Behavioral finance teaches that, as humans, we are not always rational or driven by logic.
The law, once set in motion, can be like a huge ship propelled by logic and precedent.
Mr. Murdoch had by then become more convinced by the logic after working through the details.
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Worse, this need to find an ally is often driven by governments rather than by commercial logic.
Another legendary event, among many, was the first public demonstration of television by John Logic Baird in 1925.
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By this logic, the leak is designed to force his hand and perhaps even to tie his hands.
By that logic, all love is essentially selfish, because we love so we can live and leave a legacy.
By that logic, putting a wall between the offensive and defense halves of the NSA could cripple its defensive talents.
This should, in effect, drive down the cost of procreation and, by the logic of the marketplace, increase its appeal.
" When somebody replied that government officials shouldn't demand off-the-record meetings, Woodhouse answered: "By that logic, journos shouldn't accept anonymous leaks.
By this logic, it would be interesting to see what weight would be given to the neutralization of 30, 000 nuclear warheads.
The same sad fate may apply to the Que, the ultra-durable, business-focused reader launched by Plastic Logic of Mountain View, Calif.
As I recently asked in this space, by what logic does the blessing of these countries bestow moral legitimacy on American action?
By that logic, if the U.S. Army had more rifled muskets in 1865 than today, we should be buying more machine guns.
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By the logic of the 10-year life cycle, iOS and Android are nearing their apex in terms of market share, after which they will decline.
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By this logic, stock market investors should be Tim Tebow fans.
By this logic, the real economic value in a Princeton degree is not the vaunted Princeton education, but in signaling potential employers that you are smart enough to get into Princeton.
One reply to my argument for a better social norm is that would-be voters who could be persuaded by such logic are likely above average in terms of how well informed they are.
Many homeowners had been hoping that home values would rise again this spring like they did in the spring of 2009 (they rose 8% between March 30 and mid-August, by Radar Logic's measure).
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Sue was seized by the National Guard and the FBI, a trial was held, and by a logic that can only be described as prehistoric, the confiscated bones were given back to Williams, free of charge.
In fact, cloud-based applications are less likely to be attacked than on-premises environments, a new study of 70, 000 security breaches for a 12-month period across 1, 600 companies, released by by Alert Logic, a security vendor, concludes.
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By that logic, the Spending Review is regressive in the broad sense (worse for the bottom half than the top half) but when it comes down to specifics, is actually going to squeeze the middle a little bit more than the absolute poor.
The running takes place in narrative limbo, since no one else on the spaceship seems aware of her plight, and she stumbles on a pivotal secret through an open door that should, by the logic of the plot, have been sealed and triple-locked.
Watching the audience react to Lustgarten's in-your-face play, it becomes obvious that even the well-heeled types are prepared to believe society contains people like James Asset-Smith, people who despite the best of human intentions are driven by the logic of finance to do inhuman things.
If Farley figures that liquidated companies cut more workers than those that emerge from bankruptcy, then by the same logic he might conclude that junk-rated defaulting companies backed by private equity are probably more likely to fire and not hire than investment-grade companies.
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But human insecurities are not soothed by economic and demographic logic alone, nor even much by clear evidence that migrants are needed.
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