Lawyers are required to make an initial assessment of whether the evidence to be relied upon should be challenged or whether they need to employ their own expert, and yet they most often do so without any knowledge
of basic scientific principles or the background science of techniques such as DNA profiling.
A subsequent review by two independent consultants identified major flaws in nearly every aspect of the lab's operation, including dirty equipment, a lack of standard operating procedures, faulty testing techniques, illegible reports, and a woeful ignorance
of basic scientific principles.
Few, however, have considered the effect of Americans» interest in science and knowledge
of basic scientific principles — both of which have been linked to positivity toward science and scientists.
What observations do you offer that would encourage this other than claiming the last 3 years (2005 hottest) or last twelve (’98 hottest) equal global cooling when they are all among the hottest years in the last 2 million (a fundamentally flawed assertion that shows 100 % ignorance, or willful disregard,
of basic scientific principles, namely that a three — twelve year period is not a long - term trend, but is variability until proven otherwise.)
In the scientific workplace, gossip may be especially risky, because gossip is almost always based on unverified information, which goes against the grain
of basic scientific principles if not necessarily the science - workplace culture.
It was Philander's mastery
of basics scientific principles that allowed him to master his chosen specialty.
Not exact matches
If you apply
basic principles of logical reasoning,
scientific inquiry, and rational thinking, you would come to the conclusion — God does NOT exist!
Similar to how it's still the theory
of gravity, even though it's a
basic scientific principle.
The emphasis on the right
of the individual to pursue and obey one's «reason and conscience» even against the dictate
of church, community and / or the State whether in the realm
of scientific or religious truth was a
basic principle affirmed by them in common.
The Cultural Dimension As culture develops, so too will religion in order that it may answer more adequately the
basic problems
of human life and to further deepen the synthesis
of scientific knowledge with religious knowledge - the
principle of evolution is written into the nature
of religion, as in all life.
Central and
basic was the concept
of matter, for matter was the physical substance constituting the realm
of nature and was thus the
principle object
of scientific inquiry.
The
basic assumptions
of the tradition are acquired less from formal
principles than from familiarity with its historical exemplars; commitment to a
scientific paradigm allows its potentialities to be systematically explored.
In a series
of famous experiments, Boyle used the air pump, which has been called «the cyclotron
of its age,» to test
basic scientific principles such as the relationship between a gas's pressure and its volume.
Project BioEYES, based at Carnegie's Department
of Embryology in Baltimore, MD, (www.bioeyes.org) uses live zebrafish to teach
basic scientific principles, animal development, and genetics to underrepresented students, while training teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
As to the participation
of New Member countries in the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), a general consensus has been established in Item 4
of Article 4
of the Statutes
of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), as follows: «On the basis
of the
principle that the opportunity to become a Management Supporting Party (MSP) be open to all interested countries, the Board
of Trustees (BOT) decides on the acceptance
of new Management Supporting Parties after considering such factors as: 1) the country's
scientific capacity in
basic research in the research areas
of the Program; and 2) the degree
of support for the Program.»
While they cover
basic physiology and discuss the standard
scientific principles of exercise and periodization, they fail to offer the clear, practical programming instructions you need to be successful.
understand the
basic scientific principles of the placebo effect and it's impact on our physiology, delivered with humour by leading Hay House author Dr David Hamilton;
The
basic scientific principle at work in seasoning is the polymerization
of fat onto the surface
of the pan.
An online course in psychology can set a student up with skills in critical thinking, an understanding
of basic psychological and
scientific principles.
I'll give just one example, there are many more, any one who claims that the AGW science is wrong because it violates the second law
of thermodynamics deserves to be called a denier because they are denying
basics scientific principles.
It is horrifying that a taxpayer funded organisation that is supposed to be cutting edge in its field is not following
basic scientific principles of verification, normalisation and checking.
The
basic principles of scientific investigation and reporting are being ignored in a rush to judgement.
There's a sociologist called Reiner Grundmann at Aston University who had a paper on climategate discussed at Klimazwiebel, in which he made the key point that
scientific method demands that both sides
of a socially contentious subject need to be discussed impartially — a
basic principle of scientific method which has escaped the Nuticcellis and Lewandowskys.
Adapting core
principles of risk assessment to climate: To date, the approach
of climate change assessments has primarily been rooted in communicating relative
scientific certainty and uncertainty around anticipated changes in the physical climate system, along with some
basic biophysical impacts that would seem to be generally implied by those climate changes: based, for example, on general understanding
of associations such as those between impacts and weather extremes.
A
basic grasp
of technical and
scientific principles, a notion
of economics plus an interest in checking out the literature out there and an ability to think logically and objectively are the most important qualifications needed to engage meaningfully in this debate.
One thing that has occurred to me in debating those who fall for anti-science propaganda is that there is a need for public school science curricula to include more emphasis on the
basic principles of the
scientific method, and how one can go about figuring out what's true and what isn't when faced with media controversies about science.
I have suggested above, and elsewhere, that the
scientific implications
of the hockey stick are rather meager — they are a sideshow to the main arena where
basic principles of climate change are emerging in growing detail.
To avoid later compulsory training, providers
of the LPC and BVC should be introducing
basic (forensic)
scientific principles before declaring lawyers fit for practice.