The Renaissance, the Enlightenment, science and technology, and the acknowledgment of the individual's rights vis-à-vis the state (Western values) has dominated the world for 500 years.
Scientific literacy relates to an understanding of science and technology, as well as acknowledgment that these can change rapidly.
The general's comments were Pakistan's first official acknowledgment of nuclear technology transfers to North Korea.
Activating it requires the driver's acknowledgment that the technology is new and is still in "public beta phase" testing.
And so, at times on Friday, the forum seemed equal parts acknowledgment of the technology's perils and a self-affirmation exercise for its proponents, who have cited the potential of drones to improve agriculture practices and monitor endangered species, among other applications.
And earlier this month, one of the main reasons underpinning Microsoft's move to shuck its neutrality -- the complexity of producing Blu-ray technology -- led to Sony's acknowledgment that it might delay this spring's scheduled release of its PlayStation 3 game console partly because the needed technology was still being worked out.
Monmonier's approach encompasses both skepticism and the acknowledgment that geospatial technology brings with it unprecedented benefits to governments, institutions, and individuals, especially in an era of asymmetric warfare and bioterrorism.
Blatter's apologies to Mexico and England are a good step, writes Dan Wetzel on Yahoo.com, as was his acknowledgment that goal-line technology is a no-brainer.
And I found an acknowledgment that all those technologies had been built with a high degree of trust as to how they would be used, and that that trust had been shaken.
We owe an overdue acknowledgment to a transformation in technology, as well as a revolution (more about below) in fashion, where the former makes the latter the new fashion of the times, so to speak.
While there was acknowledgment that some clinicians found the technology daunting or cited some other barrier for low utilisation, all clinicians believed these were barriers that would be overcome with time, once the program was fully integrated with the service.
