The weaker interpretation instead requires merely minimizing inexplicable error on the part of the creature being interpreted, thus allowing for significant deviations from psychological assignments that might be required by the stronger interpretation.
But if, by any chance, he did want to evolve — or merely to minimize his chances of being dubbed a loser for the second debate running — his running mate gave him a model.
The answer, however counterintuitive, is that the appropriate policy goal is not merely to minimize the likelihood of a spill (via preventative action on the part of the drillers), but also to induce those potentially harmed to take actions that would mitigate damage in the event of a spill.
The extent of risk in these strategies "depends on how much of a gaming instinct you have," Mr. Boyd said, but most customers are merely looking to minimize their exposure to price swings.
From Ethel Waters in the 1927 musical "Africana" to the regal Ella Fitzgerald singing in 1996, many of the gods of 20th-century popular culture materialize here, their distinctive features and manners exactingly amplified, their merely human aspects minimized.
Rather than a neutral Internet — with its implied competition between rival businesses — the people at Riseup would seem to be wishing for a "plain" Internet that would merely facilitate communication and connections, and minimize the role of commerce.
Recall that the most plausible formulations of double effect would require agents to seek to minimize or avoid the merely foreseen harms that they cause as side effects.
Now, aid organizations must merely "take all reasonable steps to minimize knowing and voluntary payments or any other benefits to al-Shabaab".
During the phenol extraction, we proceeded with merely half of the aqueous phase to minimize contaminant and phenol carry-over, to preserve the quality of the RNA and to ensure optimal buffer conditions for subsequent PCR analyses.
Embryos were extensively washed before AuNPs were quantified by INNA to minimize inclusion of particles that were merely stuck to the exterior of the embryo rather than internalized.
