Sentences with phrase «generally accepted explanation»

Professor Stephan Grilli, an international leader in the study of tsunamis, said the generally accepted explanation for the cause of the tsunami had been the earthquake, the fifth largest ever measured, which created a significant uplift and subsidence of the seafloor.

Generally Accepted Explanations for discrepancy: Greenhouse effect ADDS heat and radiation to surface by some magical mechanism explained vaguely as: backradiation; insulation; slowing of loss of heat by backradiation; or other other claptrapcrap ™.

Not exact matches

It is possible that they used Mark in a rather different form to that in which we possess it, or even in two different forms, but the simplest explanation, that they both used substantially our gospel of Mark, is by far the most probable, and is now generally accepted.

If at any time during the fiscal year it appears, from cash flow projections or other generally accepted accounting principles, that the revenues available, as projected through the end of the fiscal year, will be insufficient to meet either (a) the amounts appropriated, or (b) expenses anticipated to be incurred through the end of the fiscal year, such that the cumulative effect thereof is a projected year - end deficit in excess of fifty percent of the County's undesignated, unreserved fund balance as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year, the County Executive or the Comptroller shall submit a report to the Legislature setting forth the estimated amount of the deficit with appropriate details and explanations.

Even less dramatic reports generally accepted Tan's and Humphrey's explanations at face value.

Following a strict code means that banks will reject a loan application for the explanations given but private lenders generally accept anything reasonable.

As Nassim Taleb wrote, «Our minds are wonderful explanation machines, capable of making sense out of almost anything, capable of mounting explanations for all manner of phenomena, and generally incapable of accepting the idea of unpredictability.»

Among many wise things that Nassim Taleb wrote in The Black Swan, one was this: «[O] ur minds are wonderful explanation machines, capable of making sense out of almost anything, capable of mounting explanations for all manner of phenomena, and generally incapable of accepting the idea of unpredictability.»

In science, a theory is what is generally accepted as an explanation when enough evidence accumulates to support a hypothesis, or initial postulation.

If the researchers historical «adjusted data» conflict rather dramatically with other generally accepted data sets without any rational explanation.

Consider this: the Theory of Darwinism, (and also Mendel's Theory for that matter) or the explanation for the evolution of the species, is accepted in America and in Britain but is not generally accepted in Europe.