Sentences with phrase «little supporting argument»

The notion that climate is chaotic tends to be taken as a given, with little supporting argument.

Not exact matches

For example, some time back HFT was blamed for higher volatility in the cattle market, even though such trading represents a smaller fraction of cattle trading than it does for other contracts, and especially since there is precious little in the way of a theoretical argument that would support such a connection.

As to same - sex marriage stabilizing homosexual practices, this is of course the argument of Andrew Sullivan and some other gay activists, although there is little or no evidence to support it.

There is little argument to support the legitimacy of that practice, other than a mention of some cases whose outcome Ball approves on moral grounds.

There is, incidentally, little convincing evidence that either supports or refutes these arguments.

Tony Blair has written to thousands of identity card critics in an attempt to gain support for the scheme, although he concedes that his arguments will do little to convince those who oppose ID cards on the grounds of civil liberties.

The argument against Corbyn isn't about his personal image and manner though, it's that he'd put the Labour party in a ideological and policy position that wouldn't win votes, that the Labour party itself would risk ripping itself apart under a leader with little support among the Parliamentary party and a long history of rebellion.

I don't see the point in discussing criticism, which is entirely subjective, and then couching a subjective statement like «Little Fockers isn't a better film than Killing Them Softly» in an objective manner to support what is essentially a subjective argument masquerading as an objective argument.

But because these arguments, however plausible, have little research to support them, we set out to determine if they have scientific merit.

Experience provides little support for the argument that just more clearly declaring what we want children to learn will have much impact.

Most critics of portfolio assessment say they like the emphasis on demonstrated writing and oral skill, but have seen too many instances in which a refusal to give traditional tests of factual recall leads to charmingly written essays with little concrete information to support their arguments.

But in his announcement yesterday, Christie ended up sticking to his support of the Common Core and paying little heed to the polarizing arguments in other states over whether to drop out of Common Core and the PARCC entirely.

Yet despite the DfE report stating that the PISA data «provided little support» to arguments that academic selection boost the progress of the most disadvantaged pupils, ministers said the PISA results support plans for more grammar schools.

Having a Windows 10 PC does very little to support your argument for owning an Xbox One.

♣ Then, following a shoddy argument about clouds being important to climate but in ways that are not quantifiable, Judy's concluding opinion is then set out with rather little evidential support but lots of hand - waving to compensate.

Arguments put forth by advocates of AGW are based on portions of the evidence carefully selected to support a pre-conceived view and as such account for very little.

However, the admission of a few basic «widely accepted» facts, all be they open to question, is an essential debating tactic to move the argument to where the opposition has little if any evidence to support its argument.

The film used research by McIntyre and McKitrick to support the argument for a strong «medieval warm period,» despite the fact that M&M's critique focused on the 15th century, a time period generally considered part of the Little Ice Age.

A number of reasons have been put forward to support the argument that adverse selection would have little effect in the market for legal services.