Sentences with phrase «founded upon assumptions»

Even if this hypothesis was at first founded upon assumptions for the absorption of carbon dioxide which are not strictly correct, it is still an open question whether an examination of the «protecting» influence of the higher atmospheric layers upon lower ones may not show that a decrease of the carbon dioxide will have important consequences, owing to the resulting decrease in the radiation of the upper layers and the increased temperature gradient at the earth's surface.

Determination of optimality requires understanding the statistical properties of the data, and although due diligence is paid to this issue, unknown sources of discrepancies between the AVHRR and ground station data makes it plain that appeals to optimality are largely founded upon assumptions about the data and its error properties.

Not exact matches

This is because support for democracy and self - determination were based in part upon the assumption that such things were an intrinsic part of their Western identity — to find this heritage denied by those they wished to join meant a loss of identity and corresponding political ideological crisis.

Thus, upon the assumption of office, his Economic Management Team set to work to sort out the country's macroeconomic fundamentals and to find imaginative ways to deal with the oppressive debt situation.

Still, upon finding a victim, rescue workers make no assumptions («They're not dead until they're warm and dead,» the saying goes.)

I find myself fighting my own emotions, based on my past assumptions, upon hearing all this research.

Parental Guidance is predicated upon two assumptions: that audiences enjoy cross-generational interplay between dysfunctional families; and that they find the chaos that results, as well as the catharsis of resolving any associated issues, both amusing and entertaining.

The Harvard Project on School Desegregation report examines both these findings and the assumptions upon which they rest using court documents, district and state - level data, and interviews.

There are more complex by nature, as learners must reflect upon the subject matter, use previously learned knowledge, and create assumptions or hypothesis based on their findings.

In this rush of new - found artistic freedom comes the assumption that everyone realizes this Brave New World is upon us.

Upon making very reasonable changes to these assumptions, we found that the estimates of the social cost of carbon, and more recently the social cost of methane and social cost of nitrous oxide, drop considerably (in some cases by 60 - 90 percent).

Just as an aside I find it curious that all the comment on the previous thread seems to relate to discussion over the conclusions, rather than having a hard look at the assumptions in the statistical modelling that it is all built upon.