For natural causes comprise only chance and necessity; and, he purports to show, neither chance nor necessity, nor any combination of the two, can create information.
His best-known work, "An American Dilemma" (1944), explored a disconnect: Why was one group persistently at the bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum in a country that purported to give everybody an equal chance?
Bush, as a two-term governor of the biggest U.S. swing state, a card-carrying member of America's most famous Republican family and a Spanish-speaking reformer who purported to give the party its best chance to retake the White House next year, was supposed to have scared potential rivals from jumping into the race.
The Shettles Method is a collection of techniques purported to be useful for increasing the chance of conceiving babies of the desired sex.
The party has one last chance to do the right thing for the people they purport to represent, one chance to revitalize their standing with voters and ensure victories down the ticket and for generations to come.
But right now, there is one issue on which every economist I know of actually agrees (and in an unqualified way): that Groupon (a) should have accepted the purported $6 billion bid from Google when it had the chance; (b) that Google was insane to have offered it; and (c) that Groupon is pretty much doomed or, at least, will have fleeting glory.
Any purported benefit of frequent traffic stops — for example the slim chance of apprehending wanted criminals — has to be set off against the resentment they engender.
For example, an algorithm such as COMPAS might purport to predict the chance of future criminal activity, but it can only rely on measurable proxies, such as being arrested.
In a study of 2,600 popular keywords using the five leading search engines by McAfee, an online security firm, searching for this term (presumably, the sites returned purported to be of scantily clad starlets) and clicking on a link presented a three-in-five chance of becoming infected.
The chile is purported to carry spiritual powers, said to open up one's heart and mind to possibility and chance (to be crudely honest, it also opens up your asshole).
At one point, nearly every bakery and candy store on the avenue was purported to be a "policy bank" where you could gamble — play your numbers and take your chances.
