But what is driving the tendency to discount Joseph Smith's revelations is not that they seem less reasonable than those of Moses; it is that the book containing them is so new.
They seem less reasonable to many than the more common notions of the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud and others that laughter either results from or is related to the nonconscious reduction of tensions or inhibitions.
He also had a whole defence lined up for the use of glass bottles, which seemed less than reasonable: "If someone is to commit a crime, they'll use whatever tools are at their disposal, whether that be a bottle, knife or piece of wood lying on the pavement".
However, the Probit model is more standard theoretically and using the Poisson instead of the NB2 seems even less reasonable than using Probit instead of NB2.
This seems much less reasonable.
And as black party leaders gasped with delight and white party leaders howled with dismay, the thick political walls between the races suddenly seemed less sturdy and it suddenly seemed reasonable to wonder: Which way will white voters go in the new South Africa?
I knew what the consequences could potentially be of the indictment alone – Rikers, media attention, losing a job, a difficult plea bargain – and I sometimes didn't want to indict cases that seemed less serious, even if I had "reasonable cause to believe".
I knew what the consequences could potentially be of the indictment alone Rikers, media attention, losing a job, a difficult plea bargain and I sometimes didn't want to indict cases that seemed less serious, even if I had "reasonable cause to believe".
Indeed their preferences are critical, which is why Germany's increasingly sharp demands for burden-sharing are less reasonable than they seem at first sight.
