Sharia, An-Na'im says, is a product of fallible human interpretation, even if what is being interpreted are divinely given commands.
He does not believe that computer software can eliminate the need for human interpretation.
At the end of the day, the scientific findings depend on human interpretation, Leonard said.
The spirit of Florida election law is clearly to prevent human interpretation of ballots, unless very specific circumstances warrant it.
All are the products of human experience, the objects of human perception and grist for human interpretation.
The machine isn't perfect — it doesn't catch everything, it yields a certain amount of false positives, and it requires human interpretation.
The key point here is that while the words of scripture are fixed and unchangeable they are always subject to human interpretation, and interpretations may vary according to time, place and social conditions.
The repression comes not from the Koran, the women argue, but from the human interpretation of it, in the form of Islamic law, which has ossified over the centuries while their globalized lives have galloped ahead.
DNA specimens, for instance, are sometimes contaminated; fingerprint, ballistics and even run-of-the-mill drug and alcohol analyses depend on human interpretation and thus are subject to error.
But what Dolan and his peers disregard is how many facets of the tradition they stubbornly protect reflect their and their predecessors' subjective, utterly human interpretation of how God speaks and what God wants.
Robert C. Shaler, who started a program in forensics at Pennsylvania State University, adds, "Human error touches every aspect of forensic science, because every aspect of forensic science requires a human interpretation".
