Sentences with phrase «evidence in their favor»

The parents of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht say that evidence in his favor is being suppressed.

Though the psychiatric establishment has been slow to add technological addictions to its repertoire of diagnoses, a growing band of clinicians in South Korea is finding evidence in favor of them.

They state that because of the bias they correctly identify, «observing that the relative frequency is equal to the base rate is in fact evidence in favor of the hot hand.»

But if you have no falsifiing evidence and lots and lots of evidence in favor of a theory there comes a time when one must conclude that the theory is almost certainly right under the «current conditions».

There's evidence in favor of these things just like there's evidence against.

Evolution: «It doesn't matter that there are huge volumes of evidence in favor of the theory.

Don't forget it's perception as anti-science and blind to new evidence in favor of rote quotations of ancient dogma.

Atheists have written numerous books, virtually all of which acknowledge countless god concepts, while pointing out that NONE of them has the slightest evidence in their favor.

Among atheists it is pretty common to acknowledge not to have knowledge about the existence of gods, but in light of the complete and utter lack of any evidence in favor of their existence, not believe they exist.

Either way, the concept that the universe is finite is nothing new, this is just more evidence in favor of it.

He claims that there is a decisive bit of evidence in his favor, and that is found in Whitehead's 1937 response to John Dewey (reprinted in ESP 122 - 31).

The two themes, indeed, tend to blend into one another: «Self «organization provides new evidence in favor of the existence of teleological dimensions in the natural world.»

If the «built - better» argument made sense for nearly two centuries, it has become clear that evidence in its favor is currently in short supply.

To be plausible, you'll need to have a rational argument, or better yet, evidence in favor of it.

In addition, you have not provided positive evidence in favor your position, i.e. exclusively supports creationism.

But what is the evidence in favor of the ecological model, of entities as subjects and of entities as dependent in their constitution upon their environment?

(Job 1:6 - 12; 2:2 - 6) As the firstborn Son, Jesus, of all God's creatures, could give the most conclusive answer to that charge and the finest evidence in favor of his Father's side in the larger issue of the rightfulness of Jehovah's universal sovereignty.

Face it, religious people believe in invisible beings that have exactly as much evidence in their favor as the invisible beings they reject.

If the societal view is at least as defensible, metaphysically, as its alternative, then the superior adequacy of the societal view for our religious experience should be counted as additional evidence in its favor.

@Bleh «Most fundies who come here constantly argue that «faith» is impossible if you have evidence because «faith» is deliberately avoiding all evidence in favor of «believing» in things with no evidence (things unseen, etc.) on purpose.»

Most fundies who come here constantly argue that «faith» is impossible if you have evidence because «faith» is deliberately avoiding all evidence in favor of «believing» in things with no evidence (things unseen, etc.) on purpose.

I certainly see no empirical evidence in favor of this view.

One of the most convincing pieces of evidence in favor of this judgment concerning the social dynamics of American Catholicism is found in Kenneth Underwood's study in depth of Protestant - Catholic relations in one city that has had a large Catholic majority for some decades.

But version b is the only rational position in light of complete and utter absence of any evidence in favor of the existence of any gods.

Clearly if we found that this chemical were released whenever the bird began to sing, this would be a strong bit of evidence in favor of our hypothesis.

Most of the homemade remedies are supported by a study providing evidence in favor of their efficacy, but we can not guarantee that a certain recipe would help you in treating any other similar health condition.

The evidence in favor of bicycle helmets in general is mainly anecdotal, and there have been cases of children being strangled by the straps (when the straps are adjusted properly, a bike helmet is usually uncomfortable, especially for a child).

The evidence in favor of breast milk is overwhelming: Babies who breast - feed exclusively for six months have stronger immune systems and fewer allergies, and the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that U.S. post-neonatal infant mortality rates drop by 21 percent.

After analyzing hundreds of previous studies, including some that involved pregnant women and children, the authors found no strong evidence in favor of the organics.

So evidence in favor of «sensitive, responsive parenting» doesn't tell us that every associated practice is the best choice for a family.

I have seen the difference between moms who sleep - trained and moms who didn't, whether or not they worked or stayed home, and the evidence in favor of it is extremely strong.

But the AAP offers no evidence in favor of this idea, and it's not clear to me if any such evidence exists.

The evidence in favor of these approaches is overwhelming,» said Marcia Bystryn, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters.

As for physical activity, the best evidence in favor of its benefits for the brain comes from Australia.

As I point out in one section about male preferences, there's a tendency to focus on older males who reenter the mating market after divorce, and evolutionary psychologists take this to be pretty firmly clinching evidence in favor of their hypothesis.

«The evidence in favor of our induction is of a much higher and more forcible character when it enables us to explain and determine cases of a kind different from those which were contemplated in the formation of our hypothesis,» Whewell wrote.

Do you feel that the 10 percent in strong opposition are essentially a lost cause who are, no pun intended, immune to scientific evidence in favor of vaccinations?

«They've done a service in a sense: [Their paper] forced people to again rethink something, and it's quite clear that the evidence in favor of Hamilton's theory is quite convincing.»

«Our experiments bring additional evidence in favor of the giant impact hypothesis,» said Maylis Landeau, the lead author of the paper, who was a post-doctoral fellow in Johns Hopkins» Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences when the experiments were conducted.

An A grade indicates there is strong evidence in favor of that treatment, and B is moderate.

«The evidence in favor of contemporary drug - eluting stents over bare - metal stents may not be as strong as has been thought,» said study author Dr. Kaare Harald Bonaa.

The study authors hope that this growing evidence in favor of circumcision will persuade policy - making bodies, both in the United States and in other countries, to officially recommend the procedure — which could make patient education and insurance coverage more likely.

But what HIIT advocates often fail to mention is that this is NOT evidence AGAINST steady state or endurance cardio, it is evidence in favor of intense cardio.

Given the weight of evidence in favor of consuming prebiotic foods, is the FODMAP - restricted diet a valid and safe approach for managing chronic digestive disease?

Long story short: there's far more evidence in opposition to the claim than evidence in favor of it.

There's this one from the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, a massive review of the evidence in favor of and in opposition to the AHA's weasel warnings about «high protein diets,» namely, that people who engage in such risky behaviors as limiting carbs and increasing protein «are [at] risk for... potential cardiac, renal, bone, and liver abnormalities overall.»

There is an overwhelming amount of evidence in favor of vitamin D3 consumption compared to vitamin D2.

First, there is very little evidence in favor of using a pill, powder or other supplement to cleanse your body of toxins with no coinciding dietary change.

He also advocates intermittent fasting, a pattern of eating which I have adopted and one for which there is exists ample scientific evidence in favor of.

Stephan Guyenet and Don Matesz go back and forth in the comments section of Don's recent post on walnuts, in which Don offers very sound evidence in favor of walnut consumption.