Sentences with phrase «on irrelevant evidence»

By the same token, critics should not reach conclusions based on irrelevant evidence.

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Those who, as you say «put their faith in science» are doing nothing of the sort — there is no act of faith involved — on the contrary the evidence presented (such as in the case of the age of the Earth or the Universe) stands or falls strictly on its scientific merit: «Faith» is irrelevant.

A Christian case against these developments seems unlikely, on present evidence, to be put with any coherence or conviction by anyone but Catholics: so of course, it will be thought that «religious objections» are obscurantist and irrelevant.

While some evidence has suggested that bilinguals have developed enhanced inhibitory control abilities, that is, the ability to suppress or tune out stimuli that are irrelevant to the task at hand, other evidence suggests that bilinguals possess enhanced attentional control abilities and are better able to concentrate on a specific stimulus.

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

That the evidence is often weak, misleading, or irrelevant is a serious problem, but at least the action is on the right field of play.

The paper has been debunked as wishful thinking and statistical failures (particularly embarrassing if you're trying to overturn statistical evidence) that rely heavily and uncritically on biased sources and is coated with an irrelevant layer of political posturing.

the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.

«Use of Irrelevant Evidence of «Goth» Lifestyle Leads to Reversal of Murder Conviction Main Website Asks «What's Your Price» to Go Out on a Date With Someone?»

The «evidence» I've seen so far on this consists of the four lawyers in this article who say they did gain new clients from Twitter; an old report that lawyer Adrian Dayton picked up a «major legal client» on Twitter; and dozens of examples of lawyers who made connections, received speaking engagements and so on that I hereby deem to be irrelevant to this particular inquiry.

Rather than equating the FSA's reliance on the privileged material with the public law concept of taking into account an irrelevant matter, the judge held that it was more accurate to consider the error as equivalent to a judicial or administrative body acting, in part, on inadmissible evidence.

Binding arbitration generally allows for much more irrelevant evidence to be admitted, and binding arbitration decisions can not generally be overruled on the grounds that the arbitrator failed to follow the law or completely screwed up in understanding the facts.

But, if no one objects, letting in the evidence can still lead to a reversal on appeal if doing so was «plain error», and the «plain error» or objection preservation analysis on appeal becomes even trickier if the defendant representing himself objects to the evidence coming in, but for the wrong reasons - for example, objecting to inadmissible hearsay on the grounds that it is irrelevant when it isn't irrelevant but is inadmissible, but mentions that the person questioned «wasn't even there» when the statement was made.

There will not be any evidence proving the truth of this assumption, therefore, any opinions that are based on the partial tear as the primary assumption must be considered irrelevant and inadmissible.

That said, the court also found that the mother's behaviour was not without fault, as a significant amount of her evidence was deemed to be irrelevant or mostly unhelpful in coming to a conclusion on the issues that were decided.

The onus — not a heavy one — is on the person seeking to limit disclosure, to adduce evidence that satisfies the court that the document in question is likely to be irrelevant to the proof of a material fact.

Rule 9 - 1 (5) and 9 - 1 (6) were not intended, in my view, to punish parties merely because the party's assessment of the value of the claim proves incorrect, unless that assessment was based on irrelevant considerations; a clearly inadequate review of the available evidence and applicable authorities, or was, in view of the facts known at the time, unreasonable.

The plaintiff submits that there is no evidence that the plaintiff was on his phone at the time of the collision and that the Defendant's allegations in this regard are baseless, invasive and irrelevant.

Counsel for the accused argued the evidence was irrelevant and should not have been left to the jury on their consideration of provocation.

Corroborative evidence that goes to establishing tangential or immaterial aspects of the hearsay statement — aspects which the submitting party is not relying on as truth — is irrelevant when it comes to the reliability assessment.

Keep in mind that evidence of irrelevant qualities in your resume denotes lack of qualification, experience or doubt on your part.

They may build a «logic» based on the irrelevant and entirely circumstantial evidence and ultimately construct a delusion system to protect themselves from unbearable reality.»