It's bizarre to watch the UK Met Office squirm as it desperately tries to maintain an ideological position in
the face of conflicting evidence.
But since it is something that people have been raised to accept in
the face of conflicting evidence, rational conversation will never be reached.
Not exact matches
The people who could have reinforced my faith condemned me for daring to exercise it in the
face of questions and
conflicting evidence: not just encouraging me, but demanding me to believe that much harder in what I could not see.
Remember, neither
of you has a shred
of external, verifiable
evidence to back up anything you claim, so
faced with
conflicting beliefs supposedly backed by «personal experiences» or some such thing I haven't experienced, why should I take either
of you seriously?
101 Incidents
of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102
Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused
of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing
conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third
of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further
evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates
face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.
Police officers are trained to determine fault in the
face of conflicting stories, and are also trained to accurately «read» the
evidence at the scene
of the accident.
Faced with
conflicting expert
evidence on the benefits and disbenefits
of smoking, the court recognised its inability to draw precise conclusions in what is clearly a difficult value judgment.