Sentences with phrase «ignore evidence»

These longitudinal studies highlight that it is no longer acceptable to adopt a «wait and see» attitude coupled with the prevailing attitude that «it is just behavior» and ignore the evidence that preschoolers can experience intense psychological distress with potential long - term sequelae.

Dr Don Dizon writes that when patients deliberately ignore the evidence, doctors should try getting to grips with their values, as these are just as critical in guiding patient care.

Nevertheless, anti-abortion politicians in Congress ignore this evidence, and bring the federal government to the brink of a shutdown in their effort to «defund» Planned Parenthood in 2011.

If we ignore evidence that suggests quality of life actually declines after one has children, we will assume that Adam and Barbara having children will in fact raise their quality of life since they are fulfilling their preferences.

Arbitrators should ignore evidence that is not fair, objective or non-partisan and, in such instances, the expert should not receive compensation for appearing as a witness.»

While a minority of shady practitioners may consciously ignore evidence that doesn't suit their position, even the most well - intentioned experts are subject to a series of innate biases that affects their approach to the evidence and the conclusions reached.

Even if the RCMP did ignore the evidence that contradicted Wright's claims of an innocent motive it can't be ignored that a charge under section 121 (1)(b) of the criminal code - fraud on the Government - does not require proof of corruption.

And, when people dare to question their assumptions (whether it be us or Jim Gibson or Matt Streb or Eric Posner or anyone else), they simply ignore the evidence and shift their argument.

But that did not mean it should ignore her evidence altogether.

However, it is not uncommon in our justice system for juries to be instructed to ignore evidence ruled to be inadmissible and judges often hear evidence that they may then have to ignore because of privileges and other rules of evidence.

Even worse for axle (the squeaky wheel who gets the kick), this was to indicate where someone would get the idea that he's said «Ignore the evidence!»

There is a tradition in politics that is similar to one in the legal profession: When evidence supports your position, make your argument based on the evidence, but when it argues against your position, ignore the evidence and appeal to emotion.

Most media ignore evidence that counters climate change proponents.

John, It is difficult to ignore the evidence that over the past 13 decades, ten decades have been warmer than the previous, while only three have been cooler.

On the other hand, if they start in bad faith, ignore the evidence and seek to smear you, then calling them an ignorant cunt is completely reasonable.

The fact is the he is the one that wants to ignore the evidence for past climate change, not the scientists associated with the IPCC.

Is a system with decreasing marginal positive feedback - like a snowball accelerating down a hill until it finds a plateau - so complex that we must ignore evidence of it in favor of less persuasive but monocausal explanations, e.g. variations in gravity?

Not only do too many science communicators ignore evidence about what does and doesn't work.

Again I (IMO) view arguments against the consensus, made without evidence, to just be efforts to influence public policy - trying to persuade the public to ignore evidence, to ignore reality.

What's odd is that people are having such cognitive dissonance over this phenomenon that they ignore evidence in plain view.

Do you simply ignore the evidence and the logical explanation, that the oceans with a 1000 times the heat capacity of air, of which co2, is POINT 04 PERCENT.

But you certainly will not get anywhere if you ignore the evidence from Scafetta, LeMouel and Shapiro.

They further ignore the evidence we present (our Fig. 1 in Spencer & Braswell, 2014) that a 1D model might actually be preferable from the standpoint of energy conservation, since the 3D models do not appear to conserve energy — a basic requirement in virtually any physical modelling enterprise.

What I really don't understand is why they they put their future integrity on the line by sticking fingers in their ears after poking out their eyes and continually ignore the evidence that some of their advisers have been economical with the truth.

Reading the comments by Brian Angliss at http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/11/23/context-climategate-emails/ it forces one to remember the tactics of the O J Simpson team of lawyers — ignore the evidence and win at all costs in spite of it.

You can argue otherwise, but you need to willfully ignore the evidence to do so.

Your only response is to ignore the evidence, re-assert your position, and accuse (at least) hundreds of scientists of lying, as per the evidence - based consensus discussed in sources such as:

You must find it very comforting to use it to ignore any evidence you don't like.

Evidence would seem to suggest that they have explained a good deal — in order to counter this evidence, you must run to amateurs who do not work in their field and willfully ignore the evidence presented by the experts.

Is it not fundamentalist science to ignore any evidence that casts doubt on global warming?

If you are going to ignore evidence in this way that refutes what you say so blatantly what is the point in posting?

They will certainly publish this, and will ignore any evidence to the contrary that you provide.

Proponents have tended to ignore evidence like this, and instead point to the fact that dogs, who have been subject to licensing laws for years, enjoy higher redemption rates than cats.

One of Darwin's observations was that people have a tendancy to ignore evidence that conflicts with their proconceived theories or the vast majority of other observed evidence.

Why did the DA ignore the evidence of Hinton's innocence?

The field's failure to ground practice in the attitudes and values of science has made educators susceptible to the «authority syndrome» as well as fads and gimmicks that ignore evidence - based practice.

While policymakers stubbornly pursue this dead end, they ignore evidence from science and educational practice pointing to methods that result in long - lasting improvements in both academic and life outcomes, especially for at - risk children.

The frustrating thing is that politicians seem quite happy to ignore evidence — even when they have helped to support the researchers who produced it.

With so much at stake, we can not afford to ignore the evidence that this race for accountability will require a dramatic investment of time and resources if it is going to be successful.

Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).

He criticised May for «choosing to ignore the evidence» and warned that grammars «depress overall educational achievement and siphon off a few better off children at the expense of the rest».

In The Audacity of Hope, President Barack Obama complained that some «liberal policy makers and civil rights leaders had erred» when «in their urgency to avoid blaming the victims of historical racism, they tended to downplay or ignore evidence.»

In The Audacity of Hope, President Barack Obama complained that some «liberal policy makers and civil rights leaders had erred» when «in their urgency to avoid blaming the victims of historical racism, they tended to downplay or ignore evidence that entrenched behavioral patterns among the black poor really were contributing to intergenerational poverty.»

not really every single game on the chart has had a much lower second week sales, but just ignore the evidence in front of your face... it is so much better that way..

Now, in this scenario, what most people typically do is they ignore the evidence that conflicts with their views and then they pay attention to and cherry - pick only the evidence that supports their preconceived notions.

Again, you choose to ignore the evidence.

But I don't like seeing scientists ignore the evidence that some times, in some contexts, high dietary cholesterol does NOT have a negative impact on cholesterol, and that, on occasion, strict vegans can have high cholesterol.

This is what happens when some researchers become enamored with a hypothesis, they ignore evidence that might falsify it and then we reach poor conclusions.

I'm just a curious scientist who can't ignore the evidence that the mind is more powerful that we yet understand.

They blatantly deny their own manipulative behavior and ignore evidence when confronted with it.