Sentences with phrase «much less a consensus»

Surprisingly, given how common the terms are, there appears to be no common understanding of their meaning, much less consensus about when a project approach should be the tactic of choice.

(From recent discussion about the «pause» and ENSO, I am beginning to believe there is much less consensus among the consensus than most believe.)

Not exact matches

«We are much more consensus - oriented and less driven,» says Rosemary.

US Treasury yields which have been in the focus in the last days are slightly lower today, especially regarding the longer end of the curve, as core durable goods orders came in much lower than expected, even as the less reliable headline number beat the consensus estimate.

Religions have had millennia, yet there is still no consensus on even basic ideas like the number of gods that exist, much less any attributes they might have.

Much less can be claimed by way of consensus in this area, since not all contemporary theologians are convinced that it is necessary to reconceive the idea of God along process lines (i.e., as suggested by the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead as well as by thinkers such as Teilhard de Chardin).

As a preface, the idea of the chart is accurate, in a sense that there is a consensus among political scientists or pretty much anyone else with interest in politics that a multi-axis political spectrum model (like Nolan chart, or the chart you show which is an example of a political compass) is a far better, more accurate, more useful, and overall less...

Like the conference itself, the Rand report ranges widely, but there is near consensus on certain key points: that any attempts to assess labor - market supply - and - demand imbalances require a careful, analytical approach; that it isn't easy to recognize a shortage, much less to predict one; and that right now we lack the data needed to do either.

Republicans are then less likely to conform to the scientific consensus on global warming, while Democrats are much more likely to do so.

The general consensus among scientists is that the young Earth's atmosphere contained much larger quantities of greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide and / or ammonia) than are present today, which trapped enough heat to compensate for the lesser amount of solar energy reaching the planet.

All the aforementioned obstacles in society and within the education profession impede any large political unit (such as a state) from attaining consensus about what should be in its civics standards - much less tying an enforcement regimen to them.

A general consensus among groomers is that a short - haired dog can be brushed every few weeks or less without much of a problem.

Problems with fraud notwithstanding, there seems to be some consensus that the program will target some of dirtiest cars on the road in the US, and to a lesser extent Europe, whose cars are generally much more efficient than ours.

This downward trend will continue until a climate sensitivity of much less than one degree C is the new consensus.

The effects of ice melt on ocean circulation were not included in the latest assessment by the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meaning Hansen's predictions would occur much earlier and be less gradual than envisioned in the consensus reports of the IPCC.

Not sure what you want skeptics to produce since there is no consensus, much less a bogus probability distribution.

The idea of there being scientists on the one hand, opposed by irrational sceptics on the other has been established so concretely that few editors, peer - reviewers or journalists even bother to ask questions about the content of the consensus, much less about how it is contradicted by the substance of climate sceptics» arguments.

This is particularly true because if the consensus view is wrong about the magnitude and timing of climate change it could be wrong in both directions, that is, climate change impacts could be much worse and more rapid than the impacts identified by IPCC and the US Academy of Sciences even if they also could be less harmful in regard to timing and magnitude.

I find it much more profitable to argue with the likes of Pekka, Jim D, and captdallas because the ROI is way greater: less need to argue in the first place, and when the need does arise consensus on who's right and who's wrong is reached must faster.

For decades, climate scientists have wondered why their near - consensus on the existence and danger of global warming hasn't translated into government action, much less a public that accepts climate change as reality.

The changes have arisen because there appears to be a consensus between states to the effect that delay undermines justice and, so long as fair trial and human rights safeguards are in place, the extradition process should — it is argued — be much more administrative and less forensic in nature.

Results suggest that reading the book alone may lead to positive change, attending the course in addition to reading the book may not result in as much change, and that participation in the course may have a potentially negative effect for less happy couples in the area of dyadic consensus.