Sentences with phrase «avoid accepting evidence»

Contrarians start demanding «definitive proof» when they're moving the goal - posts in order to avoid accepting evidence - based conclusions that are inconvenient for their position.

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The investigations that we have had are a joke because they amount deliberately avoided looking at any contrary evidence and simply accepted the accused explanations with no cross examination.

The scope of the Inquiry was drawn sufficiently narrowly so as to avoid many important issues and the Committee seemed to accept the notion that the «science is settled» without probing inconsistencies and contradictions in the evidence.

In this case, the goal is to avoid acknowledging that the burden of proof is on AGW, not its critics; in fact, AGW is such an extraordinary claim that it would require extraordinary evidence to be accepted.

The optimal policy approach to this integral technology is one that recognizes the emissions reductions that industry has and will continue to achieve, recognizes the effectiveness of state regulations, accepts the scientific evidence and avoids additional regulations that could discourage production while providing little or no additional environmental or safety benefits.