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Description: and I still don't have it yet." Specificity is also important when it comes to positive feedback, and the reason for that is that we want to be able to specify exactly what we want the other person to increase or diminish. And if we stick with blur words, they actually won't have any clue particularly what to do going forward to keep repeating that behavior.

Edward Lawrie Tatum

As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme.

American Scientist

J. D. Souther

I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't want to intrude on anybody's life, which is why there's very little specificity or names in the songs I write.

American Musician

Constance Wu

Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest in different stories about Asians.

American Actress

Michael Wolff

In a career of trying to pry secrets, gossip, specificity and truth out of media executives, Ailes has been the most forthcoming, personal, compelling and honest I've ever dealt with.

American Author

David Schwimmer

My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.

American Actor

Jacqueline Woodson

The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates.

American Writer

Tabitha Soren

At MTV, it's very nice sometimes to be able to be very specific. Specificity really makes a news story interesting because you can color it in that personality.

American Celebrity

LaTanya Richardson

I think most Americans, when we're building a character, we look at the specificity of what that person is, in particular.

David Slade

Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.

British Director

Josh Gondelman

I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.

Use 'specificity' to describe very clear and precise instructions or descriptions.

Clear Instructions

Highlight the importance of detail when explaining plans or processes using 'specificity.'

Detail Importance

'Specificity' can indicate something designed for a unique purpose or function.

Unique Purpose

Use 'specificity' when referring to the special role or application of an object or concept.

Special Role

'Specificity' in medicine implies a test's accuracy in identifying the presence of a disease.

Medical Accuracy

In medical contexts, 'specificity' is crucial to avoid falsely diagnosing healthy people.

Avoiding False Positives

 and I still don't have it yet." Specificity is also important when it comes to positive feedback, and the reason for that is that we want to be able to specify exactly what we want the other person to increase or diminish. And if we stick with blur words, they actually won't have any clue particularly what to do going forward to keep repeating that behavior.

The secret to giving...

 are no stranger to manipulation. We take drugs to shift the chemistries of our brains and to change our moods, and what are arguments or advertising or big ideas if not an attempt to influence someone else's mind? But our attempts at doing this are crude and blundering compared to the fine-grained specificity of the parasites.

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 seven songs that most shaped them over the course of their life their their full life and the rest of us would agree to kind of listen to them and also to the songs and there's no reason you couldn't do that virtually and so when I say create meaning together you know meaning is created through specificity

How to create meaningful...

 The difference between "Where are you from?" and "Where are you a local?" isn't the specificity of the answer; it's the intention of the question. Replacing the language of nationality with the language of locality asks us to shift our focus to where real life occurs.

Taiye Selasi: Don't ask...

 is we can turn it into any kind of neuron that we find in the brain, and we can then look at gene expression in that neuronal stage. And so, this is going to usher in a whole new era of investigation that enables us to look with much greater specificity

The Science of a Happy...

 helps circus performers succeed. I believe it also reduces the risk of accidents, as a result of my students trusting and being able to act on what they're feeling at any given moment. This specificity is required later in life

An aerialist on...

 for phone and it has to do some specific thing and it can only use so much memory that's the kind of specificity you need well that's the end of my talk and I just want to thank everybody for coming it was great to be here

The world needs all...

 launching further research in surgical treatments. Over the next two centuries, seizure treatments advanced rapidly. And today, there are dozens of available seizure medications that work with unprecedented specificity.

What causes seizures,...

 and it can only use so much memory." That's the kind of specificity you need. Well, that's the end of my talk. And I just want to thank everybody for coming. It was great to be here.

 it would find its target, lock into its target -- a microbe or some part of a microbe -- and then turn off a lock and a key with exquisite deftness, exquisite specificity.

Specificity

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