Depends what exactly they mean with "demonstrate". It can mean email from J. Random Person with "pinky promise I will use this list for good", or it can mean "well-known journalist with a clear public track record".
"To appear" has a technical meaning in academia, though—it doesn't mean "I hope"; it means "it's been formally accepted but hasn't actually been put in 'print' yet."
That doesn't stop someone from lying about it, but it's not a casual claim, and doing so would probably bring community censure (as well as being easily falsifiable after time).
(S)He is pointing out that the presentation is done by two people who are usually not associated with technology and development (they are young and female) as a positive example.
He then posits that this is to show the educational possibilities.
Any negative connotations are coming from your mind, not theirs.
I know what it means, but the one I am responding to isn't, either out of ignorance or deliberately.
It doesn't mean anything more or anything less than that these people are verified to be who they claim they are. But the person above is trying to indicate it means some kind of "endorsement" by some vague "establishment" that he dislikes.
2. a statement or promise strengthened by such an appeal.
Oath promises to connect over a billion people to a stable of brands that they love. The is Oath's promise, feel the .
“This is our promise to you. To connect your brand to over a billion crazy in love [in love with brands] people.“ https://www.oath.com/ [Can you kick it? Play video]
It's in the barftastic marketing-speak copy in the video.
"You may have heard an alarming rumor that we were letting people take control of their attention and actually communicate with their friends and family.
"Rest assured that we are doing nothing of the sort.
"It was just an experiment, in countries you might not care about anyway. Keep on clickbaiting."
Got it, thanks. Still, I am reading it with more generous eyes I think. It seemed to be used to contextualize their communication skills. Not as ”I am better than most”, more like ”I have this unique trait that you might value”.
"I have to stretch the possible immediate practical applications of my research in order to better secure interest/funding/publicity, it's just part of the job"
Pretty much every every article like this has a couple sentences on practical applications that sound revolutionary. It's just part of how things are done and most of them will never come to fruition. Don't take it too seriously unless they have a proof of concept.
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