Sentences with phrase «debunking popular»

In the fall of 2011, Breakthrough published an investigation into the origins of today's natural gas boom, debunking the popular myth that it was brought about by private industry alone.
Here is (yet) another example, debunking the popular notion floods are being worsened by dreaded climate change caused by pernicious economic activity.
For debunking the popular «scientism», I recommend a serious article that I wrote with my late friend, Professor István Markó (1956 — 2017) for Breitbart.
, Season 1, Episode 11: Debunking popular diet systems and «healthier» organic foods.
The combination led Jefferson to invest a great amount of time and energy in debunking a popular European conceit — that America was a degenerate place.
«Lies About Parenting is a community dedicated to debunking popular parenting advice that just doesn't work, and raising healthier happier kids.
The resulting research debunked a popular daily deal myth: that customers are unsubscribing en masse.
Sharing his knowledge of Mr Buffett's investment strategies at ShareInvestor's fifth annual Invest Fair 2011, Mr Miles conducted a workshop - styled seminar where he debunked popular perceptions of risk and shared with the audience how emotions can be contagious, especially in affecting one's investment decisions.
The analysis, led by Goddard director Jim Hansen, attempts to debunk popular belief that the planet is cooling.
During the last 10 years, scientific studies have debunked the popular belief that nuts raise cholesterol and lead to obesity.
Also, they debunk the popular motivational activity of fire - walking.
In episode 101, the series premiere, Penn & Teller debunk popular psychics revealing how those who claim to be in contact with the «other side» are actually performing an age - old trick called «cold reading.»
Deadpool 2 writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have debunked a popular fan theory about Shioli Kutsuna's character, Yukio, which suggests that she's actually the X-Men hero Surge.
Indeed, the OLPC experiment debunked the popular myth that students of this generation are «digital natives» because they grew up with computers and technological devices.
This week we debunk popular myths about classroom technology, and what Occam's razor has to do with learning analytics.
Buffett's purpose for the speech, besides celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Security Analysis, was to identify and debunk a popular theory from academia, which by the time of the speech had almost completely transformed the investment management industry.
After learning about Henry David Thoreau's 1846 survey of Walden Pond, in which the famed polymath performed soundings to determine the lake's depth at 102 feet and debunk a popular myth that it was bottomless, Finch received permission from the Walden Pond State Reservation to take a boat on the lake and perform that seminal survey for the second time.
WSJ's claim is wrong, of course, but where its authors fail to debunk a popular meme, they also manage to make a much more insidious, and radical, argument.
A new study by the Energy Research Policy Foundation, Inc. (EPRINC) further debunks the popular talking point of USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and the Renewable Fuel Association (RFA) that ethanol reduced gasoline prices by $ 0.89 / gal in 2010 and $ 1.09 / gal in 2011.

Not exact matches

Science has debunked one of America's most popular Thanksgiving myths.
In any event, however much popular piety may be viewed condescendingly by theologians and debunked by social scientists, it is for purposes of social order the source of moral sentiment and judgment.
We talked to some of the Board - Certified Nurse Midwifes here at Baby + Co. to debunk some of the most common myths around water birth and to uncover why hydrotherapy — laboring in a tub or shower — is really so popular among the mamas in our centers.
Myth: The popular myth that drinking while breastfeeding promotes good sleep in babies has also been debunked by past research.
Nearly half of all Donald Trump voters believe a widely debunked conspiracy theory claiming that Hillary Clinton is involved in a child sex ring run out of a popular Washington, D.C. pizzeria, a recent poll suggests.
The myth, popular amongst tabloid columnists and misinformed MPs, that cannabis causes severe mental health problems in young people has also been comprehensively debunked.
Popular American singer, songwriter and global Evangelist, Don Moen has debunked the rumours that went viral of his death on Social media on Wednesday.
Nearly half of all Trump voters believe a widely debunked conspiracy theory claiming that Clinton is involved in a child sex ring run out of a popular Washington, D.C. pizzeria, a recent poll suggests.
Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Aare Latosa Local Council Development Area, in Oyo State, Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji has debunked reports that the popular Bodija market would be...
«Study debunks fears of increased teen suicide risk from popular flu drug: Other side effects remain a concern.»
In his popular book Where Good Ideas Come From1, Steven Johnson debunks the notion that great innovations come from brilliant scientists sitting in solitude, pondering perplexing questions.
As U.S. senators are considering whether to support background checks on people purchasing guns, Shermer uses simple figures to debunk a number of popular arguments used to oppose gun control.
Three university professors have written a book called Seven Popular Myths about Livestock Grazing on Public Lands, which debunks all claims that cattle harm the environment.
Today I want to debunk 5 popular diet...
Check out these 12 Popular Camping Myths that need debunking.
, «Debunking «Matching Formulas» that Popular Online Dating Sites Use».
The film opens with Winter's spooky exploration of a Chilean mausoleum where she victoriously «debunks» a community's most popular miracle.
It hasn't been clear sailing all the way, mind: popular historian Stephen Marche recently took to the NEW YORK TIMES to debunk such «prophets of truthiness» — Emmerich and Orloff are but a new, high - profile strain of Oxfordians, a group who name nobleman Edward de Vere as the true author of Shakespeare's texts, even the ones dated after his death — for advancing a lunatic conspiracy theory based on little more than class snobbery.
Buzzfeed debunks seven popular brain myths in less than two minutes, and to a swingin'tune, no less!
In the beginning of the lesson, David Coleman says that his lesson will debunk the three «popular» ways of teaching literature, but, little does he know, those ways are not popular at all.
As a leading Chrysler dealership, we want to help everyone in the Evanston area by doing our best to debunk a few of most popular of these unhelpful myths.
If we discount the statistical anomalies (like my posts debunking a few myths on the Icelandic political situation which are the most popular pieces I've ever written, unfortunately) an ebook post tends to get more than ten times more traffic than a post on any other subject published at a roughly similar time of day and day of week.
We're here to help debunk some of the popular myths and help set the record straight.
We dug in to debunk some myths about «premium» dog food, explore why raw dog food is naturally premium, and look at other popular terms like holistic, natural, and organic.
Many scientists participate in efforts to educate the public and to rebut or debunk rather fanciful claims or outright mis - representations by writing in popular magazines such as EOS and New Scientist or in the Comments section of journals.
RE: # 19 The claims made in that «report» about the popular press coverage have also been debunked.
Shipping Container Home Myths Debunked Although they have been popular in various parts for the world for years now, shipping container homes are beginning to draw some interest here in Canada.
The Escalator, originally created as a simple debunking to the myth «Global warming stopped in [insert date]», turned out to be a very popular graphic.
The popularity of the graphic is probably due to the fact that (1) it's a simple, stand - alone debunking of the «global warming stopped» myth, and (2) that particular myth has become so popular amongst climate denialists.
Maybe it's because of the huge success on the Amazon Best - Seller lists of popular books debunking climate hysteria that true believers insist that «there is no peer - reviewed science challenging the consensus on climate change».
An exciting new «guest debunk» by the Harvard scholar Naomi Oreskes examines the popular misconception that «[s] cientists in the 1990s and 2000s said the global atmosphere would heat up.»
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