Sentences with phrase «operate by consensus»

Part of the noise level in the global warming wars comes from this misconception: «Science does not operate by consensus!»

Skeptics worry he might prove divisive on the Fed's rate - setting committee, a body that usually operates by consensus.

The IPCC operates by consensus.

The problem, added Susie Grant, a marine bio-geographer based at the British Antarctic Survey, is that the commission operates by consensus.

I did not say science operated by consensus but rather that consensus is the loosely accepted idea that it's a waste of time to rehash areas where agreement is broadly reached.

Philip I didn't bother to go past your first point, because your claim that, in effect, science operates by consensus is total nonsense.

Leaving aside your gross ignorance about how modern science operates — e.g. the fact that it operates by consensus and peer review — your ad hominem remarks about how scientists deliberately distort the truth and suppress opposing research are nothing if not personal attacks.

The subcommittee managing the report, she said, operates by consensus, with anyone from a host of agencies able to block approval.

Not exact matches

Operating profit hit 747 million pounds ($ 1.1 billion) for the six months to end - December, ahead of the 727 million pounds expected by analysts according to a company - supplied consensus.

The Street consensus was looking for about 13.7 in terms of operating margin, and so maybe it over-earned by $ 0.05, if the consensus would have been right, without the extra inventory and sales of those supplies.

For example, the consensus pared its estimate of Q4 - 2013's yearly growth by the operating income of the S&P 500's nonfinancial companies from September's 8.3 % to a recent 5.9 %.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported mixed results for Q4 2016, with the revenue missing the consensus by $ 1 billion, while operational leverage drove profitability upside, with operating income beating the consensus expectations.

National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that operates to improve the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.

Opinions would have varied, but consensus could have been reached in the knowledge that his brand, Honest By, was operating on the very fringes of the fashion industry.

As of July 12, the S&P 500 is trading at 15.9 times trailing 12 - month operating results, including the June 2013 EPS results projected by Capital IQ consensus estimates.

- Nintendo is the «cheapest game stock in the world» - Nintendo has a ¥ 6.43 trillion ($ 58.7 billion) market cap and is trading at ¥ 46,370 a share ($ 424.15 - Nintendo posted 2018 fiscal year results which included 2018 Q3 operating profit of ¥ 178 billion - this beat the consensus of ¥ 169 billion by 67 % - Nintendo issued a conservative operating profit guidance and the stock declined 2 % Thursday - Goyal maintains his 12 - month price target of ¥ 79,900, which exceeds the average analyst price target of ¥ 59582 - Goyal believes value could more than triple in 2 years, driven by Switch, digital titles, and mobile games - if Pokemon Switch hits this fiscal year, final Switch shipments for FY3 / 19e could well exceed co-guidance of 20m

Since people's beliefs about evolution are influenced by their perceptions of scientific consensus, the total role of science knowledge in shaping a person's opinion likely operates indirectly through beliefs about scientific consensus as well as directly through beliefs about whether humans have evolved over time.

At the other extreme, however, the process that leads to the consensus is heavily politically charged, as well as strongly value - laden, the environment in which the scientists operate is polarized and characterized by competing non-scientific interests, and scientists are exposed to possibly significant consequences attached to taking a scientific position that deviates from the consensus position.

Unfortunately, the «consensus» refers only to the rules by which The Team will continue to operate as in the past.

Those three foundation principles are: (1) operate independently from government; (2) serve the public interest (not government interest); and, (3) standards development procedures shall be based upon consensus — the achieving of consensus among all interested parties («consensus» as defined by the CAN - P - 1:2012 text, pp. 21 - 22).

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