Sentences with phrase «case against a consensus»

Though it's too late now, as usual the comments have already been twisted into a case against a consensus:

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While the DOJ's case against AT&T's proposed $ 86 billion merger with Time Warner finished up this week, the consensus is that it will be another month before we know the outcome to the trial.

A speech to Bloomberg in August got Balls» confident approach to opposition - continuing to make the case against cuts, rather than conceding a consensus on their necessity - noticed by commentators all along the political spectrum.

In any case, as one of those rare contrarian climate scientists, Spencer is in a good position to present the best arguments against the global warming consensus.

In Hull's Science as a Process he shows how researchers create a facade of consensus to advance their «school» against rival «schools» but in many cases members of the same «school» violently disagree about fundamental issues.

As they tend to do from time to time in an effort to distract from the climate science consensus, a group of scientists who are also climate «skeptics» have published an opinion - editorial (op - ed), trying to make the case against taking action to address climate change.

Note that while we encourage deferring to experts in any specific domain, due to people's intuitive tendency to have excessive confidence in their own opinions and underestimate the value of expert opinions, we consider going against expert opinion a violation of the pledge only in the case of a clear scientific consensus.

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

And it makes considerable use of material quoted in the alarmist IPCC reports — some of which, properly interpreted, supports the case against the alarmist «consensus».

Against the invisible background of the expert consensus being right, say, 95 % of the time, the few cases it turns out wrong are very noticeable.

The Supreme Court regularly ignores the international consensus against punitive damages and broad discovery, which most of the world forbids in civil cases, but the U.S. permits.»

Although a recent ruling criticizes the practice of selective quoting of expert findings in personal injury cases, the decision is not a broad comment against consensus reports, Toronto litigator Richard Shekter tells Law Times.