It seems to me that we must make a distinction between what is "objective" and what is "measurable" in discussing the question of physical reality, according to quantum mechanics. The state-vector of a system is, indeed, not measurable , in the sense that one cannot ascertain, by experiments performed on the system, precisely (up to proportionality) what the state is; but the state-vector does seem to be (again up to proportionality) a completely objective property of the system, being completely characterized by the results it must give to experiments that one might perform.
Fantasy deals with the immeasurable while science-fiction deals with the measurable.
The greatest secret in the world is that you only have to be a small measurable amount better than mediocrity. . . and you've got it made.
I think there's more pressure to stand out in a way that is measurable externally. The fame culture is definitely way worse and weirder than it was when we were in high school.
We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete like an SAT score. The reality, though, is that who deserves entry into an institution depends on what the institution exists to do.
Excessively precise economic analysis can lead to assessing everything in terms of its easily measurable melt value - the value that thieves get from stealing copper wiring from isolated houses, that vandals got from tearing down Greek temples for the lead joints holding the marble blocks together, that shortsighted timber companies get from liquidating their forests. The standard to insist on is live value. What is something worth when it's working?
. . . when horizons grow or diminish within a person the distances are not measurable by other people.
Stress is not a state of mind. . . it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.
Community connectedness is not just about warm fuzzy tales of civic triumph. In measurable and well-documented ways, social capital makes an enormous difference in our lives. . . Social capital makes us smarter, healthier, safer, richer, and better able to govern a just and stable democracy.
The dreams you craft at the level of your soul are very different from goals, which are tangible, measurable and set the future.
In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.
Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition.
Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.
But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
Everybody's got the mindset that everything should be measurable.
We can't value only what is easy to measure; measurable outcomes may be the least important results of learning.
Make measurable progress in reasonable time.
My booking agent, of course, here and overseas, their tendency is to want to build on a certain kind of measurable success, and I was thinking yesterday, what I'd like to do is maybe start to compile a list of the best 200 to 500 capacity rooms around the world and just start going to them again and again and again.