Sentences with phrase «lacked real evidence»

This evidence has now arrived according to Jonathan Byrne, co-lead author of the paper: «The evolutionary theory of ageing just explains everything so nicely but it lacked real evidence that it was happening in nature.

What is the thing that I really dislike is bringing all kind of new untested theories and approaches to the climate discussion and using them as an argument, when the ideas themselves lack all real evidence to support them.

Not exact matches

«There are real shortcomings in how American politics are covered, including pervasive groupthink among media elites, an unhealthy obsession with the insider's view of politics, a lack of analytical rigor, a failure to appreciate uncertainty, a sluggishness to self - correct when new evidence contradicts pre-existing beliefs, and a narrow viewpoint that lacks perspective.»

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.

All of these «facts» completely lack any shred of real evidence beyond propagandistic U.S. hear - say reports.

It is this misunderstand and lack of knowledge that leads people to contemplate and assert the existence of god with no real proof or evidence other than a sacred collection of texts written over the last few thousand years.

Moreover, since, in my view, the value of Darwin's theory was primarily heuristic and not probative (because he lacked the knowledge of genetics necessary to give explanatory power and certain evidence to the theory), there can be no question that biochemistry now represents the real frontier of evolutionary theory.

to J.W. and fred — i think its rather silly to argue anything as fact if its cleary thought based (i.e. lacking proof / evidence) when asked about the where did we come from or how the universe (whatever) i always answer with i don't know, but then i pose an idea — i state openly thats its only an idea... if any one of you religions folks would simple agree to the FACT that what you BELIEVE is real is REALLY only an idea until proven (much like evolution) then i would find much more pleasing conversations beyond the realm of atheists... but alas, i am still waiting — i found some but most are imovible in there beliefs that god is real, provable, and most def.

but i didn't state anything example — i stated that the theory of evolution is yet to be proved and so with that i agree that due to that lacking it is equal to the theory of god... the only thing i said which is cemented truth for anything is that we don't know what the real answer is... and by stating ideas as facts serves no real purpose but a selfish one... lets call it an ease - ment on the inner self, the mind can now be at peace with the hope that when i die i get to live yet again... full belief in this is insane without evidence.

5) in spite of a lack of evidence that god is real, people believe god to exist.

«but the lack of a real goal scorer was in evidence again and surely Wenger will do something about that tomorrow.»

It did not help that Ramsey was having a shocker in the final third or that the ref let them foul contimually, but the lack of a real goal scorer was in evidence again and surely Wenger will do something about that tomorrow.

Unfortunately, according to historian Howard Markel, much of the parenting advice of the time lacked any real scientific evidence of results, first because of the ethical problems associated with experimental trials on babies, and second, that if

And let's not forget that the National Bullying Helpline has only confirmed that it has received one or two phone calls from staff at Number 10 and there is little, if any, real evidence that the prime minister is connected to this at all, so we are largely dealing with a lack of real information.

«This lack of evidence, however, created a real dilemma in many ways.»

While this theory has been proven mathematically and its implications demonstrated in the real world, actual evidence for genes behaving in such as fashion has been lacking.

«It's easy to put everybody else's needs first — lack of time, lack of sleep are very real issues — but there's some pretty compelling evidence that the demands of caregiving can be pretty toxic on a person's mental and physical health,» she says.

Users who understood health and nutrition considered it to be lacking in any real evidence.

The plot follows the real - life story of the West Memphis Three: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, who were sent to prison despite a lack of evidence for the murder of three eight - year - old boys.

Behind closed doors, insiders may or may not have exchanged their opinions on value - added evaluations, but since the evidence required for a meaningful debate over the real world effects of those evaluations did not exist, I wonder if the lack of research on the policy implications of value - added was considered.

It is much easier to focus attention away from these real issues by making Education responsible for everything and suggesting educational inequality exists because teachers and schools don't know what they're doing for lack of «evidence».

«It's mean - spirited and evidence of their total lack of knowledge of the real problems facing Chicago Public Schools.

Unfortunately, however, there does not seem to be consistent evidence that teacher quality is actually improving — likely because implementation at the school and district level often lacks a focus on holistic professional development planning that focuses on real needs and growth - based feedback to meet shared goals.

The real problem here isn't a lack of empirical evidence, it's simply human psychology... For many investors, clinging to large - cap stocks provides an illusion of safety.

Tom Yulsman at the University of Colorado makes this point bitingly at CEJournal, noting the ridiculousness of rehashing basic climate science in the face of clear evidence that the lack of a forward - looking American energy policy --- particularly one aimed at weaning the country from at least the liquid fossil fuel — is a real - time crisis.

Rowan suggested that wind turbines cause health problems, in spite of the lack of any scientifically acceptable evidence for this, but neglected to mention the very real health problems caused by the toxic substances released by the burning of coal.

Getting back to the subject of last night's discussion, Real Climate Scientists made quite an unforced error in not immediately denouncing the lack of openness evidenced in the ClimateGate files.

Pointing out that these arguments lack substance — both warming and cooling is «evidence» for climate change — fails to address the real dynamic that drives them: a vacuum of political ideas.

I suspect, as an occasional presenter at such events, that the trend to PowerPoint «materials» is evidence of lack of time to prepare, or interest in preparing, «real» papers.

Many lawsuits filed against former employers have no real basis, and many never even make it to court because of lack of evidence.

Real Life Heroes (RLH): Resiliency - focused Treatment for Children and Families with Traumatic Stress has been reviewed by the CEBC in the area of: Trauma Treatment - Client - Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent), but lacks the necessary research evidence to be given a Scientific Rating.