Sentences with phrase «better hypothesis»

It's no better an hypothesis than an increased upwelling of ocean currents, a change in plankton activity or many other changing factors.

The thunderstorm thermostat hypothesis is far from settled science, but it is clearly a much better hypothesis (in terms of explaining the available data) than the IPCC's assumption that global temperatures are determined primarily by changes in atmospheric CO2 levels.

Until you can come up with a better hypothesis, our strongest hypothesis remains AGW.

What's a better hypothesis for the lackluster math performance of our fifteen - year - olds?

To inspire a better hypothesis, sometimes you just have to go back and collect more data.»

YOU are the one denying a proven process; therefore, YOU have the responsibility of providing a definition of that proven process, and YOU have to use the mechanisms of science to PROVE a better hypothesis..

Having opinions is completely useless if you have good hypothesis, well supported by facts.

Essentially startups need to «instrument» all parts of their business model to measure how well their hypotheses in Customer Discovery and Validation are faring in the real world.

What most people use as theory is in science at best a hypothesis.

Edgar S. Brightman, who had himself been working for many years on the development of a nontraditional view of God, rejected Hartshorne's panentheism but praised other aspects of his view of God.35 Reinhold Niebuhr wrote a brief but very sympathetic review, 36 and John Bennett claimed that Hartshorne's was perhaps the best hypothesis about God available to contemporary theology.37 D. C. Macintosh found the book «exceptionally penetrating, stimulating, and instructive,» but by accusing Hartshorne of being too rationalistic he touched on what has been one of the major differences between Hartshorne and most other Whiteheadian theologians.38

A good hypothesis in science must have other properties than those of the phenomenon it is immediately invoked to explain, otherwise it is not prolific enough.

is an «analysis, non-scientific but philosophical, of the conditions that make science possible», stating also that this rejection of philosophical reductionism is not a proof but «the best hypothesis».

After all, we only have good hypotheses.

Although the findings confirm that active supermassive black holes emit plenty of x-rays, he explains, whether the radiation actually empties galaxies of their gas «is a good hypothesis — though still far from a certainty.»

«Their hypothesis remains a good hypothesis,» Wallen says.

IBRAE Director Leonid Bolshov calls IRSN's scenario «a good hypothesis,» but says it's incorrect.

The idea that grasses had a role «looks a good hypothesis», he adds.

I don't believe science seeks the truth... only the best hypothesis given the science at the time.

Our best hypotheses for optimal health should be based a historic and prehistoric dietary perspective on food and sunshine and tested based on real food intake and sunshine exposure and not on refined supplement intake.

Emphasis is on formulating a good hypothesis.

For example, suppose that students are learning to design and conduct scientific investigations, and one part of the scoring guide describes the qualities of a good hypothesis.

First, I imagine that since I know more about this story than my readers do, I have an obligation to give them my best hypothesis as to what happened.

Typically new moves for RIM end up having a back story to them, and by piecing together various rumors and intel I think I have a pretty good hypothesis of what's happening here.

One of the essential characteristics of a good hypothesis is that it can be refuted or contradicted by an observation or physical experiment.

It was a good hypothesis, viciously mown down in the prime of life by a bunch of....

There will be some clear failures where there are reasons to suspect that some of the (up to now) excluded physics is dominant (i.e. Heinrich events that rely on ice sheet dynamics), but pretty much everything else is fair game — as long of course there is a good hypothesis to test.

MJ: «Your challenges [for others to put forward better hypotheses] are just plain silly.

Also, it isn't a democracy where everyone gets to vote on the best hypothesis or theory.

The absorption and reradiation of thermal energy by CO2 and other greenhouse gases is the best hypothesis yet found to explain the warming.

Replicability is another issue and the noise issue isn't addressed with epistemology but rather good hypotheses and methods.

Here is literally every reason I've heard on why to trust models - They're based on science - They agree with past climate - They're the best we've got - It's really urgent so we have to trust something The first two arguments just make it a model at best a hypothesis.

A good hypothesis or theory is constructed using logical steps.

It's about make a case (hypothesis) that explains a set of facts, scientifically testable and verifiable, that is important and then evaluating how well each hypothesis fits with the facts.

> 90 % probability 1 (2xCO2 dT ~ 1 °C, no feedback): Good hypothesis, but quantitatively not validated by empirical data, therefore not conclusive at > 90 % probability.

The way it works is this: hypotheses that explain things better than others will replace the others; the strength of the best hypothesis is not diminished if you add to a list of poorly performing hypotheses.

I worry a good hypothesis has now been tossed out basically due to sample contamination.

Having consulted with the Verge hive mind, here are my best hypotheses about the reasoning behind Samsung's latest move up in price with its brand new phone.

Not exact matches

If you follow the scientific method, if you're regularly spot - testing your hypothesis — even if you start with a dumb hypothesis — you have the opportunity to get better.

Klawe noted that she thinks this three - part hypothesis is true of workplaces, as well.

Based on a comparison of the change in subjective well - being of these people and of people from the control group who had no change in their volunteer status, the hypothesis is supported that volunteering is rewarding in terms of higher life satisfaction.

While that's a good tool, it's merely what Wolt calls a «hypothesis generator.»

«While we have our hypotheses about what might work well,» he says, «it's important for us to focus on having several options, because often the conclusion might be something unexpected.»

The good thing about launching a consumer - facing startup is that false hypotheses are exposed very quickly if you test them correctly.

You try a bunch of different hypotheses, and if you set up the experiments well, then you kind of learn what to do... We invest in this huge testing framework.

Testing hypotheses and trading arguments about theories often works better than planting a flag and asking team members to try to topple you from opinion mountain.

Our mantra, here at The Good, is «Develop a hypothesis, test the theory, observe results, and test again.»

Second, a result like this immediately raises questions and generates hypotheses about why family - controlled firms work so well, despite their frequent violation of governance norms.

The so - called «debt - resource - hypothesis» suggests that high indebtedness leads to increased natural resource exploitation as well as more unsustainable patterns of resource use (Neumayer 2012).

David Reifschneider's hypothesis that supply may well be endogenous is even more plausible when a combination of labour market deregulation and technological innovation is occurring.

Some hypothesis favor a one portfolio for all financier approach, emphasizing a best mix of assets program.