Even if we observed a certain level of performance at a given configuration, a performance improvement is not always guaranteed when doubling or halving a specification (unfortunately).
The ancient Maya were presumably more experienced and did better, but nevertheless they too must have faced risks of crop failures from droughts and hurricanes.
Microfinance's reliance on peer pressure for repayment must be the envy of any mainstream banker struggling with rising foreclosures and "jingle mail".
Studies of the most patent-conscious business of all—the semiconductor industry—suggest that firms do not necessarily become more innovative as they increase their patenting activity.
According to this definition, one species is distinguished from another by the possibility of matings between individuals from each species to produce fertile offspring.
Huxley reasoned that flying vertebrates must have been warm-blooded because flying implies a high rate of metabolism, which in turn implies a high internal temperature.