"I really think the technology on its own can merit success," he says.
Even for those who believe interfaith has merit, success can be hard to measure.
For instance, we will ask questions such as: what is a fair game (the ethics of effort, merit, success)?
They have only to make their papers good enough in order to win, as well as to merit, success, and the resources of a newspaper are not wholly measured in pounds, shillings, and pence.
Yet they still merited the success and, sometimes, the odd awkward passage is useful to ensure expectations do not become too inflated.
Chelsea merited this success, even if it was squeezed out late and with the visitors, disrupted by the thigh injury which forced their debutant, André Ayew, from the fray, justifiably bemoaning the leniency of the officialdom.
I would say that in some respects I lack confidence, but it is so common in high achievers of either sex to feel that they don't merit their success.
When the criteria for what qualifies as bonus-meriting success are written for all to see, it is easier for employees to understand the outcome, even when they do not like it.
If we really believe that we've created (or could even one day create) a world where the successful truly merited all their success, it necessarily follows that we have to hold the failures exclusively responsible for their failures.
Whilst Froome's success merited understandable celebrations, significant praise should be extended to team-mate Wiggins.
Nowadays, sales figures have replaced all other metrics for determining artistic merit and success.
