn't much reason to think that the model that fits the record better in the past will continue to do so in the future unless you have some specific causal theory about what makes that model better than the others.

What follows is another example of climate science making up a theory to fit an observation.

It is not based on dynamo theory, but on curve fitting to the actual data, and is not a prediction in the real dense of that word, but only a projection [= based on what we seen of the cycle until now, this is what statistically we would expect]

Science: What do you say to those who claim you cherry - picked data to fit your theories?

That is, what is happening must have only one explanation which fits the theory.

When you have put a lot of ideas together to make an elaborate theory, you want to make sure, when explaining what it fits, that those things it fits are not just the things that gave you the idea for the theory; but that the finished theory makes something else come out right, in addition.

Therefore if we focus the debate on their case, testing the fit of their proposition with what we already know, and even, if necessary, designing further investigations that would refute their proposition, we should, in theory, be able to achieve a resolution of the debate.

The fit between the abilities of an individual and the ability requirements of the occupation affects what the theory calls «satisfactoriness.»

What Science Says: The idea of the partner allowing the sender to be her / himself fits nicely with self - verification theory, which suggests that we seek out partners who see us the way we see ourselves.3 Because the partner's views of you agree with your own self - views, being your own person is much easier, which is beneficial to relationship quality.

I make use of reality therapy techniques, Gestalt work, psychotherapy, Jungian archetypes, personality theory, paradoxical work, REBT, transactional analysis, and virtually anything else I come across that works and fits within what I believe is true.