Sentences with phrase «on flawed reasoning»

Basing a hypothesis on flawed reasoning and assumptions goes against the scientific method.

Not exact matches

In Moneyball (a film based on the Oakland A's game - changing season), Jonah Hill's character describes players getting «overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws — age, appearance, personality.»

The reason there are three memos is because Nunes's first memo was flawed — on this point, there's consensus.

A fundamental flaw in this claim, on which I'll elaborate more in another comment, is that lacking any reason to believe anything one could reasonably call a god exists, what incentive do I have to invest time and effort developing faith in one?

I think the above reasoning is flawed inasmuch as it entails an equivocation on the phrase «hope for all.»

The reason that is flawed, and I can not stress this enough... there are an infinite number of possibilities... you keep focusing on the ones that include a god, which will NEVER yeild results because you preclude the possibility and even probablity that there are NO GODS.

If you having to force your views on others and not through winning them over with reason, then your arguments are possibly flawed, your actions do not match what you preach or the person you are talking to may over time change their view.

I have flaws and the lens typically used for me when I criticize, contextualize, or theorize on any scripture is mostly through my own past experiences that shape my methods of thought and reasoning.

Your reasoning is still flawed, in that I can understand a woman and man using contraception to avoid disease but at the same time you brought up trust and then went on a male bashing spree.

The key to Greer's interpretation» one that makes her short book on Shakespeare for Oxford's «Past Masters» series one of the finest essays on Shakespeare this century» is her insight that the persona of the Fool in Lear and other plays largely coincides with the self «portrait of the poet in the Sonnets: both persons, Sonneteer and Fool, are self «deprecatory, marginalized, and contemned, yet for that reason are lethally insightful about the flaws of the nobility.

On the other hand, I do have a problem living in a world where the majority of people are extreme un-realists and non-rationalists, especially when many attempt to force their flawed reason upon all of us.

i believe it works on many levels but science is fundamentally flawed in its dogmatic approach to reason and reality.

I put them in the fridge for a month at least to give myself a break from trying, now I read this and wonder if my flaw was not to let the sugar disolve, I just clumpd it on the bottom for some reason.

i personally don, t care, some fans think we should have won the pl i agree this was a good opportunity missed but there are reasons why the other big guns failed this season, maureen lost the dressing room and was fired, man city decided to announce a new manager, united few years ago decided to hire the wrong manager for the club, liverpool decide to succumb to the fans / media pressure and changed manager... it just shows that it all comes down to how a club is run so arsenal should be given credits for running the club the way they do (don, t get me wrong all is not perfect) they could have decided to sack wenger due to pressure but didn, t, wenger despite his flaws & the team going through a difficult patch partly due to injuries managed to keep the players on board and steer us to 2nd place, my point is that winning the pl is not a given right and i truly believe than this time around arsene heard the discontent fans and will make the signings necessary, COYG!!

On the other hand it could just be seen as one of those things and that in reality the reason why Arsenal are currently sitting 11 points off the surprise leaders Leicester City is because we have not been good enough or have shot ourselves in the foot too often, while some will point to the lack of transfer action from the boss as a glaring flaw in his master plan.

last night i saw on Sky sports Jamie Carragher show / demonstrate an interesting flaw Arsenals game there was huge gap between our attacking and defense at least 20 yards where no man land which allowed the opposition to counter attack with no resistance until well in to our own half our defense overwhelmed and on back foot while our midfield and attackers still in oppositions half, the reason we are better then last year is because of Coq and rapid speed of Belerin saved us but what with Coq out Ramsy loving being a forward we will have problems tomorrow night with the Greeks who love to counter attack, someone has to drop back when Ramsy is on his attack ’s

On his part, the National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the reason that informed the passage of the towing levy by Parliament was flawed and mischievous.

But their reasoning is based on such flawed evidence it is as groundless as a priest's sermon.

The reason for moving away from the «business case» is that it has always relied on the entirely flawed concept that no business traveller (not commuter) has ever worked on a train.

Part of the reason support for Ling - Cohan was so fervent is because the vaunted panel review process was so flawed and anonymous attacks on her in the press were so vicious, starting in the New York Post but repeated uncritically by other outlets, requoting the Post «source» — allegedly from the panel but possibly a self - interested operative for another judicial candidate — who called her «slow» and «lazy,» when even a cursory check of court records shows her output to be above average.

I put them in the fridge for a month at least to give myself a break from trying, now I read this and wonder if my flaw was not to let the sugar disolve, I just clumpd it on the bottom for some reason.

This game is so flawed, so monotonous and deathly, deathly dull that I'm struggling to think of any reason whatsoever to waste your time and money on it.

But for others... the end result's only fractionally better than the flawed and floundering Edge Of Reason, and not a patch on the magnificent 2001 original.

For that reason, fans of the leads will probably enjoy the film despite the substantial flaws, while many other viewers will likely give up on it within the first twenty minutes.

«People know that the test scores are flawed for a variety of reasons and that they can not be relied on as the sole or primary factor to make high - stakes decisions,» said Robert A. Schaeffer, the public education director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing.

The first reason: Movement conservatism's penchant for relying on traditional institutions and ideas has always been as much a flaw as a virtue.

I don't have an opinion either way on this matter, as I'm fairly sure there is a bit of corporate asshatness on both sides, but to say Jay's reasoning is flawed in the same paragraph as suggesting that publishers don't care about readers is illogical to an extraordinary degree.

I have Kindles, Nooks, and a Kobo Aura, but despite those previous models of Nooks and Kindles to be far more responsive and fluid, especially with PDF files, I jumped on the Kobo and took on the flaws over the other brands because of the flush screen and sd card expansion which the Nook lost, now there isn't any reason to remain with Kobo anymore.

Also, as an almost - economist, I'm pretty sure the reasoning behind it is flawed on so many levels... e.g. protecting their ebooks.

«It's a deeply flawed way of rating charities, because nowhere in there is there any objective measure of the actual impact they're having, which is the only reason they should exist in the first place,» says Pallotta, whose book Uncharitable argued that non-profits are hindered in solving important social problems by limits on salaries and fundraising expenses.

The indices are good measures of the market, but flawed investment strategies for the reasons outlined in a few places here on Greenbackd (for example, see my summary of Greenblatt's / Rob Arnott's fundamental indexation idea, «Equal Weight and Fundamental Indexing Beats The Market «-RRB-.

Discussion: We do not agree that our reliance on reported earnings is flawed because of its treatment of self - employment earnings and tips, or that the suggested methods for remedying the claimed flaws would be effective in achieving the goals of these regulations, for several reasons.

Clarity is last of the 4Cs on our list for the simple reason that you can not see most flaws with the naked eye.

The «all positive», feel good folks that criticize the flaws in these methods have some good reasons for what they are saying, though a lot of them are also nutcases... they are in the ditch on the other side of the road themselves.

There's good reason for the lack of any significant SoulCalibur play on the competitive scene; while the series might have provided its fair share of hugely entertaining showdowns, a few game - breaking flaws and an emphasis on style over substance has seen it left in a horrible middle ground between hardcore fighters and anything - can go, mash - friendly action gaming with a competitive twist.

never had a reason to regret my purchase... Was thinking about buying a 360 so I could play some of the games but I absolutely refuse to spend my hard earned money on a product that is flawed and faulty so what am I to do?

I had «Sonic Adventure 1 & 2» on the Dreamcast, and while I had some fun with both, they're definitely flawed for many reasons.

Destiny 2 was a game to correct all the flaws of the original, give us a proper cinematic story, give us more reasons to explore the patrol zones with dynamic activities and more secrets to search for, and to cut back on some of the unnecessary grind that still inhabited the first game.

And for one reason or another — whether they knew it was flawed from the beginning or they just realized the pressure on them was going to continue, we don't know — they withdrew their consideration.

Here is the # 1 flawed reasoning you will have seen about this question: it is the classic confusion between absence of evidence and evidence for absence of an effect of global warming on extreme weather events.

In the papers in controversy, I argued that no conclusions can be drawn as to 20th century uniqueness based on MBH98 for a variety of reasons, including their flawed PC method, the interaction between their PC method and flawed proxies (bristlecones) and the failure of the reconstruction to pass statistical cross-validation tests.

I note that any reasonable climate change class should highlight appropriate sources of uncertainties (e.g., in future projections of hurricane changes, cloud feedbacks, etc) and I prefer when they open up discussing to students, but I find that Judith carries this further into making up uncertainties based on her gut feeling, interpreting them in ways that make little sense, and most importantly, failing to recognize the errors in flawed sets of reasoning on fundamental topics.

Based on the same flawed reasoning to conclude an absence of a trend from the non-detectability of a trend in the limited data sample from 1997 to the end of 1994, I could claim a «global warming stop» or «pause» for that 16 - year period.

If guilt by association were actually valid according to «the basic rules of logic and reasoning,» as strong a case (or stronger) could easily be made for you, Joanne Nova (via Shell and ExxonMobil), being called a terrorist as for James Hansen (via UK writer Keith Farnish) being called a terrorist; I knew no one would call me on any flaw in that reasoning, since that is precisely the reasoning being used to smear Hansen.

For the reasons detailed below, the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness («CRE») respectfully requests that you withdraw dissemination of the first National Assessment on Climate Change («National Assessment»)(http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/default.htm), Withdrawal of the National Assessment is necessary because: (1) there are numerous data quality and scientific flaws in it; and (2) it does not comply with the Federal Data Quality Act («FDQA»), 44 U.S.C. § 3516 note, and with guidelines promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget («OMB») implementing the FDQA, 67 Fed.

For these reasons, CRE requests immediate cessation of dissemination of any document purporting to represent a «National Assessment on Climate Change,» unless and until its data quality flaws are corrected in accordance with the FDQA standards.

Without viewing Salby's calculations on the temperature / net global CO2 relationship, it's not possible to provide the «killer blow» to his assertions; however, I don't believe that's necessary, considering the many flaws in Salby's work and fundamental reasoning.

Sadly, Prof. Salby's presentation did not include nearly enough information to reproduce the graphs shown above, so I will explain the flaw in his reasoning first via a simple thought experiment, and then illustrate the mainstream understanding of this issue, that is based on the correlation between the annual growth rate and the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which was first mentioned in the peer reviewed literature way back in 1979.

I argue that this position is flawed because it deviates from previous case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Spijker), and because it is based on interpretive errors and internal contradictions in the EFTA Court's reasoning.

On this basis, the Court found two flaws in the Board's reasoning: (1) that the Board had the jurisdiction to «fix» a particular alternative parkland dedication rate; and (2) that the Board could take it upon itself to fix: