And we're still a year away from polling beginning its upward climb into the realm of being "somewhat reliable predictors of the eventual outcome".
This is the realm of relativity, of honest doubt.
In addition to being intellectually satisfying, prediction moves science into the realm of technology, which enables reliable, robust applications.
That, in the realm of filmmaking (and in the absence of reliable eyewitnesses), directors may depict heaven, hell and limbo any way they please based on their religion, political leanings, aesthetic temperament, self-image and, not incidentally, budget.
While some authors seek to include knowledge of the ultimate within the scope of reliable cognitions, the view of the majority is that reliable cognitions concern the conventional realm.
137 He argued that stillbirth figures were the 'least reliable in the whole realm of vital statistics' and that the only way to avoid mistakes was by pooling stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life, since both groups were influenced by the same factors.
1. Structure of Reliable Methods.
However, it has become apparent that 'newly developed' items designed to limit ceiling effects in high functioning populations lie outside the realm of daily experience, and thus may prove less reliable.
Very true, in the realm of metaphor.
In contrast, some have suggested that until a reliable method of preventing diabetes is identified, screening should be reserved for the realm of research (24).
