Sentences with phrase «confidence in science by»

But what they don't see is the diversity of ordinary sensible people who are in fact evincing confidence in that science by * using * it.

The real Yamal deception is their attempt to damage public confidence in science by making speculative and scandalous claims about the actions and motivations of scientists while cloaking them in a pretense of advancing scientific knowledge.

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His article, «Science Three, Religion Zero,» asserts with a confidence wondrously uninhibited by learning that religion has been done in by the Copernican revolution, evolutionary theory, and historical - critical consciousness.

However it is possible, given the insights of modern science, that by slavishly binding oneself tothe letter of St. Thomas's thought - who did after all live in the thirteenth century - one might run the risk of betraying the spirit of openness to, and confidence in, the truth which inspired him.

If the body of divinely revealed knowledge contained in the Bible and guarded by the church was the basis of the Christian era, so the body of knowledge being accumulated by science was seen to be the foundation of modernity, fueling human confidence in an ever better future.

Commenting on the announcement by Ofqual around issues related to GCSE Computer Science, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT — The Teachers» Union, said: «The NASUWT recognises that Ofqual has a critical responsibility to establish and maintain public and professional confidence in the qualification system.

Hamilton concludes by noting that the varied combinations of self - confidence and knowledge found in these surveys suggest that different science - communication strategies are needed to reach different groups; simply providing more information is only likely to work for some people.

«Its existence was predicted by the standard model of particle physics and the fact that there's — we got a glimpse of it, it looks like it may very well be there — is a real victory for that model of science where you test, you put forward conceptual models of the way the world or the universe works and test those models against the observations and see the extent to which they can predict new observations and when they do, it gives you increased confidence in the models.

Many black women suffer from low self - confidence, have gaps in their knowledge from attending schools where science wasn't taught well or are influenced by stereotypes such as «only men do hard sciences» or «people of colour are not as smart».

Inspired by what he had seen abroad, he decided to set up on his own, and found the confidence to do so through the master's degree in science & technology management and commercialisation, a course run jointly by the Technical University of Lisbon and the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, Austin.

[T] he idea that the sun is currently driving climate change is strongly rejected by the world's leading authority on climate science, the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which found in its latest (2013) report that «There is high confidence that changes in total solar irradiance have not contributed to the increase in global mean surface temperature over the period 1986 to 2008, based on direct satellite measurements of total solar irradiance.»

Research integrity plays a key role in establishing trust between researchers, between researchers and the research system and ultimately determines the confidence placed by society in science.

Chief among our core elements are: our college - prep curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences that fosters in students the desire and capacity to learn independently, think critically, and communicate proficiently; our supportive school culture in which students are given tools to develop character, gain confidence in their ability to learn, take responsibility for their own learning, and both support and feel supported by the entire community; and a strong co-curricular program in athletics, performing arts, and a host of after - school clubs that pique and develop students» interests.

These reactions later became part of a public - service announcement made by first - year participants in Project IT Girl, an after - school program that strives to boost female high school students» confidence and competence in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

However, their self - confidence and motivation to read roller - coastered each day because in their English class they were expected to read Animal Farm (1993) by George Orwell as well as ninth grade — level textbooks in science and social studies.

There's been a range of interesting reactions to my piece on Pete Seeger's question about whether confidence in science as a source of human progress is underpinned by fact or faith.

Here's the news: A committee of experts recommended by the Royal Society has completed the second of three inquiries into the affair, which foes of restrictions on greenhouse gases tried vigorously to use to undermine public confidence in decades of science pointing to a human - heated climate.

On the contrary, even as confidence in the mainstream scientific consensus was solidified be the released of the IPPP Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, the rightwing opponents of science were buoyed by the La Nina event of early 2008, which produced a sharp, but temporary drop in temperatures, particularly in the Pacific.

Your question «Do you you prefer the high levels of confidence in the science cited by the IPCC» is an odd one.

By Ben Webster The head of the UNâ $ ™ s climate change body is under pressure to resign after one of his strongest allies in the environmental movement said his judgment was flawed and called for a new leader to restore confidence in climatic science.

Eroding confidence in climate science punctuated by a pair of blizzards has global warming skeptics across the United States calling for a sharp rollback to years of political and industrial efforts to curb greenhouse emissions thought to contribute to global warming.

The overselling of AGW by «climate scientists» has already harmed public confidence in all science and in all scientists.

Science by press release, claims of newly discovered attribution from analysis of temp data; revelation of data supposedly given in confidence; and a race to the microphone — are not suggestive of a calm, rational, unbiased piece of sScience by press release, claims of newly discovered attribution from analysis of temp data; revelation of data supposedly given in confidence; and a race to the microphone — are not suggestive of a calm, rational, unbiased piece of sciencescience.

Carter's confidence in his superficial understanding of the science is bolstered by the memes rote learned in the blogosphere — and he is offended when I spell this out.

81) The UK's Met Office has been forced this year to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man - made global warming has been shattered by revelations about the data.

The Times of London had a blockbuster of an item in its reporting of ClimateGate: The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man - made global warming has been shattered by leaked e-mails.

They say three independent reviews into climate science - the key one being the Inter Academy Council review of the IPCC reports, due by August, will assuage doubts about climate science — adding that the IPCC's general meeting in October and its reports, due out some time in H2, on renewable energy and managing the risks of extreme events will also provide opportunities for a confidence boost.

This will just muddy the waters even further and lose confidence in climate science by me and I suspect the public at large»

The wider review of science made possible by the blogosphere can improve science and foster public confidence in its methods.

Its first task was to erode confidence in the science on which environmental concerns were based by arguing that the scientists had become politicised and were using their research, or allowing it to be used, to advance an anti-corporate political agenda.

By any measure, the CRU emails have damaged public confidence in the climatology science community.

PS: «By any measure, the CRU emails have damaged public confidence in the climatology science community.»

... the «Global Climate Science Team» formed by ExxonMobil at the American Petroleum Institute in 1998 which sought to undermine public understanding of and confidence in global warming science... This was the team executing the plan to «reposition global warming as theory not fact» according to leaked campaign strategyScience Team» formed by ExxonMobil at the American Petroleum Institute in 1998 which sought to undermine public understanding of and confidence in global warming science... This was the team executing the plan to «reposition global warming as theory not fact» according to leaked campaign strategyscience... This was the team executing the plan to «reposition global warming as theory not fact» according to leaked campaign strategy memos.

Even though I think climate science tends toward indicating a level of confidence in causation not supported by a particular analysis, I think the scope of what VS shows is narrower.