Sentences with phrase «lack of supporting evidence»

[Ultimately], the ASA reached their decision based on lack of supporting evidence for the claim; it is incumbent on any advertiser to be able to support any superiority claims such as this with evidence.

Today the coal and nuclear bailout which Energy Secretary Perry attempted to force upon the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) fell apart under the weight of its lack of supporting evidence.

Here there was resistance, particularly from one individual (Sarah Laurie) who went around telling people, with a complete lack of supporting evidence, that nearby wind turbines would make them ill.

Sad to see a scientist speaking speculatively with total confidence and w / o noting the lack of supporting evidence for such a confident conclusion.

Due to a lack of supporting evidence, it's too soon to recommend any form of alternative medicine for asthma.

In addition, Starzl is legendary for his campaigns, for approaches he has advocated despite their controversy — or, as some of his colleagues describe, despite their lack of supporting evidence.

The only logical conclusion given a lack of supporting evidence is that something must not exist?

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

But with evidence current sanctions lack public support, Rodriguez said he thought the country's opposition «would feel quite uncomfortable with an escalation of the economic sanctions.

In a 17 - page letter, the Sugar Association took issue with the «added sugar» distinction, laying out what it said was a lack of evidence supporting the recommendation.

All three parties have all framed the deficit issue as largely being an expenditure problem, despite a lack of evidence to support that position.

«The lack of high - quality evidence supporting Acthar gel's benefit in a variety of conditions, along with the unconscionable price increase by the manufacturer, should give pause to all practitioners.

Not only should clinicians consider the lack of evidence supporting the efficacy of rACTH, but its story should cause us to reexamine and strengthen our standards for FDA approval, Medicare and private insurance coverage, and professional use patterns.»

(Note that this is not «leaky gut syndrome,» a disease popular in the alternative medicine community despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting its existence.)

«This constant shuffling and de-emphasizing of women's issues is evidence of the current lack of government support for women in B.C.» — BC CEDAW, Inaction and Non-compliance: British Columbia's Approach to Women's Inequality

I think you know the analogy effected with most of the examples you provide is that like God, these beings and creatures are all magical, and lack any hard evidence to support their existence.

Non-believers don't believe because of the utter lack of any evidence to support the claim.

A scientist believes in evolution because of the overwhelming evidence supporting it and the total lack of evidence for any alternative.

First, it utterly lacks historical or archaeological support, and there is an overwhelming body of empirical evidence that refutes it.

Is there a «stunning lack of evidence to support a god»?

To support this claim, Cochran points to the lack of any evidence of discrimination and he has publically stated his commitment to treating all subordinates with equality.

Yes, I could be wrong, but the overwhelming lack of any physical evidence to support their existence provides sufficient foundation for my position.

I do agree however, that the stunning lack of evidence to support a god makes it at least, «fantastically unlikely» that there is one, but I'm fine leaving it at that.

It seems to me that the terms «dogmatic» and «faith» are fairly synonymous in that they describe holding beliefs regardless of lack of evidence supporting such a belief.

Lack of belief (non-belief) in bigfoot is rational because insufficient evidence exists to support the claim that bigfoot exists.

I have to use logic and reason due to the utter lack of empirical scientific evidence to support the god claim.

Once you get through the deception and their crazy no - fact doctrine based on book where it's history has been proven false due to the lack of DNA and Archeological evidence that does not support the BOOK OF MORMON, I am glad this guy was intelligent enough to leavof DNA and Archeological evidence that does not support the BOOK OF MORMON, I am glad this guy was intelligent enough to leavOF MORMON, I am glad this guy was intelligent enough to leave.

Are you sure you've managed to pick the One True Faith despite the total lack of evidence to support your choice?

It is a myth, a common theme for men to write about is their fear... this story simply grew until it was a world wide event, but we know from not only the total lack of evidence to support it, but the evidence that clearly shows it never happened.

Don't bother trying «Vector particles» and all that... that's another terrible theory that has been postulated to support the lack of evidence.

But given the utter lack of evidence in support of existence, it is only logical to conclude that there are no gods.

While the authors report having «found little evidence that the strong tendencies toward religious freedom and religious pluralism led to any lack of religious vitality» in the campuses they visited, their account suggests otherwise: faculty and administrators are afraid to offend students by supporting religious «rules and regulations» or by teaching Christian doctrine.

It is based on the total lack of evidence supporting religious claims and the universal fact that everything ever examined operates according to natural laws.

Ok, Johnny Mo, I will... they ALL have the same problem — that is, none of them have any supporting evidence and the claims of each lack empirical falsafiability.

But if this content is preached, how is the preacher to escape Bultmann's charge that his sermons are history lessons calling for consent, a consent which lacks the courage of faith because it requires the support and legitimization of historical evidence before it will say «yes»?

Religion isn't one of those viewpoints, however, because it is a viewpoint lacking all evidence to support itself.

While it is impossible to prove a negative, the complete lack of empirical evidence to support belief in any God and the self - professed reliance on belief (faith) rather than knowledge combined with a rigid and irrational unwillingness to apply basic logic with regards to these particular beliefs strongly suggests that God does not exist.

Because of the lack of quantatative evidence to support that fairy tale.

The evidence of the ignorance of [one of] the author [s], and the reliance on Hitchen's book that lacks any footnotes to support it's claims.

Many atheists simply conclude God belief is unfounded due to the lack of supporting empirical evidence.

Lacking any evidence to support anything they believe about God, believers often resort to using some of the dumbest logic imaginable.

«Calls for warning statements regarding the amount of sugar soft drinks contain are not only absurd but lack any credible evidence to support them.

Unfortunately, such claims must be relegated to the domain of gardening lore because of the lack of scientific evidence to support them.

«I believe in my god, I will not back down even when shown evidence... I will refuse to acknowledge that evidence and write articles about lack of evidence to support my ignorance.»

We see evidence of either intelligence or lack of it constantly in many players who we come to know well through their stay with Arsenal (or whatever club we all support).

At the moment of birth, newborns have an instinctive fear of falling that can be seen in the Moro reflex — large grasping gestures in response to a lack of support underneath the body — which is primitive evidence of a burgeoning fear system designed for survival.

The OB / GYN and CNM's in America are overburdened by patient loads, (According to Amnesty International there are 9.6 OB / GYN's and 0.4 CNM's available per every 1,000 births) having better trained CPM's seems like a nice solution for that problem, in fact why not have them work collaboratively with OB / GYN's, maybe we can all work together to find a common ground where evidenced based practice take place in the hospital to support physiologic birth, since the lack of such practice is what turns many women away looking for alternative choices.

In «Surgery and Patient Choice: The Ethics of Decision Making,» ACOG notes that while the right of patients to refuse unwanted surgery is well known, less clear is the right of patients to have a surgical procedure when the scientific evidence supporting it is incomplete, of poor quality, or totally lacking — a frequent scenario in medicine.

The minion comment has to do with the bizarre lack of questioning of the blog author's comment that there is «no» evidence to support a given hypothesis - even though there is clearly demonstrable evidence.

It is a rant, and nothing more, as evidence by the wildly false claim the author made as to the supposed lack of evidence supporting the claims she is railing against.