Sentences with phrase «convinced by the evidence»

I show that faith doesn't actually allow for blind leaps, but instead, our beliefs change as we are persuaded and convinced by the evidence presented to us.

But already, the speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, appears convinced by the evidence.

Convinced by the evidence that vaccines do not cause autism, Alison Singer started a research foundation that pledges to put science first.

In order for this to be considered true in a school, the review team needed to be convinced by evidence that this statement is true in almost all areas of a school.

I believe he is convinced by the evidence, which has only been made stronger during the prolonged regulatory decision period.

But, I'll be convinced by evidence, not by arguments or calls for suppression.

He was so convinced by the evidence that he left his academic career behind and became a certified grief counselor to help people through their final days.

Rather than address feet's concerns, your response is a standard tu quoque («you too») fallacy combined with mindreading about some unspecified «plenty of others who will clearly not be convinced by any evidence whatsoever.»

Maybe you will personally, but there are plenty of others who will clearly not be convinced by any evidence whatsoever.

They are always able to come up with an explanation for any scientific data pointing to the world existing for longer than 6000 years; and they will never be convinced by any evidence because they «know» that come what may the Bible is always true.

Why it is that scientists are convinced by the evidence by multiple independent lines of evidence that human caused climate change is real and it represents a risk.

He's convinced by the evidence because he's only seen the evidence that has been cherry - picked for his benefit.

Using a dataset of 1,372 climate researchers and their publication and citation data, Anderegg et al. (2010) found a similar result to Doran and Zimmerman, that between 97 % to 98 % of climate experts support the consensus, and that the average number of publications by the «skeptics» is around half the number by scientists convinced by the evidence of human - caused global warming.

In other words, consensus cues are a form of «social proof» easily comprehended by lay people and experts alike — i.e., the proportion of relevant experts who are convinced by the evidence (e.g., 76 out of 77, or 99 %).

Figure 3: Distribution of the number of researchers convinced by the evidence of anthropogenic climate change (green) and unconvinced by the evidence (red) with a given number of total climate publications (Anderegg 2010).

We provide a broad assessment of the relative credibility of researchers convinced by the evidence (CE) of [Anthropogenic Climate Change] ACC and those unconvinced by the evidence (UE) of ACC...

«We show that the expertise and prominence, two integral components of overall expert credibility, of climate researchers convinced by the evidence» of human - induced climate change «vastly overshadows that of the climate change skeptics and contrarians,» Mr. Anderegg and the other authors write in their paper.

When I first began to work with my Ph.D. adviser Barry Saltzman in the early 1990s, he, like many other climate researchers at the time, remained unconvinced that there was yet a detectable human influence on the climate... other scientists, such as NASA's James Hansen and Stanford University's Stephen Schneider, were convinced by the evidence already in hand that human - caused climate change was indeed now upon us.

I'm more convinced by the evidence in favour of ABS and don't need to be absolutely certain of the outcome to conclude on a balance of probabilities (the reasonable civil standard), that the way forward does not look anything like the way behind us.

Response: While we understand that removing the specified identifiers may reduce the usefulness of the resulting data to third parties, we remain convinced by the evidence found in the MIT study that we referred to in the preamble to the proposed rule [17] and the analyses discussed below that there remains a significant risk of identification of the subjects of health information from the inclusion of indirect identifiers such as birth date and zip code and that in many cases there will be a reasonable basis to believe that such information remains identifiable.

Many local authorities who have piloted new approaches to relationship support were already convinced by the evidence but have had to make the case for change across a range of different services encouraging them to embrace new ways of working.

Not exact matches

According to the ruling, a person can claim parenthood by presenting «clear and convincing evidence that the parties agreed to conceive a child and to raise the child together.»

Rudolph W. Giuliani's media blitz to convince the public that neither Donald Trump nor his lawyer had violated the law by paying a porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair might have backfired, giving investigators new leads to chase and new evidence of potential crimes, legal analysts said.

I said it to hotair already, but I will expand it a bit for you: what is evidence for some is not accepted by everyone; just as in a court case, some jurors are convinced with very little evidence while some people can not be convinced of something no matter how much evidence there is... much of this comes from how you were raised and your own personal world view, for many people God does not fit into their world view so whatever evidence there is they close their eyes and say, «No, I don't believe that!»

Not to compare it with your belief, but many people are convinced that they experienced an alien abduction, but that experience is not considered evidence of aliens on earth, at least not by most people.

They (we) will not be convinced by someone simply asserting, without evidence, that we are wrong.

By that, I mean the sort of evidence that would convince you if someone claimed THEIR god existed.

The evidence you claim to have for your religious belief is no different or convincing than that claimed by Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs for theirs.

Saying someone «has no clue» is not convincing as an argument if it's not accompanied by actual reasons, lines of evidence, etc..

This would not by itself be convincing evidence that there is sentience present.

There is no convincing evidence that He was called «God» in the first century, and indisputable evidence that He was not generally called by that name; but it is clear that He was thought of as being related to God as no other man could be.

1 word By «faith» don't you mean that there is no evidence possible that would convince you that you are wrong in believing God exists?

When I say «I see no evidence for any God / gods and the evidence we do have proves a global flood did not occur as the bible claims» when asked by a believer why I don't believe, it might look very similiar to an anti-theist who is attempting to convince you to quit believing in God.

It is even more difficult to provide convincing evidence of the dangers to life caused by the rapid extinction of species and by other forms of ecological damage.

The deposit of revelation is said to be finished or fixed, but this can be a salvific teaching only if it means that there is sufficient evidence in our past history to convince us that we live within the horizon of a promise which by its nature always looks to the future for fulfillment.

Such instances, for which no convincing scientific explanations have been given, are cited by some Christian biologists as evidence of God's intervention in the process.

Au defended himself by giving them evidence from the Qur» an and citing the reasons for the action, but they were not convinced.

Before and since Moody the chief standard of success as an evangelist (and a minister) in American Protestantism has been evidence of such charisma, of power not possessed by ordinary folk — the ability to manifest in a convincing way that one represents more than himself, in short, that one is a man of God.

On the other hand, Marsden offers convincing evidence of discrimination against excellent Christian colleges and universities, especially Catholic ones, by honor societies like Phi Beta Kappa, by various accrediting agencies and by the American Association of University Professors.

By their poverty and austerity, convincing evidence of their sincerity and devotion to Christ, they made a wide appeal.

This query is the sort of question asked by those who are convinced of factors not yet evidenced..

The striking similarity between the Sufism of Seh Siti Djenar and the Iranian al - Hallaj could probably not be accepted in itself as convincing evidence that Islam came to Java by way of Iran, but it is a significant part of the evidence for believing that Islam as it was known in Java came through Iran and from there through western India and Sumatra.

And for those of us that are not entirely convinced by Arsene Wenger's vague words about not being able to find the right player available, there is today some evidence that he did at least try.

They don't need to hit double - digit threes to beat you, but they can, as evidenced by the convincing win over Kansas.

Not all of these claims are backed by science, but there is convincing evidence linking magnesium supplementation to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

Personally, I find it rather ironic that you're lecturing the blog author on the rigor of language, when, faced with the need to support the claims made by a documentary that has faced absolutely no real standards of intellectual rigor or merit (the kind of evidence you apparently find convincing), you have so far managed to produce a study with a sample size too small to conclude anything, a review paper that basically summarized well known connections between vaginal and amniotic flora and poor outcomes in labor and birth before attempting to rescue what would have been just another OB review article with a few attention grabbing sentences about long term health implications, and a review article published in a trash journal.

If there is no agreement or if the agreement is not in the best interests of the child, the court shall award joint custody, unless custody by one parent is shown by clear and convincing evidence to serve the child's best interests.

A quick glance at social media shows there are still many, many SNP supporters willing to defend Salmond to the death, convinced that the RT row is further evidence of a plot by the «Yoon media» to do in their hero.

'' [T] he burden in this proceeding is not on Teachout to establish residency, but rather upon the petitioners to establish by clear and convincing evidence that she does not meet the residency requirements,» said the court.

The case will now go to trial before a separate ethics panel that will rule as to whether it can be «proved by clear and convincing evidence» that Rangel violated House ethics rules.