Sentences with phrase «debunks argument»

The new thesis partially debunks the argument that the long gap on the emergence of complex organisms was due to the slow evolution process.

Kreutzer then debunks the argument that conservatives should support a «revenue neutral» carbon tax that displaces EPA regulation of greenhouse gases:

«Long - term global warming not driven naturally: Study debunks argument that warming is driven by natural factors.»

(WBEN) During the region's first weekend with ridesharing, DWI arrests in Erie County rose slightly, but county officials say that doesn't necessarily debunk the argument that Uber and Lyft can help reduce drunk driving.

(NCTQ does a nice job debunking that argument here.)

Abbott also debunked arguments presented by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) where they claimed «overlap» between Common Core and the TEKS as an issue, suggesting that «if teachers can not use the Common Core Standards «in any way,» it will result in an inability to teach many of the required TEKS.»

Although, by debunking this argument, you give it more strength.

Will and Novak have already had their shot at countering the Time article, and rather than raising legitimate points where clarification could have been useful, they squandered their chance on baseless character assassination and rehashing of already debunked arguments.

At the moment, it seems you have simply skimmed (at best) the article rather than studying the arguments and source material, then launched in with already debunked arguments.

I see the same ridiculous, already debunked arguments used by anti-AGW people on this forum every time one of these articles comes up.

«Instead, the coal lobby has sought an urgent interdict to delay the conclusion of power purchase agreements, citing already - debunked arguments relating to job losses, coal power station closures and rising electricity prices.»

We have a lot of work to do so if you want to reject the science and regurgitate long - debunked arguments against global warming, go elsewhere.

In this speech, I really wanted debunk this argument I had heard over the years from some of my fellow Toastmasters: «We should not take any action on climate change until China cleans up its pollution.»

In January, 2012, Levant featured Timothy Ball on his show and discussed Ball's belief that there has been no global warming since 1998, a debunked argument that has long been popular with climate change skeptics.

Just an aside to this topic, but what tends to push me towards irritable language most is the endless reiteration of debunked arguments, frequently by the same commenter, often only moments after the debunking.

If not, and «skeptics» go back to long - debunked arguments of climate sensitivity below 1 C / doubling, then why would any scientist even want to look at Lewis» unpublished back - of - the - envelope calculations?

, quotes out of context, repeating the same tired debunked arguments year after year... The only difference is that the ideology behind it is a little more popular — the strawman liberal is apparently a more plausible villain to most people than the strawman atheist.

However, beyond the relevance of this work toward debunking the arguments expressed in the Wegman report, which is non-trivial, it is important that climate scientists not be the lone punching bags in this public drama.

It's a truism that whenever I write about the solid fact that the Earth is warming up, that post will get comments that make it clear that denialists — and please read that link before commenting on my use of the word — are like religious zealots, writing the same tired long - debunked arguments that are usually debunked in the very post they're commenting on.

Just a heads up, calling someone biased and then attempting to debunk their argument using an Androidcentral link that quotes an executive in charge of Android security might not be the best way to tackle your grievances with this article.

Not exact matches

WLF's brief also debunks the agency's argument for Article III standing.

I have to admit, that's a new argument, I expected him to rattle off all the stupidity that's easily debunked from his website.

Third your pathetic Discovery Insti.tute intelligent design anti-evolution arguments have all been debunked many times.

That separate but equal argument really was debunked as being viable a few decades ago.

Kirk has done a great service in debunking a whole range of pseudo-scholarly lines of argument in one slim volume.

Sorry, to disappoint, but that should debunk the rest of your argument.

It just seems to me that as a writer / researcher who clearly knows better, it is really your job to attack, debunk and tear these assinine arguments about Obama's religious convictions to pieces rather than giving them some kind of legitimacy.

@ grassroots: I would like to believe that you were sincere in claiming that atheists have a ``... duty (as if being responsible to some authority) to debunk...» (I presume you to mean a belief in God) ``... via the Internet... [etc]», but when you mix sarcasm with rationality, then you lose creditability with me because you join the ranks of those who just want to poke fun at believers for entertainment and invite a heated argument with no intentions of converting such people.

I heard the same arguments debunked by Bruxy Cavey.

It's all the same empty arguments that evolutionists has been making which has been debunked time and again.

His arguments are devoid of facts, and his masquerade as a scientist, or whatever, is galling» «attempting to debunk the integrity of the bible, and glorify the theory of evolution is simply a tactic to lure unsuspecting seekers to abandon reason and science in order to embrace an illogical, unverifiable, subjective based explanation of the universe.

Are you aware that the whole low fat = healthy argument has been debunked?

Just maybe that it's more productive for your argument if it wasn't one - dimensional, insulting, and so narrow so as to be easily debunked by literally anyone showing a video where he played well for a game.

Having said that... For one of the «reasons» not to microwave formula, you cited, «it creates hot spots,» and debunked with and argument about convection currents in liquid.

They come in waving various arguments about as if these are new and special arguments, and the people who are regulars on the boards sigh and prepare to debunk Pascal's Wager for the eleventy - millionth time.

This argument was widely debunked by the Electoral Commission, the Public Administration Select Committee and former Ministers and the government was defeated.

David Cameron has said he wants to debunk some of the «duff» arguments used by those hostile to the European Union.

«The science here is being used as a proxy for a lot of different things,» he said, noting that debunking the fallacies in the Galileo Movement's argument won't change the group's prevailing politics.

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.

Citing peer - reviewed material on Skeptical Science, science reporter Chris Mooney re-examines how Soon's primary argument is debunked, for the Washington Post:

Regular readers of JPGB and Education Next have seen this argument debunked before, but I feel compelled to do it again in response to a sloppy and lazy article in the Wall Street Journal.

«This book pulls together the powerful and decisive arguments that debunk myths of the failure of US schools.

It also seeks to debunk a parallel argument by state schools chief Diane Douglas that the teachers have abandoned their jobs, meaning their teaching certificates can be suspended or revoked by the state Board of Education.

This argument was completely debunked by Caroline M. Hoxby, an Associate Professor of Economics at Harvard, during an interview with PBS's Frontline.

It's been debunked repeatedly by respected analysts, so using it as the basis for any of your arguments is a game - loser from the beginning.

Perhaps one of the more compelling arguments debunking the myth is to point out that cat colony caregivers are not suffering from health problems caused by cats.

Using the media as an outlet for education, we hope to raise the level of awareness on important issues such as pet overpopulation and dog fighting, as well as debunking the unfounded, illogical and fear - based arguments that all too often lead to breed - specific bans and the heartbreaking extermination of beautiful animals whose only crime is having been born.

As far as the power argument goes and MS building for the future, I think Nintendo has already debunked that theory.

Maybe because you really didn't know that all these alternative arguments have been long debunked and the denial world merely makes up new irrelevant arguments in order to show that there is still debate?

Is there a way to show enough respect to the opposing argument to engage people so that the litany of skeptical arguments that are tossed about can be sequentially addressed and put respectively into the camps of «confirmed», «need further research» and «debunked»?