Sentences with phrase «claims of science»

Phil Plait wants to see Earth destroyed (hypothetically, that is) so he can cut through the ridiculous claims of science fiction to find the real dangers lurking out there in the universe.

While President Bush stood firm, the issue of stem cell research appeared to be a political winner for Democrats and to pit the claims of science against strict ethical guidelines.

As a result of artificial territorial claims of science and religion, both are impoverished.

For others the competing claims of science and religion led to profound inner conflict.

This is true in two ways, (1) the self - definition and standard claims of science as a whole, and (2) the beliefs about nature that shape its inquiries.

But one may still question, I think, whether, prior to the emergence of the modem scientific world - picture and the sharp differentiation of the nonempirical claims of religion and metaphysics from the strictly empirical claims of science and ordinary language, these difficulties could be felt as acutely as most of us feel them today.

I was carefully trained in science at what is considered one of the top ten public universities in the USA; part of that training included inculcating a very healthy dose of skepticism, ESPECIALLY regarding claims of science.

islamistheanswer, your claims of science in the Quran and other claims about your crazy, violent religion range from specious to outright lies.

The grounds on which church authorities resisted the advancing claims of the sciences were in the first place simply that they were at variance with the accepted teachings handed down from ancient times.

The claim of Science isn't that its practitioners are «always right» (or nearly so).

Not exact matches

In 2007, one of the think - tanks responsible for climate science misinformation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, began reiterating one of the main refuted claims about Carson.

In fact, one study published in The BMJ reported that only 46 percent of Oz's claims were supported by science.

The pre-eminent American science journalist, Gleick herein explores the history and effects of knowledge communication between humans, drawing a link from African talking drums and the earliest alphabets through the telegraph — once «a nervous system for the Earth» — to Wikipedia and Twitter, and the current state of information overload from which so many claim to suffer.

AARP and Posit Science created a suite of BrainHQ games that claim to help people stay sharp as they age

Here, Krim shares the professional benefits of prioritizing a peaceful night's rest and the science that supports his claims:

For all of the claims that margarine is healthier than butter, the science is still way out on that one.

In a 70 - page statement (2011), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) claimed, «Specifically, smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science — it is not medicine, and it is not safe.»

«For decades, the tobacco industry denied claims and science that it harmed the health of its customers; downplaying criticisms by citing the consumers» freedom to chose their lifestyle and how responsible usage was perfectly fine — while at the same time scientifically engineering the product and promotions to drive ever - higher consumption.

As well as being highly skeptical of the science behind General Fusion's designs, Vogt is critical of the way the company received financing from SDTC, claiming it ducked the normal process of receiving government funding.

Huang says that the paper was rejected by Nature and Science, in part because of ethical objections; both journals declined to comment on the claim.

It was expected to be an academic presentation to show if Theranos Inc.'s controversial blood - testing technology worked, and perhaps explain the science behind the claims that the startup could do lab tests with a fraction of the blood and cost of traditional machines.

With almost 200 stocks in its portfolio, the iShares ETF claims about 80 % of its assets are invested in biotechnology specifically, with the remaining 20 % split between pharmaceutical companies and businesses specializing in tools and services for the life sciences industry.

Facebook's recent suspension of Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that played a key role in President Trump's 2016 campaign, highlights the rapid rise of a company that claimed it had reached new heights in marrying the art of political persuasion with the science of big data.

Or do you get to just make claims, have them proven wrong, backpedel and say thats not what you meant, then present a new idea you think science will never be able to prove only to be proven wrong almost before it's out of your mouth.

The heretical philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend, on the other hand, claimed that new theories frequently contradict the best available evidence — at least at first.

You claim the that magic and miracles are ridiculous and then you try to say that science uses them when it is religion that makes use of them.

You get guys like Nye, et al, who in their defense of evolution, make these wide sweeping claims that belief in creationism is somehow going to undermine the very foundations of science.

TOPHER CLAIM 4 Creation made of invisible elements (Hebrews 11:3)-- Science ignorant on the subject — Creation made of invisible elements (atoms)

You get a lot of Christians on here that claiming scientists respect their views or even that Christianity and science are compatible.

Although there have been claims that child molestation is a result of homosexuality (or of celibacy), there is absolutely no basis in science for either conclusion.

Science didn't challenge the existance of God, people who claim they are scientists just copy and agree with whatever was decided by the scientific comunity.

While science does not disprove god (s) it can, and I think does, disprove specific claims as portrayed in a literal reading of the Bible.

It is a three - hundred - year attempt to demolish medieval (especially Catholic) claims to authority, and to substitute a structure of science and ethics based solely on human rationality.

Types of Moral Argumentation Regarding Homosexuality by Pim Pronk Eerdmans, 350 pages, $ 24.99 paper An interesting book not so much for the position it advances (approval of homosexual relations) as for the claim that any position on homosexuality (or anything else) must be reached on the basis of moral reflection independent of nature, science, or theology.

Women having babies they don't want or can't provide for, demonizing the use of condoms spreading aids and STDs, and claiming problems can be solved by prayer rather than science.

For Hume advanced a philosophy that, if taken at face value, would not only undermine the claims to truth of religion but those of morality and of science also.

The base fact you need to understand is that nothing never made anything, ever, and you're waiting for nothing to prove it so you can counter my claim that I'm still waiting for it to make a universe on my desktop... it never does... your science's «nothing god» is impotent and a huge time waster... for you... because you'll be spending a lot of time wasting away... and wondering why you didn't listen to someone that KNOWS God is there.

If you claim the methodology of neutralizing potentially confounding variables limits possibilities to that of the natural then you also make an argument for the supernatural never to be observed by science due to it's methodology.

The project of Grisez - Finnis is to save natural law by reestablishing it on a secular foundation that does not appeal directly to those metaphysical claims that modern science rejects as outdated.

What science today claims has zero impact on the truth concerning the purpose and meaning of creation or anything concerning wonder.

Look at what science offers you with no source for any of them, or proof to back up the claims:

Science and religion only «conflict» when two people (one claiming to be in each area) are both too certain of that which isn't really known or understood.

«The Bible basically claims that all the laws of science, especially physics, are optional.»

The «climate crusade» is one characterized by true believers, opportunists, cynics, money - hungry governments, manipulators of various types — even children's crusades — all based on contested science and dubious claims.

Since science can make no authoritative claims in the field of cosmogony, answers to those questions can only come from two other sources, that being philosophy and religion.

@KatMat: your analogy would begin approaching realism if: — during the pledge of allegiance kids were forced to say «one nation under The Orioles» — our nation's currency said «In Dallas Cowboys We Trust» — if millions were slaughtered, tortured and burned to death because they weren't fans of The Pittsburgh Penguins — if NASCAR fans endlessly attempted to have Intelligent Car Driving taught beside Evolution in science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made into law so everyone would live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belongs

What I said, and it's factually accurate, is that there are many examples of science debunking claims of spiritual causation.

You seemed to make statements, by using words like «our side» that you could claim some kind of access to science I can't.

If this is your level of understanding of how Science works — it would explain why you might think other claims about Gods existing as being evidence.

I agree that there is a difference between a modest science of Darwinism and the broader metaphysical claims frequently made on its behalf.