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If he did make rules for them, and they treated him seriously, they might be discouraged in the exercise of that liberty of hypothesising which is the condition of all originality; whilst if they paid no attention to him, he must suffer some loss of dignity.

Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889

And now there's an entirely predictable storm of protest; predictable, apparently, to everyone except the EastEnders production team, who seem to have failed to anticipate the sheer size of the furore – which is odd, since their job largely consists of hypothesising about all the different ways in which people can unwittingly stumble their way to an acrimonious row.

Charlie Brooker | Complaining about the lack of realism in EastEnders is like moaning that Monster Munch crisps don't taste of monsters 2011

There should be a ban on sex being discussed or made reference to except in instances where actual sex took place, an end to the hypothesising of sexiness, especially where inanimate objects ("Sexy fridge!") and the previously incarcerated ("Foxy Knoxy!") are concerned.

A kettle isn't sexy. So don't say it is | Viv Groskop 2011

I have no intrinsic problem with a scientist tentatively hypothesising a supreme being creating life on Earth, and then using that to draw predictions and in turn testring those predictins.

Abusing Science 2008

This is not the question I want to pursue here, but it is worth bearing in mind that these different languages of self-presence cannot simply be joined together by hypothesising some innermost link or yet-to-be discovered substance.

Psychology in Search of Psyches: Friedrich Schelling, Gotthilf Schubert and the Obscurities of the Romantic Soul 2008

More equating of masculinity to violence and more ponderous hypothesising about the bond between father and son.

Archive 2009-06-01 Glenn Dunks 2009

At the beginning of this year there was a BBC show with four experts saying: “This is going to be the end of all the ice in the Arctic,” and hypothesising that it was going to be the hottest summer ever.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

Sorry Alex, I don't get the reason for the headline or the hypothesising.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

There has been scientific hypothesising and investigation of both questions for a long time.

David Horton: Origin Sins 2008

It's all very well hypothesising about those monkeys and typewriters, he says: isn't it time for human beings to look around?

Celebrity Chimp Tells All Walter Jon Williams 2008