According to this interpretation, the real purpose of the war was to seize and annex Canada.6 This view was appealing because it fit into the larger framework of American expansion, but it was not supported by the evidence and it confused ends and means.
Dorian Lynskey from Q magazine also rated it three out of five, stating "'Nothing Fails', the album's centerpiece, is as good a showstopper as 'Live to Tell' ... [but] it's no wonder that a record about feeling confused ends up sounding confused".
They not only confuse end users during decision-making but also decrease the performance of the classification process.
That's a vague statement with a lot of room for interpretation, and could ultimately confuse end users – especially because there's a button to change your email to "private" which seems to conflict with this idea that your email will, in some scenarios, be shared.
Confusing ends and means, the Obama administration strives mightily for shows of allied unity, good feeling and pious concern about Iran's nuclear program -- whereas the real objective is stopping that program.
And we should stop confusing ends with means: for example, free trade, if well managed, might bring greater shared prosperity; but if it is not well managed, it will lower the living standards of many – possibly a majority – of citizens.
And it won't be done if we confuse ends with means – the euro is not an end in itself, but a means, which, if well managed, might bring greater shared prosperity, but, if not well managed, will lead to lower standards of living for many or possibly the majority of citizens.
The book explores the consequences of having rested so much of our thinking on GDP, thus confusing ends with means -- a measure of well-being for well-being itself.
By getting them confused we end up margianilising those we're talking about.
