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- noun Plural form of
simplification .
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Examples
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One of his major simplifications is the implicit notion that evolutionary theory is a single monolithic theory that could be falsified by a single observation.
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Irrationally and irrelevantly, with an obstinacy that we might too easily mistake for servility, they seek to reproduce this discourse in a way which recalls the simplifications, corruptions and logical re-workings that linguists encounter in "creolized" languages. '
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Now that I’ve reconciled on the temperature PCs used by Ammann, I’m also going to check the impact of the "simplifications" i.e. use of annual data and elimination of MBH98 weights.
Wahl and Ammann: Some Verification Statistics « Climate Audit 2005
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Our minds have many cognitive biases and slips that seem in large part to result from perceptual simplifications.
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Radical conceptual innovations are typically the result of radically new approaches, and often involve great simplifications.
David Galenson: Pablo Picasso and Steve Jobs: And Now for Something Completely Different David Galenson 2011
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All sorts of assumptions and simplifications have been made in building the models, so we know that in many ways the model will not accurately simulate current climate.
AGU Day 3 part C: How good are predictions from climate models? | Serendipity 2010
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But they are still adequate for many purposes – for example weather models are adequate for predicting next day high temperatures with great skill, despite many simplifications.
AGU Day 3 part C: How good are predictions from climate models? | Serendipity 2010
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Why you call her speculations and gross simplifications/mischaracterisations âscienceâ is beyond me.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Thus it is notable when two books written by neuro-biologists of the greatest distinction are nonetheless critical of the simplifications—both scientific and philosophical—of biologism.
Rethinking Thinking Raymond Tallis 2011
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Radical conceptual innovations are typically the result of radically new approaches, and often involve great simplifications.
David Galenson: Pablo Picasso and Steve Jobs: And Now for Something Completely Different David Galenson 2011
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