Sentences with phrase «by skeptics in»

More than anything, its incredible to me that a magazine with «science» in the title could dismiss the actual scientific arguments made by skeptics in something like two dozen words, while spending thousands of words on yet another exposition on how much money the Koch Brothers sends to the Heartland institute.

I think the claims made by the skeptics in this respect are extremely optimistic and what's more they disgregard (or rather do not accept) the negative consequences of the increased warming which will have to be balanced against any gains from increased crop yields.

The concept is brought to the discussion much more by the skeptics in their tactics of trying to make the issue appear an issue on science in a way favorable for their cause.

You all should consider featuring your «Fact Sheet» a bit more prominently, perhaps even before the fold, because it seems to be a definitive resource providing refutations to nearly every single claim advanced by skeptics in the wake of the Douglass debacle.

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He also relies heavily on claims made by human rights groups and the United Nations in supporting his case against the Assad regime — claims that some skeptics have said are made with zero verification.

The business plan wasn't met without skeptics, especially in an industry dominated by commercial fisheries.

Little do these skeptics, who rain on the home business owner's parade, know is that the number of people working from home, and making very good annual incomes, has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years.

In response to a post by a Twitter user which said Musk should provide «some very strong arguments in a well written blog piece to win over the (myself included) skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone thought of that beforIn response to a post by a Twitter user which said Musk should provide «some very strong arguments in a well written blog piece to win over the (myself included) skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone thought of that beforin a well written blog piece to win over the (myself included) skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone thought of that before?

Skeptics in command - and - control power structures miss the many opportunities to shift to a more human workplace, as exemplified by servant - led companies, including:

Last year it defied skeptics by growing its GDP an estimated 7.3 percent year - over-year, more than China and India, thanks to a surge in household and government spending.

«For anyone driven crazy by the faux warm and fuzzy PR of the so - called sharing economy Steven Hill's Raw Deal: How the «Uber Economy» and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers should be required reading... Hill is an extremely well - informed skeptic who presents a satisfyingly blistering critique of high tech's disingenuous equating of sharing with profiteering... Hill includes two chapters listing potential solutions for the crises facing U.S. workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.»

Some skeptics believe the PC crisis has been orchestrated and fuelled / promoted by the Mandel camp deliberately so they can sail him in as «the savior.»

Unless your faith has been picked apart and stress - tested to the max by the most articulate, brilliant, and well - spoken of critics and skeptics, and still emerge from the fire intact, we may not even know why we believe what we believe in.

These were the conversations surrounding the emergence of the canon, says Wright, a process that has been subjected to scrutiny by both Catholic traditionalists, «asserting the supremacy of the church over the Bible,» and by postmodern skeptics, «asserting that the canon itself, and hence the books included in it, were all part of a power play for control within the church.»

-- Albert Einstein, letter to Guy H. Raner Jr, July 2, 1945, responding to a rumor that a Jesuit priest had caused Einstein to convert from atheism; quoted by Michael R. Gilmore in Skeptic, Vol.

Yes indeed: the resurrection of Jesus can not be a miraculous proof by which the skeptic might be compelled to believe in Christ.

In addition their is a great book called the 7 Truths of the Bible that have nothing to do with proving religion but the historical facts as agreed upon by archaelogist / historians / anthropologists, many of whom are nonbelievers / skeptics / atheists

He said that such men treat the Bible «as if it were a baby, to be wrapped in swaddling clothes, nursed, and carefully guarded, lest it should be injured by heretics and skeptics.»

We must begin, though, with a confession that the idea of a designing and controlling deity whose existence is rightly denied by many skeptics is also problematic from the point of view of a kenotic theology.If God is all - powerful in the sense of being able to manipulate things at will, then the facts of evolution do indeed cast doubt on the plausibility of theism.

Being a rational skeptic, I have to assume that you were, at some point in your life, influenced by someone, a Christian most likely, either on TV, radio, in a book, or in person.

In his search for truth, Augustine was genuinely troubled by the Skeptics» arguments that one can be certain of nothing, and that careful thinking in no way provides a reliable guide to a wiser lifIn his search for truth, Augustine was genuinely troubled by the Skeptics» arguments that one can be certain of nothing, and that careful thinking in no way provides a reliable guide to a wiser lifin no way provides a reliable guide to a wiser life.

Although not in themselves proof of the existence of God, the Shroud of Turin and the portrait of Our Lady of Guadeloupe present phenomena that scientists have yet to resolve despite numerous examinations by skeptics.

Your «testimony of eye witnesses» was not «scrutinized by skeptics of their day», though your cult members write it that way in an attempt at credibility.

Chastened by our new awareness of the historicity, relativity, and linguistic constraints that shape all modes of human experience and consciousness, we may nonetheless attempt here to demonstrate that there already exists, even in the consciousness of skeptics and critics of revelation, a natural and ineradicable experience of the fact that reality at its core has the character of consistency and «fidelity» that emerges explicitly in the self - revelation of a promising God.

The Eighty - eighth Psalm, for example, was written by an outspoken skeptic on this subject (E.g., Psalm 88:3 - 12) and the Book of Ecclesiastes was scornful in its denials:

For Christian climate skeptics, a sort of Pascal's Wager is the very least that could be considered on the issue of climate change: If your skepticism is right — and despite evidence from countless sources — and climate change is not caused by man in any way, than a lack of action will maintain the status quo.

By late 1997, public discourse about the Net was so deeply anchored in Gutenbergian mythology that skeptics of the digital revolution were sometimes dismissed without a reasonable hearing.

the customer ws BEHIND the robber, and thus could not see the gun... from whatI see in here by the skeptics... I am close to believing they will see this and yell «contradiction!»

In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)

To be sure, in every realm the believers are commonly accused by the skeptics of being crazy.

If it does exist, a skeptic may, if he wishes, argue that still there is no method whereby we may compare it with our concept of it; this position seems forceful and could, it seems, be met only by a pragmatic theory of knowledge, such as what emerges in Process and Reality (PR 275).

Indeed, as the history of the past three decades has shown, it is today's devotees of «negative liberty» as reinterpreted by postmodern radical skeptics and relativists who are the primary exponents of coercion in the name of «tolerance» and «diversity» — even if that coercion is mediated through split decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

If the claim were substantiated, THEN saying «No it doesn't» would be a positive claim in need of proof by the skeptic.

You said, «Likewise, if a theist claims that there is design in the universe because of all the complexity and sophistication therein, and the skeptic rejects this, then the skeptic ought to have a rational reason for believing that the sophistication and complexity of the magnitude that we can observe in the universe and in our world (in a single cell, even) can be produced by chance.»

The title alludes to that book of the Bible so beloved by skeptics and pessimists, for the questions Jarman poses in poem after poem are challenges to the Preacher's resigned acceptance, and to his famous assertion that «all is vanity.»

As an RD, I am always skeptic and disturbed by the abundance of health bars that are out there, claiming to be «healthy» but in fact, are not that nutritious at all.

Only the harshest skeptics in attendance at Dave Winfield's New York debut failed to be favorably impressed by the Yankees» $ 20 Million Man

Susan Pease Gadoua and I had a fantastic book launch Oct. 5 at the wonderful Book Passage in Corte Madera for The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels, with more than 70 people in the audience, bubbly, petits fours by Dragonfly Cakes and two flower bouquets made by Bloomingayles.

I am a huge fan of time - limited, renewable marital contracts, which actually have a long, sometimes successful, history, and devote a chapter to it in The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels (in fact, our contract was used by Mandy Len Catron to draft a relationship contract with her partner, which she wrote about in a Modern Love essay and her new book, How to Fall in Love With Anyone).

And most professionals, when confronted by skeptics, will take the time to explain that, while we're not perfect now, how and why things are different, how we've changed the way we educate new people in the profession, how they get to be accredited and maintain it, and the ways and means in which we continue to improve our profession.

In fact, in addition to the faculty union, skeptics of the program have included the CUNY Graduate Center's newspaper, the president of the SUNY Student Assembly, and SUNY's own trustees; an academic program coordinator at CUNY's Borough of Manhattan Community College offered a point - by - point evisceration of the scholarship in an op - ed for Inside Higher EIn fact, in addition to the faculty union, skeptics of the program have included the CUNY Graduate Center's newspaper, the president of the SUNY Student Assembly, and SUNY's own trustees; an academic program coordinator at CUNY's Borough of Manhattan Community College offered a point - by - point evisceration of the scholarship in an op - ed for Inside Higher Ein addition to the faculty union, skeptics of the program have included the CUNY Graduate Center's newspaper, the president of the SUNY Student Assembly, and SUNY's own trustees; an academic program coordinator at CUNY's Borough of Manhattan Community College offered a point - by - point evisceration of the scholarship in an op - ed for Inside Higher Ein an op - ed for Inside Higher Ed.

A 30 percent cut in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 is a big number — less than environmental groups want but far more than the president can get via Congress, where climate change skeptics rule the House and the Democratic Senate so far avoiding bringing a climate change bill to the floor during Obama's presidency.

Rezoning the area, in the skeptics» telling, would preserve affordability by forestalling a potential wave of development adjacent to the tech hub.

By the start of the bird migration season, skeptics point out, water flea eggs and dormant stages called «statoblasts» in bryozoans would have sunk to the muddy bottom, out of reach of foraging birds.

► In other climate change news, Leigh Dayton wrote on Tuesday that in April, «the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issueIn other climate change news, Leigh Dayton wrote on Tuesday that in April, «the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issuein April, «the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issuein Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issues.

Kurzweil has his skeptics — most of whose counterarguments can be summarized as, nah, that would just be too weird — but even if he's grandiose in his predictions by several orders of magnitude, it still seems a safe bet that we are heading into a world where discretion has no meaning.

His «On the Need for Reform of the H - 1B Nonimmigrant Work Visa in Computer - Related Occupations», published in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, is considered required reading by skeptics of the tech industry's claims of worker shortages.

By identifying these errors and learning why they're inaccurate (caverns and the minerals shown simply couldn't exist at those depths and pressures, nor would an M10.5 earthquake strike our planet), Stein said he offers students an entertaining way to connect with their inner skeptic: a vital trait for young scientists in training.

In these examples, proponents» deepest held worldviews were perceived to be threatened by skeptics, making facts the enemy to be slayed.

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