منابع مشابه
Language is never , ever , ever , random
Language users never choose words randomly, and language is essentially non-random. Statistical hypothesis testing uses a null hypothesis, which posits randomness. Hence, when we look at linguistic phenomena in corpora, the null hypothesis will never be true. Moreover, where there is enough data, we shall (almost) always be able to establish that it is not true. In corpus studies, we frequently...
متن کاملIs Nature Ever Unaesthetic?
in Chicago, Illinois, April, 1989. C ontemporary philosophers have won dered: Do virgin landscapes always possess beauty? Unsullied by human nature, is the natural world invariably aesthetic? Examples in support of a negative reply are not wanting; when lightning causes a ground fIre, the burned out, blackened forest may be experienced as an aesthetic liability, for the expected sights, aromas...
متن کاملIs Cataract Couching Ever Justifiable?
reproduce my paper criticised therein which appeared in the Ophthalmic Review, Vol. XXII, April, 1903. In the Ophthalmoscope for December 1904, in a brief notice of Major Smith's paper I came across the following paragraph, but though objecting to its inferences I decided to take 110 notice of it. "Smith is, therefore, of opinion (despite the views recently expressed by Power, Maynard and other...
متن کاملPrograms for Ever Programs for Ever
This article reflects our experience with the preservation of computer programs that once served a scientific purpose, but were not maintained since then. After producing results, published in scientific journals in the 70’s, 80’s and begin 90’s, they were stored provisionally on some kind of persistent medium and are at present restored to current state of the art hardware. We constructed an a...
متن کاملIs Cataract Couching Ever Justifiable?
Sir,?That almost diametrically opposite opinions as to the results of " couching" in India should be held by Majors Maynard and Smith is striking. The question at issue is an important one and we need accuracy. The former officer in a carefully worked out paper gives 46 per cent of good vision after an interval of five years, the latter does not quote figures but states that the vast majority o...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/24050