Sentences with phrase «factoids as»

In just 1400 words he manages to cram in just about every fallacy from the environmentalist's handbook: he appeals to the dodgiest of authorities, sells politics, catastrophism and factoids as scientific truth, misrepresents his opponents» arguments, cherrypicks data, explains human behaviour in biologically deterministic terms and politics in environmentally deterministic ones, and resorts to the green equivalent of Pascal's wager while accusing «deniers» of religious zeal.

Pardon my italics, but such factoids as these fairly demand the Ripley's Believe It or Not treatment.

Not exact matches

One eye - popping factoid from the report: Over the past five years, Amazon hired 49 MBAs from Columbia Business School — nearly as many as the 51 MBAs Morgan Stanley hired over the same time period.

Still, McDonald added Monday on CNBC's «Trading Nation» that he «wouldn't put a lot of stock» in the market factoid, preferring instead to look to central bank actions as well as the presidential election to make his broad - market calls.

Part F in The Insider's Economic Dictionary Factoid: A hypothesis, rumor or story so consonant with peoples» preconceptions that it is accepted as a fact or working assumption, even though it often is made up a priori.

That historical Morman factoid should lead one to believe there might be a few fundamental flaws in Smith's translation and ergo in Morman theory as well..

I'm including that factoid, as you are so very good at coming up with lovely, creamy sauces.

Below, we hit every Week 13 game — ordered from the most - bet to least - bet, as of Sunday morning — touching on all the relevant betting data, profitable historical trends, factoids you need to know, cutting - edge DFS analysis, and pass / play recommendations from our one - named expert Stuckey.

She then waited as the PA announcer introduced each competitor, which included one or two factoids for each — highlights such as fifth in the section, ninth in the state, and so on.

Facts, though, are of little value to demagogues intent on stirring up emotions; better to repeat street myths and factoids, to use opinion masquerading as fact, to tell untruths and to exploit innuendo.

Bearing in mind also the analysis in today's Grauniad, and other posts like Anthony Painter's at LabourList, it looks as if the facts are now being separated from the Cameroonian factoids and myths.

BONUS FACTOID: Then, as part of the symbiosis, the bacteria consume the ethanol and express the healthy amino acids, trace vitamins and minerals.

You must treat the person you are meeting as if you do not know anything about them, so keep their ability to track down factoids about you to a minimum.

However, as Keira Knightley's Joan Clarke lists off his achievements in an emotional monologue, followed by the factoids that seem mandatory for any true story end credits, it is impossible to deny the sacrifices made and lives saved, by Alan Turing.

Last but not least, Universal's U-CONTROL feature offers three unique pop - up video displays for each film: «Setups & Payoffs,» for those who never picked up on stuff like the Twin Pines Mall / Lone Pine Mall gag — though often this track resorts to simple factoids, as if bored; «Storyboard Picture - in - Picture Comparisons,» which is, I hope, self - explanatory; and a reconfiguring of the DVD's «Trivia Track.»

I remember many a Sunday afternoon spent in the back seat of my father's car being forced as a child to listen to all manners of music and endure a number of lectures, anecdotes and factoids of the history of the... Continue reading «MOVIE REVIEW: MARLEY (2012)»

Chazelle, the quintessential film nerd, lays in a good supply of trainspottery factoids about his aesthetic choices amid the more practical information such as the amount of times they shot the iconic dance number with the LA sunset as a backdrop (three times over two nights in a half - hour window as the horizon shimmered pink).

The film offers a concise, coherent story which manages to be educational at the same time, as the script is peppered with factoids concerning U.S. history.

For a longer list of self - published authors, as well as some very interesting factoids on rejections, go to www.simonteakettle.com/famousauthors.htm.

If it is a genuine crap detector you'd like for your agency, I suggest you inquire as to the program Triond.com and Factoids uses.

This fun, breezy (though authoritative), enlightening book will also give you the lowdown on and background of such words as pandemonium, chintzy, factoid and so many more.

As Kindle lover Chen is apt to point out, the Kindle 2 is just half the weight of the DX, but I counter with this lazy man's factoid: Even using a slightly larger font, I can see the equivalent of two and a half Kindle 2 pages on a DX screen.

In addition to highly practical chapters, such as The Anatomy of an Email, with 10 subchapters on everything from the To: line to the sign - off, the book contains many amusing factoids and sidebars.

Fun Factoid: The night before the funeral of Burns» father, Luath was tragically killed (as stated by the brother) «by the wanton cruelty of some person.»

Lewis: As you know, a lot of times that has do with the regulatory approval times, but I think a couple of factoids are important.

An Italian gaming site is running an flash - based ad that shows a slimline Xbox 360, as seen in the pic, and showed off some interesting factoids about the new machine.

As you probably already know, this is a free - to - play game and this little factoid is kinda rubbing dudes

I can't verify if this is one hundred percent true or not, (mainly because I don't want to Google it just to find out that it's not true — I like this factoid, even if it's as fake as Britney Spears» singing voice) but I read somewhere that the guys at GamePro couldn't beat a single level of that game, leading several forum members to unofficially dub them GameNoob.

[Response: The «big picture» is that Arctic ice is on a very clear downward trend, particularly in summer and no amount of cherry picking of individual days, subtle jumping from Arctic to global as if I wouldn't notice, and restatements of exactly the same incorrect «factoid» as Will, go any distance towards refuting that.

So imagine my shock at the World Wildlife Fund 50th anniversary event this past November as I was sitting in the audience rehearsing my talk in my head, hardly listening, when I heard a speaker open with this factoid.

Is this additional forcing an important factoid or does it roll into other forcings or unknowns as a small effect?

Because no matter «how» someone says things, or has plowed the ground for a fair equitable discussion as soon as a valid FACT comes into play, you lose the other immediately if that factoid conflicts with their «beliefs».

That would be relevant information (as opposed to i.e. random factoids like Mohatdebos above says).

Here's a very neat example of what the Benshi alludes to as a «rapid random» factoid technique, coming from Duane Gish.

Specific factoids, such as the 97 % pie - chart (and there are others) may seem to lend concrete validity, but as soon as you check them you find nothing meaningful, only trickery.

This «factoid» («a single fact; a small and often [un] important bit of information») is derived from the concerted attempt to again attack the questioner, as seen in and produced within the «response» from «Caerbannog666».

Each side, mostly from the extreme edges of the field, sling factoids at one another in endless streams of numbers, graphs, trend - lines, echo - chamber talking - points (prepared by their own side's experts)-- spiced with an truly incredible number and variety of personal opinions presented as if they were facts.

Factoids most often are used rhetorically [as in argument, debate, or propaganda] in opposition to other facts in a fact - vs - fiction construction, explicitly stated or implied — «Here are the facts!»

Humans tend to state things in a very certain, simple, assertive manner — almost always our pronouncements should be classified, as per my essay, as Factoids — but in common practice, we simply call them facts and accept them as such.

As a member of the MMGW religious cult you will believe any factoid that confirms your bias, and no contrary evidence can penetrate your catechism.

Unlike other blogs, I don't hit my readers over the head with factoids about things as nebulous as a social system as proof that a discussion should not be had; rather I seek to stimulate dialogue among people with diverse perspectives so that we can increase our understanding of a complex situation.

Factoids are often presented to us as numbers — which influence us to find them somehow truer or more believable — or are presented as impossibly simplistic assertions about complex topics.

«But in fairness only those intimately familiar with the 1986 Tax code changes would have known enough to recognize this as a factoid see the error.»

Those answers ruled out «fake news», but left «alternative facts» and «factoids» as possibilities.

May is asking us to respect factoids and unrepresentative evidence dressed up as fact, yet he assures us that it is the oil companies that are «misinforming the public about the science of climate change».

It seems as though you categorise Rud's «Arctic ice also declined over that period, and may have been lower in the 1940's than now» as a «factoid»?

The number counted in the Park from photos as «viewing the inauguration» is one factoid — the competing factoid offered by the Trump team was «number in the Park, plus number watching live on TV, plus number watching live on the «Net».

As a group, scientists tend to be naive and unrealistic regarding the translation of their scientific «facts» or «factoids» into policies.

Beachapedia also highlights daily coastal factoids and provides easy access to Surfrider Foundation blogs on topics such as offshore oil drilling.

But the truth that most people can sense is that Monbiot uses the status of scientific factoids, such as the Met Office's dubious «prediction'to convince people in the same way that a caveman seeks to persuade people with a club.