Word: methodical
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...from the Ooze Michael J. Novacek's Viewpoint [April 17] sustains the old-fashioned belief that biological evolution is incompatible with the idea of a Creator. What makes it so incomprehensible that evolution could be the method that a supernatural Creator has used to bring organisms into being? There is incontrovertible evidence for biological evolution. Why could there not be a God who brought life into being and gave it the ability to evolve by what we call natural selection? We have to just log our observations and continue the search for explanations without boxing ourselves into one particular viewpoint...
...promoting the virtues of Scott Podsednik’s hustle or the merits of “small-ball”—there is an even older tradition that advocates of statistical analysis can use to combat the Tower of Babel-esque national baseball coverage: the scientific method...
...execution of this empirical method tells us that despite Tony Womack’s 27 stolen bases last year and the potentially immeasurable contribution of his heart, desire, and veteran leadership, his .276 on-base percentage made him a virtually worthless player. It tells us that although the sacrifice bunt might be a sure sign of sound fundamentals and good old-fashioned baseball, in practice it almost always decreases the run-expectancy of an offense...
...scientific method can be used to strike back at the talking heads that invade the national airwaves every night (here’s looking at you, ESPN) with their a priori arguments and baseball superstitions...
...Center for Wellness and Health Communication, a branch of UHS, and will be restocked by student members of CHI, as are the boxes in the Houses. Yard Operations erected the bins last Thursday. Beside each box is a set of leaflets, such as “Contraception: Choosing a Method.” The UC passed a motion showing stiff resolve to install the boxes in February, although Dean of Freshman Thomas A. Dingman ’67 was working with CHI to acquire the dispensers before that, according to UC member Jeffrey Kwong...