After starting
with these human observations, Palmer's team is now studying the same delay discounting - related genetic traits in rodent models.
Not exact matches
With our
human commonsence we are recognising the rules & regulations of Universe very easily in generations of
observations & studies by humankind.
Language would not exist without humanity, it is derived from
human thought and meaning; while the sun would go on burning
with or without us, our
observations, or our thoughts about it.
Only
with the dawn of the space age in the 20th century has it been possible for
humans to travel far enough into space to verify by direct
observation that the earth is a globe.
However, combine this
with the irrefutable
observation of humanity that would see
human evil as universal in its scope, and combine this
with the fact that the VAST majority of
human beings disagreed
with your interpretation of essential
human goodness, and the force of the conviction steels itself.
So, JUST from
observation, even the «lovely»
human beings constantly do much more evil than good, or even just act in compliance
with evil systems as opposed to fighting for good.
That said, the case has been made that if the Christian god exists, then «God should be detectable by scientific means simply by virtue of the fact that he is supposed to play such a central role in the operation of the universe and the lives of
humans»,
with the conclusion that» [e] xisting scientific models contain no place where God is included as an ingredient in order to describe
observations.»
Yes and that
observation with essence of the wonder of that which is
human is how I know there is God.
3) you appear to be confusing science (a discipline of
human observation... and therefore — philosophically speaking — a subjective enterprise)
with scientism (putting metaphysical faith in that
human observation — an objective enterprise).
Psychologists David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton, in The Caveman and the Bomb:
Human Nature, Evolution, and Nuclear War (McGraw - Hill, 1985), express this view
with their useful
observation that «the nuclear arms race goes on because people allow it» (p. 22, their emphasis).
Deism is the recognition of a universal creative force greater than that demonstrated by mankind, supported by personal
observation of laws and designs in nature and the universe, perpetuated and validated by the innate ability of
human reason coupled
with the rejection of claims made by individuals and organized religions of having received special divine intervention.
Moreover, we are sometimes afflicted
with a sense of impending crisis, lending force to Niebuhr's
observation that «one of the most pathetic aspects of
human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly, and claims immortality for its finite existence at the very moment when the decay which leads to death has already begun.»
It's a neat way to think about it, and also points to a collective - personality
with a memory and an interaction that takes place between individuals, almost a meta -
observation on what it means to be
human, if you will.
But since
human beings usually deal
with symbols (i.e., signs that already bear the imprints of prior interpretations), empirical
observations become more or less complete instances of symbolizings that are inherently subject to reinterpretations.
A first issue that emerges concerns the
observation that the
human rights regime is firmly embedded in modernist, Enlightenment thought that seems to collide
with the view that cyberspace is «a manifestation of the postmodern world» (Loader, 1997: 8).
Now
with humans, this same
observation holds true.
John 6: 42), and the destiny of that figure — i.e. a
human being and his fate,
with a recognizable place in world history, and therefore exposed to the objective
observation of the historian and intelligible within their context in world history — are not thus apprehended and understood as what they really are, namely, as the act of God, as the eschatological event.
Suffice it to say that the conceptuality which I accept — and accept because it seems to do justice to deep analysis of
human experience and
observation, as well as to the knowledge we now have of the way «things go» in the world — lays stress on the dynamic «event» character of that world; on the inter-relationships which exist in what is a societal universe, on the inadequacy of «substance» thinking to describe such a universe of «becoming» and «belonging», on the place of decisions in freedom by the creatures
with the consequences which such decisions bring about, and on the central importance of persuasion rather than coercive force as a clue to the «going» of things in that universe.
I am struck
with the
observation that perhaps the reason Mark ended his Gospel on this strange note of fear was «to emphasize
human inadequacy, lack of understanding, and weakness in the presence of supreme divine action and its meaning.»
The vivid imagination and the sharp
observation of men and nature that marked his mind; his acquaintance
with common speech and his joy in the use of proverbs; indeed, his capacity to express in creative speaking
with a skill that only a poet and genius possesses the whole range of
human emotions from awe in the presence of the numinous to the feelings of the body — all are reflected in his sermons (as also in the commentaries, his work of the lecture room), not consistently, of course, and not every time, yet most impressively in the Church Postil Sermons, one of the products of his exile on Wartburg Castle, written in order to furnish to the preachers of the Reformation examples of Biblical preaching.
Regarding the
observation of «Christians
with ice cubes for hearts», Rainer the Brainless states that Christian baptism is the new circ.um.cision of the
human heart.
Deism is the recognition of a universal creative force greater than that demonstrated by mankind, supported by personal
observation of laws and designs of nature and the universe, perpetuated and validated by the innate ability of
human reason coupled
with the rejection of claims made by individuals and organized religions of having received special divine revelation.
I always suspected that Neandertals and anatomically modern
humans interbred, based on a simple
observation:
humans are the most sexual of all the primates, willing and able to do it just about anywhere, anytime,
with anyone (and even
with other species if the Kinsey report is to be believed in its findings about farmhands and their animal charges).
The reports also identifies other challenges that impact sustained
observations, such as the declining investment in new technological development, increasing difficulty in retaining and replenishing the
human resources associated
with sustained ocean observing, and a decreasing number of global and ocean - class research vessels.
«If lowering of LDL cholesterol affects atherosclerosis in
humans in the same way, our
observations mean that clinically advanced plaques could be prevented if cholesterol - lowering treatments are administered early enough in individuals
with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
In the new study, to test whether the same
observation was true in
humans, Dr. Rostami and colleagues tested blood samples of patients
with MS who had not yet received therapy, and those currently being treated
with INF - β, a commonly used therapy.
No one had yet disproved that a murine leukemia virus was spreading through
human population, she insisted — an
observation greeted
with skepticism and occasional derision by scientists who were following the controversy.
Observations and results Did the leaf litter found in an area
with lots of
human interference have a lower biodiversity?
It was found that complex II activity significantly declined
with age, per unit of mitochondria, in the cells derived from the lower rather than the upper levels, an
observation not previously reported for
human skin.
More important, a convergence of
observations suggests that cosmic neutrinos spring from the same astrophysical sources as other particles from space: highly energetic photons called gamma rays, and mysterious ultra-high energy cosmic rays — protons and heavier atomic nuclei that reach energies a million times higher than
humans have achieved
with particle accelerators.
The scientific payloads on Dragon include investigations that focus on efficient ways to grow plants in space, demonstrating laser optics to communicate
with Earth,
human immune system function in microgravity and Earth
observation.
«Extensive traditional
observations of individual traits and their relationship
with leadership will be necessary for each specific group of animals or
humans before this method could be used as an automated way to measure personality,» he says.
With her customary flair for charting the history of the heavens through a
human lens, Sobel chronicles Copernicus's life, from his celestial
observations to his domestic disputes, and explores how his ideas shaped the subsequent astronomical breakthroughs of Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo.
After taking measurements and collecting
observations on nine living primate species, including
humans, Carrier concluded that the living apes
with the shortest legs for their body size, like gorillas and orangutans, are those that spend the least time in trees.
In the new paper, Sahin and colleagues took their
observations to
humans, studying Purkinje cells derived from three patients
with TSC (two also had ASD symptoms, and all three also had epilepsy).
The inversion layer hypothesis also provides answers to how it is possible that sound events occur almost simultaneously
with visual
observations: from an altitude of 75 meters the sound reaches the
human ear in just 0.2 seconds.
Secondly, highlighting the potential relevance of current findings to all diploid organisms including
humans was the
observation that in one compound heterozygous animal, the Xpd allelic relationship could shift from Adominant arecessive to Arecessive adominant
with respect to different phenotypes in a time - dependent and tissue - specific manner (see below and Table 2).
To illuminate the mechanisms behind this
observation, they treated macrophages from both mice and
humans with dimethyl itaconate, which is a version of itaconate that makes it easier to permeate through the cells» membrane.
This analysis by Sedláček & Knutti (2012) does not attempt to connect modelled and observed ocean warming patterns
with human activity, but does demonstrate that natural variability is incompatible
with the warming in the 20th century simulations, and
with historical
observations.
This same person will often follow up
with this
observation: «If apes «turned into»
humans, then apes should no longer exist.»
Because
humans obtain most of their vitamin D requirement from casual exposure to sunlight, the > 50 % decreased bioavailability of cutaneously synthesized vitamin D3 in the obese subjects could account for the consistent
observation by us and others that obesity is associated
with vitamin D deficiency.
The highly anticipated debut feature from acclaimed author Charlie McDowell, THE ONE I LOVE is an original tale that continues to showcase McDowell's keen
observations of
human relationships
with a distinct and comedic voice.
Yasujiro Ozu's ode to childhood interweaves
observations of
human behavior
with the simple surfaces of quotidian life in Tokyo.
It's a film about
human nature, personally realized
with subtle
observations, and how much of this you can relate to will greatly depend on you.
A defining voice in American independent cinema ever since his 1995 debut
with Kicking and Screaming, Noah Baumbach has a natural knack for
human observation and crafting sharp dialogue that feels entirely true.
Not quite every year brings a new Mike Leigh film, but the years that do are blessed
with his sympathy, penetrating
observation, and instinct for
human comedy.
«When a beautiful
human - alien hybrid (Henstridge) escapes from
observation, scientist Xavier Fitch (Kingsley) dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate
with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind.
The quarantine scenes were highly reminiscent both in subject matter and in setting of Michael Haneke «s Time of the Wolf, except Haneke «s restraint
with the camera and his patient eye for benign - yet - telling
observations of
human behaviour were noticeably absent.
Paul King, director, and writer
with Simon Faraday, based on Michael Bond's story, has scored again
with a Paddington story that interests and thrills viewers, along
with providing thoughtful
observations about
humans and how we function.
With that
observation in mind, here's a question - which has the longer attention span, a goldfish or a
human?