Sentences with phrase «of much skepticism»

Chinese economic and development data are the subject of much skepticism and doubt, even within the national political circles.

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Much like real life, you can protect yourself on the internet by keeping your wits about you and viewing anything even mildly suspicious with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Who knows if the stock will rebound today, next week or next month, but this skepticism has been the typical reaction to Musk's moves for much of 2016.

There is, of course, a great deal of skepticism about the 7 % real GDP growth rate that China has reported, but we should remember that in the first quarter, nominal GDP growth was much lower, 5.8 %.

We have all witnessed a fair amount of negativity and skepticism about the economy in the year much of that amplified by the recent election campaigning.

But in a major shift away from the previous Saudi - led policy of maintaining production to squeeze high - cost US shale - oil producers, OPEC countries agreed to target a lower level of 32.5 — 33.0 million barrels a day, although there was some skepticism about the absence of details on which members would curb output and by how much, which were delayed until the next meeting in November.

A healthy dose of Christian disbelief or «holy skepticism» would serve as a much - needed antidote to the soft - core spirituality that saps much of contemporary Christianity, especially in its evangelical expression.

I am well aware of the many reasons for skepticism, which as a geo - biologist I have pondered as much as anyone.

And if anyone is afraid that he is in for some kind of esoteric rigmarole, may I try to alleviate his fears by remarking that the lecturers are all children of the twentieth century as much as they are professing Christians, alive to the astounding advances of contemporary science and technology, alive also to the deep — seated moral and cultural skepticism which has developed side by side with an increasing moral passion and sensitivity.

If so, then human minds, created in the image and likeness of God, should be able to understand the world in which we find ourselves; much of the skepticism of modern society needs then to be rethought by Christians.

Upon application of skepticism and freethought to the issue, they pretty much concluded that there was no god.

Turner shares a widespread skepticism about whether the evangelical thinkers will make much of an impact on the large and multifarious worlds of evangelicalism, but of this he is more certain: «That [they have] made, and will continue to make, a substantial mark on American academic life seems indisputable, especially in history, philosophy, and, more recently, sociology.

Lear marvels that so much of what passes for commentary on Socratic irony in Plato's dialogues has to do exclusively with the question of whether Socrates dissembles, whether he wears a mask of unknowing behind which lurks either certainty about important matters or skepticism, perhaps even nihilism.

We can not, of course, expect so much suffering without the emergence of skepticism, but the skepticism of one period is not the same as the skepticism of another.

It is hard to tell how much of the present skepticism about the worth of our human civilization has come as a result of revealing experience and how much has come as a result of published thought on the subject.

This would be possible only on the assumption of the reality of such a metaphysical entity, and on this point Buddhist skepticism has much justification.

With much trepidation, a lot of skepticism, and following the recipe to the letter, I prepared the bread.

Puig is a much better prospect than Gonzalez / Alvarez, and there aren't questions about his identity, but there is plenty of skepticism in the baseball world about the deal.

Okay, now that we have that out of the way, while there's reasonable skepticism as to how much a guard can improve a team, Nelson might be the exception to the rule.

But of course, much like my feelings on SoulCycle, which evolved from extreme skepticism to full - on mania the second I did my first handlebar crunch to N'Sync, the reality was more complicated than that.

I think there's going to be too much speculation driving these statistics, even given individual cases, that any conclusions deserve a very high degree of skepticism.

Representatives also highlighted workforce and job training, as well as the addition of MIH, which they described as a «major way to retain affordable housing,» much to the skepticism of attendees.

There is growing skepticism among Capitol observers that this latest version of the Cuomo Commission will be much more successful than his father's effort was.

Sweeney found that the mechanistic answers that Pinker offered about the mind — the brain - based mechanisms of thought and consciousness being discovered by modern neuroscience — inspired her to replace her Catholic faith with science's empirical skepticism, which she finds, after many hilarious detours, «a much more powerful and reliable tool for understanding the world.»

And several veteran seismologists and earth scientists who spoke with ScienceInsider said they were not familiar with the now - famous researcher or his work, and they expressed skepticism that his much - publicized measurements of radon gas offered a reliable predictive technique for earthquakes.

But the piece didn't much blame skepticism of the science (or «Climategate») for the failure of Democrats to pass legislation on the matter.

But it's also not hard to feel a twinge of skepticism, a nagging suspicion that this busy, proficient, uninspired movie is soliciting not our sense of wonderment so much as our brand loyalty.

Conservatives led this movement twenty - five years ago; their skepticism of government monopolies and public sector unions and commitment to empowering parents and diversifying options owed much to Smith, Mill, and Friedman.

It is only natural for any new technology to go through such phases of skepticism and (much - needed) validation.

«Over time, we've seen a real shift in thinking from a lot of skepticism about early childhood to a much broader public and parent awareness about the importance of early learning and development,» says Sara Mead, an analyst with Bellwether Education Partners who studies early childhood issues.

There aren't many big - city school districts that can regularly pitch and place good news stories with that kind of frequency, and without much skepticism.

There is a much greater skepticism toward the memories of those who claim abuse than toward the memories of those who deny it.

We agree that investors should regard any backtest results with a fair degree of skepticism, but the explanation for the Journal and Vanguard results may be much simpler — and reveal an important truth.

This new market was initially greeted with skepticism and disbelief by much of the real...

He reads too much, with a predilection for science fiction, philosophy, linguistics, and of course skepticism.

As much skepticism that I often have for the merit of the term «professional gamer» I can deny neither the scope of the professional gaming scene nor the seriousness in which gamers approach it.

With the series missing in action since 1996, the reveal of a follow - up to Rare's acclaimed Donkey Kong Country games was met with much excitement, as well as skepticism.

In fact, with much skepticism an actual Chief of Police is rumored to have played Police Quest and to his amazement realizes what he has thought initially to be a fun little computer game actually proves to be an excellent simulation training tool for his rookie officers.

While much of the public believe that it is a step forward for the industry, there has been subsequent skepticism about placing women's art into its own niche and continuing to separate the art world by gender.

It's not so much that «Sociology causes skepticism», it's just that standards of evidence tend, due to the nature of the subject, to be a bit lower than in the harder sciences.

Suffice to say, much of the «do something now» disease that seems to be infecting the thread here seems a bit overheated and should be tempered by a healthy dose of skepticism and reality.

Life would no doubt be so much simpler if I could faithfully practice some form of radical skepticism with respect to modern science in order to protect the dogmatism of some philosophic belief...

Appreciation for this positive role of scientific skepticism, however, should not lead to uncritical embrace of the deplorable practices characterizing what much of has been masquerading as appropriate skepticism in the climate - science domain.

BTW, this is one of my areas of skepticism, namely how much more CO2 will cause how much more «damage».

You know a lot of focus on economic incentives for the greenies gets thrown around, but there is a consistent lack of skepticism for all the (much larger) groups benefiting from the status quo.

They base much of their skepticism on looking back at these cycles and guessing how much of a temperature rise was due to the «cycle».

The fact that such a glaring distortion of reality was presented at the Heartland conference (at least twice) without being corrected and was subsequently disseminated to a much larger audience by Heartland members reveals a distinct lack of true skepticism amongst the Heartland Institute and its conference attendees.

There is, however, much more evidence than you two living anecdotes; peruse the list of denizens, peruse the polls, peruse the evolving narrative, and peruse the re-awakening of curiosity about climate skepticism in the press.

Brad DeLong expresses qualified Skepticism Toward the Skeptical Environmentalist I think there's a much more fundamental problem in Lomborg's argument about global warming, as I argue here The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change cites a range of model estimates of the costs of implementing Kyoto using market mechanisms.

The man who would like more than anyone to know the answer to this question is David Whitehouse, Science Editor of the Global Warming Policy Foundation and a former science editor at the BBC (till the point when his skepticism became too much for his employer).