In such a time, Why is a less relevant question than How Soon.
Bunny rabbits with sharp teeth! "Who was that masked man?" is a less relevant question than "What on earth were you thinking?" "The Lone Ranger" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned).
Although in principle one could ask which of different backcasting scenarios should be prioritised or chosen, this may be a less relevant question.
Since the patients examined in our study had the highest ICC in the KOOS subscale Sports and Recreation Function, we conclude that in those who had undergone TKR, the questions about sport were less relevant than the questions in other KOOS domains.
While acute imaging is helpful for prognosis, it is less relevant for answering questions regarding reorganisation and recovery.
But, he said, "it's hard to deny that the status quo — increasing economic ties to China, while those between the two Koreas shrink — renders Seoul less relevant to the question of North Korea's economic future".
In these cases, there is no 'mass' to localise, making these findings less relevant to the question of whether a localisable mass can indeed be detected without being localised (although obviously pertinent to the idea that a global signal can be used to diagnose an abnormality).
That situation seems less relevant to the policy questions we face today.
The internal consistency has been found to be particularly high for the domains EKD, BKD and symptoms in RTX patients [ 32], while some domains may be less relevant as they contain questions specifically for dialysis patients [ 29].
Drug trials in particular were considered less relevant to our study question as practice within a clinical trial may differ from standard care and is more likely to be controlled.
To use Goodwin's terminology, these questions do the work of establishing what is 'figure' (relevant, salient) and what is 'ground' (less relevant to the enquiry).
