The phrase "as not to think" is not correct in standard written English.
It is likely intended to convey a purpose or intention, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He avoided the topic as not to think about the consequences."
Alternatives: "in order not to think" or "so as not to think".
Or, as Quill put it, "they [can] serve as excuses not to think, as belief systems that discourage explorations of the mismatch between theory and practice and the inconsistencies of any grand theory".
My extended family has been incredibly accepting as well, choosing not to think of me as "that gay relative," but instead as their cousin, niece, or granddaughter.
It's almost as preposterous not to think there's a God as it is to believe".
And his repeated insistence that investors should focus instead on the evolution of economic data worked about as well as telling people not to think about purple kangaroos.
Really, this whole Augmented Reality thing is pretty straightforward as long as you try not to think about how it actually works.
During the three resting-state sessions, the participants were instructed to keep as motionless as possible and not to think systematically.
During the resting state scanning, the participants were instructed to keep still with their eyes closed, as motionless as possible and not to think about anything in particular.
However sometimes experience becomes enmired in dogma, and we must become careful as scientists not to think that what has been done previously is the only meaningful route forward.
For the rest of the 20th century, group selection was taught primarily as a way not to think about evolution.
During the MEG recordings, the subjects were required simply to keep still as much as possible, close their eyes and not to think of anything systematically.
