Sentences with phrase «on facts and fictions»

For more than eight years, we have authored this column on facts and fictions in mental health, an opportunity for which we are profoundly grateful.

Not exact matches

Now I realize that we're all short on bandwidth and attention these days, but that's no real excuse to stop learning or to settle for fictions and factoids instead of facts and real substance.

The company has also been publishing articles to educate users on telling the difference between fact and fiction.

Fiction could be combined with reality and imaginations where as life of Last Prophet Muhammad is TRULY based on realistic facts and no Muslim would deny that, no matter if he / she is practicing Muslim or non-practicing Muslim.

Reinforcing the fact that this book is historical fiction and not a precise biography, my friend Dalia Mogahed (executive director of the Center for Muslim Studies at Gallup and member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) rightfully noted in her review that this «is not a book recounting Muhammad's life, but a beautiful story inspired by it... There was editorial license and creativity, and while many of the words and events have been recorded in authentic sources, many have not...»

Of the Bible she wrote, «I regard these writings as histories consisting of mingled truth and fiction, and while I admire and cherish much of what I believe to have been the moral teaching of Jesus himself, I consider the system of doctrines built upon the facts of his life... to be most dishonorable to God and most pernicious in its influence on individual and social happiness.»

When one must suspend all knowledge and logic and take something on «faith» in the absence of any verifiable fact then it will always be a best selling work of fiction.

Like most fake news stories, it wasn't based on any real events of facts, but is a work of complete fiction meant to fool readers in order to generate clicks and social media shares.

None of this will prove that Jesus is the Christ, but most scholars (both Christian and non-Christian) will tell you that what you have posted is fiction not based at all on the historical facts we know.

In previous eras of modern media, it was on the shoulders of trained editors and journalists to filter fact from fiction.

I prefer my opinions to be based on facts and not fiction.

If the rumours are actually based on fact and not fiction whether or not Sanchez played a role...

In fact, the stories that came out about his holdout with Drysdale and, later on, his retirement from baseball — well, most of them were 90 % fiction.

I posted a Fact or Fiction about this topic Friday on instagram and many of you had a lot to say!

To separate fact from fiction, we did some research and consulted an expert on the topic: Nandan Kalle, networking business unit manager for router manufacturer Belkin.

Let's sort through fact and fiction based on our scientific knowledge behind sleep.

Alas, as Jon's colleague Patrick Ruffini points out, in this case «the space between fact and fiction is confused as a litmus test between right and left,» a tendency that afflicts political debate on all sides.

Falana's insistence on the contrary shows how despicable he is and how he is ready to ignore facts and concoct a fiction in the service of his sponsors.

Bold schemes are afoot to filter fact from fiction on the web, and all of us can have a crucial part to play

Bold schemes are afoot to filter fact from fiction on the web, and all of us can have a crucial part to play, says Jim Giles

In a Commentary in the same issue, Michael S. Leapman, MD, of the Department of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, and Steven A. Kaplan, MD, of the Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, offer some perspective on separating fact from fiction about opioid use in urology.

In Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy, Sovacool, Brown, and Valentine make clever use of the Hegelian dialectic to take on 15 core energy questions (e.g., «Do conventional energy resources have a meaningful «peak»?»)

W. M. Keck Observatory Director Hilton Lewis was live on Hawaii Public Radio's «The Conversation» where he and host Chris Vandercook explored the intersection where science fiction meets science fact - a dimension in Dr. Thorne's Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk.

Dr Mostafa Nabawy of the University of Manchester turns science - fiction to science fact in presenting his work on robot spiders and bees

I certainly agree that there is a staggering amount of misleading and inaccurate and harmful information on the internet and in the media, and I wholeheartedly want children (and everyone) to learn how to distinguish between fact and fiction.

The Keto Edge Summit will teach you about ketosis (and how it works), common myths (and how to separate fact from fiction), how to overcome being «keto adapted,» whether you should start a keto diet (or not), how to shop, live and eat on a ketogenic lifestyle and more.

As you know, I recently participated in the online telesummit on YogaUOnline, Yoga Injuries: Fact and Fiction.

Cancer Tutor separates fact from fiction and shines a light on safe and effective natural and integrative cancer treatments and prevention.

When you're nursing, you don't need to drink a pre-determined amount of fluid, obstetrician Dr. Michael Broder explains in his book, «The Panic - Free Pregnancy: An OB - GYN Separates Fact from Fiction on Food, Exercise, Travel, Pets, Coffee, Medications, and Concerns You Have When You Are Expecting.»

Writerly insights on far - flung fiction (and some cool science - y facts) from fairy tales and myths to dystopian fantasy and magical realism.

It's scarier, in fact, because The Staircase isn't based on re-creations but on original footage, a front - row view of legal truth as it's feathered into existence, manufactured from guesses and conjecture, and sold to a jury as more or less believable fiction.

Continuing on from the 2013 hit, this sequel blends fact and fiction to follow real - life ghostbusters Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) from the 1976 Amityville haunting to an encounter with the...

The slate includes a number of familiar names, most notably «Simon Killer» filmmaker Antonio Campos, who will return to the festival with «Christine» (a narrative feature about TV reporter Christine Chubbuck, who killed herself live on - air in 1974; interestingly enough, the Sundance slate also includes a Chubbuck - centric documentary, «Kate Plays Christine,» a new feature from director Robert Greene that looks to blend fact and fiction in ways similar to his previous documentary, «Actress») and «This is Martin Bonner» director Chad Hartigan, who will debut his «Morris from America» at the festival.

Where was the line between fact and fiction on the film?

Breaking down the truth in movies based on a true story offers some interesting insights into the nature of fact and fiction.

Guadagnino elegantly draws on influences from fact and fiction: Harry is a former acquaintance of the Rolling Stones and the movie refers to Brian Jones in an early interview scene.

The fact that the military is fighting aliens is almost a gimmick, as the intensely noisy and destructive scenes of military operations on the ground are nearly identical to other films without a science fiction premise to drive up the special effects quotient.

For a movie based on fact, it feels an awful lot like fiction, and that may be why it took so long for someone to make a film about Kuklinski's life.

Baker picked up on Bigelow's idea of a fact / fiction hybrid by adding, «It's the cinema that I'm really finding the most fascinating right now and the most interesting, where that line is blurred between narrative fiction filmmaking and documentary - style filmmaking.»

Continuing on from the 2013 hit, this sequel blends fact and fiction to follow real - life ghostbusters Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) from the 1976 Amityville haunting to an encounter with the Enfield poltergeist in 1977 London.

Dave and Devindra get a rundown on the best of Sundance from Germain Lussier, discuss the documentary Mitt on Netflix, and grapple with how Fruitvale Station blurs the line between fact and fiction.

For her past few shows, Sarah Kendall's stock in trade has been intricately crafted stories that mix fact and fiction, drawing on her childhood in Newcastle, New South Wales, and observations about the world she now lives in.

The four students contemplate the facts and aim to dig deeper, checking out Walker's apartment and keeping an eye on Miss Dawson (Amanda Plummer, Pulp Fiction) the mousey teacher who apparently had some strong unrequited feelings for Walker.

There isn't anything new that Swimming Pool delivers that hasn't been done before, playing in the same creative pool as neo-Hitchcockian auteurs have frequently done, with fine lines drawn between fiction and fact that is summed up in an ending of irony that leaves you unsettled as to what was going on all along.

Gaghan's latest is a risky venture with a lot on its mind, mixing fact and fiction together to come up with a cinematic mirror that reflects back to the viewer topical images that aren't always easy to witness.

Ken Loach will insist on behaving as if there really is something urgently wrong, and that we shouldn't or needn't get used to food banks as a fact of life; he portrays it all as something which we might actually do something about in the real world, as opposed to invoking injustice as an aesthetic gesture, or a flavour - ingredient of modern social realist fiction.

«Pulp Fiction» finally gets the Blu - ray treatment thanks to Lionsgate, and it's every bit as good as the movie deserves, with a director - approved high definition transfer that looks amazing, a 5.1 DTS - HD Lossless Audio track, and two brand new special features: a 43 - minute retrospective titled «Not the Usual Boring Getting to Know You Chit Chat» that includes interviews from several key cast members about making the movie, and a film critic roundtable («Here Are Some Facts on the Fiction») moderated by Elvis Mitchell.

But I still have my doubts on how much is fact and how much is fiction.

Nick Cave and directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard talk about making the new fact - meets - fiction film 20,000 Days On Earth, a fictitious day in the life of writer and rock star Nick Cave.

It uses a range of activities that encourage students to reflect on what they perceive to be fact or fiction and exploring where these ideas come from.