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- adverb In a
mechanistic manner.
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- adverb in a mechanistic manner
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Examples
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In the West, we tend to view food mechanistically through the lens of protein, fat, carbohydrate and vitamin content.
Mika Ono: Some Like it Hot, Others Do Not: Food As an Ancient Path to Balance Mika Ono 2011
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The solution, thus, is not to mechanistically punish Williams or silence one of the more articulate voices in the media, but rather to use the power of our media, community, and academic institutions to engage him and explore these deeply held emotions that many have, but don't have the ability to honestly discuss.
Brian Levin, J.D.: Juan Williams, and the Case for Uncomfortable Dialogue J.D. Brian Levin 2010
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Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you are trying to say, so maybe try again, Bradford? ou are able to explain things mechanistically but if the underlying nature of reality does not lend itself to this approach you will not only not get answers, you will build a philosophical edifice which is debilitating to the human spirit.
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You are able to explain things mechanistically but if the underlying nature of reality does not lend itself to this approach you will not only not get answers, you will build a philosophical edifice which is debilitating to the human spirit.
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The solution, thus, is not to mechanistically punish Williams or silence one of the more articulate voices in the media, but rather to use the power of our media, community, and academic institutions to engage him and explore these deeply held emotions that many have, but don't have the ability to honestly discuss.
Brian Levin, J.D.: Juan Williams, and the Case for Uncomfortable Dialogue J.D. Brian Levin 2010
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In the West, we tend to view food mechanistically through the lens of protein, fat, carbohydrate and vitamin content.
Mika Ono: Some Like it Hot, Others Do Not: Food As an Ancient Path to Balance Mika Ono 2011
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The solution, thus, is not to mechanistically punish Williams or silence one of the more articulate voices in the media, but rather to use the power of our media, community, and academic institutions to engage him and explore these deeply held emotions that many have, but don't have the ability to honestly discuss.
Brian Levin, J.D.: Juan Williams, and the Case for Uncomfortable Dialogue J.D. Brian Levin 2010
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Monetary policy can help by non-mechanistically "leaning" against the build-up of financial imbalances, such as credit booms which finance asset bubbles.
José Viñals: A Marriage Made in Heaven or Hell: Monetary and Financial Stability 2010
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In a blog posting Tuesday he said that monetary policy can help by "non-mechanistically" leaning against credit booms or capital inflows.
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Can you think of any reason the upper part of the pathway is mechanistically different from the lower part?
Behe's Test, Take 2 2008
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