Sentences with phrase «consensus on any given issue»

Thus, what science has to say about an issue appears to be a reasonable starting point for lawmakers or bureaucrats seeking to forge consensus on a given issue; in a time of extreme polarization, there is some reason to believe that science can offer common ground.»

Not exact matches

In the midst of giving generally good advice to conservative pro-lifers about how to play to their political strength — by emphasizing the issue of late - term abortion, where a consensus of public opinion is on their side — Krauthammer offered this:

Fishers Island Justice Louisa Evans said residents are asking for someone who can gather information to give to the Island Community Board, which would then find a consensus on what issues are most important.

Demand that he scrap this entire bill and allow the Assembly to build a real consensus on real issues, and draft a budget bill that DOES NOT give Scott Walker the power to sell this state out from under us.

[19] A number of possible causes have been explored but the general consensus based on the data available has been that the ride lift that was given to bypass the fuel regulations, and lack of load leveling, has been playing a major role in the issue.

Through relentless pressure on the media to present the issue «objectively,» and by challenging the consensus on climate change science by misstating both the nature of what «consensus» means and what this particular consensus is, ExxonMobil and its allies have confused the public and given cover to a few senior elected and appointed government officials whose positions and opinions enable them to damage U.S. credibility abroad.

There are rational, common sense arguments for trusting the consensus of scientists on a given issue.

Given a strong commitment to action on the issue and a strong political outlook, advocates like blogger Joe Romm tend to notice and highlight each instance of dismissive media commentary or falsely balanced coverage of climate change while tending to overlook (or go without mentioning) the many other instances of coverage where consensus views on climate change are strongly asserted.

I am charged with reaching a reasonable consensus outcome on a given issue that is inclusive of input from many perspectives and which should not depend on proving one side «right» or the other «wrong.»

Bitcoin Developer and Ciphrex CEO Eric Lombrozo gave a talk that mainly focused on potential options for scaling Bitcoin at the Blockchain Agenda Conference in San Diego, and he dedicated a portion of his presentation to the current issues surrounding possible changes to Bitcoin's consensus rules.