Sentences with phrase «on dubious assumptions»

The idea that a teacher trained in the use of a handgun would succeed in ending a shooting rampage by someone with an assault rifle is simply an assertion, nothing more, based on dubious assumptions and best - case conditions.

Let's forget for a moment that that area doesn't really exist as anything other than a mathematical construct based on dubious assumptions.

[10] Though far less than the «one billion birds» sometimes cited by TNR opponents, [11] ABC's «estimate» is based on some dubious assumptions.

They've shed light on dubious assumptions and frequently brought a healthy rigor, one that was too often missing in the»80s and»90s.

The rationale for homogenization is based on the dubious assumption that all neighboring weather stations should display the same climate trends.

Such an orientation may help researchers and policymakers avoid the pitfalls of a research approach that builds on the dubious assumption that having a child with ID is a threat.

Not exact matches

We have never understood the truism that most first - generation wealth is created on the strength of one idea or company, and then concludes with the dubious assumption that in order to preserve it, it must be spread among a thousand other companies» Frank Martin

Lawyers» stubborn refusal to recognize their affinities with other highly skilled, well - educated sellers of services seems to rest either on the arrogant assumption that businesspeople have no ethics, or the dubious proposition that businesspeople invariably place short - term profit maximization ahead of all other considerations.

You HAVE to realize that your beliefs are based on dubious psychological assumptions about the nature of a child's psyche, and on top of that, they contradict themselves often.

Then most multiverse critique rests on some combination of the following three dubious assumptions:

The 2014 letter, then, was based on dubious claims about the effects of school discipline and highly questionable assumptions about what is driving racial discipline disparities.

BUT, the framing of this problem and solution is based on all sorts of dubious assumptions and mindsets: one, as this post argues convincingly, is that the change of medium to a computer is neutral on pedagogy (it's not).

Unfortunately, this overblown estimate rests on two fairly dubious assumptions.

In the field that most interests me, anthropology, where I have a fair amount of training and experience, I see dubious claims being made all the time, based on some combination of wishful thinking, unsubstantiated assumptions and confirmation bias, so I'm used to picking through such claims to separate the wheat from the chaff.

(And an assumption that a consensus on these subjects would motivate certain actions is itself dubious.)

Assuming that the effects of GHG reductions on hurricane intensity are instantaneous and exactly proportional to emissions concentrations (also dubious assumptions, but lets go with them) under full and successful implementation of Kyoto, including the participation of the US, the reduction in projected damages would be about $ 0.03.»

The supposed stable configuration of geography, with relatively predictable climate patterns, coastlines and icepacks in familiar locations, and clear demarcations of territorial control on land are increasingly dubious assumptions as weather patterns change, sea levels rise and ice packs disintegrate while technological innovations, communications and global markets cause rapid fluctuations in the price in food and other essentials across boundaries.

If you read what Girma says, then you ought to realize that the skeptical view of CAGW is based on observed data, NOT «dubious» assumptions.

I am saying that if the only quantitative model you have is wrong (or based on dubious or clearly counterfactual assumptions), then the fact that there are no adequate alternative quantitative models does not have any strong implications for guiding action.

Like pretty much every paper ever published by the climate alarmism industry, all the scary predictions are merely projections based on modeled scenarios dependent on so many dubious assumptions that their conclusions are objectively worthless.

The senator recently criticized the agency for releasing a series of white papers on methane emissions which, he argued, made dubious assumptions about the industry and the government's ability to make it more efficient.

Your concept of balance is still a poor assumption based on a narrow interpretation of observations, which, in turn, are based on another set of equally dubious interpretations of speculative reconstructions of data.

While many scientists and climate change activists hailed December's Paris agreement as a historic step forward for international efforts to limit global warming, the landmark accord rests on a highly dubious assumption: to achieve the goal of limiting the rise in global average temperature to less than 2 °C (much less the more ambitious goal of 1.5 °C), we don't just need to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to essentially zero by the end of this century.

It's not a courtroom drama, but it is a movie about faustian bargains exacted by Rumpelstiltskin, and the plot turns on cultural assumptions about the binding nature and literal enforcement of written contracts — even dubious contracts.