Sentences with phrase «other alternative explanations»

Help your teen see that while her conclusion is definitely a possibility, there are also dozens of other alternative explanations.

(Romans 1:20) there was no other alternative explanation for the world existing than the various supernatural creation myths.

Not exact matches

The leaders of all three nations signed a joint statement, which said there was «no plausible alternative explanation» for the Skripal poisoning other than a Kremlin hit - job.

But, on the other hand, it is quite unjustified for theists to hold that we must tolerate or swallow the paradoxes or explain them away (by feats of ingenuity so subtle, and verbal methods so remote from intuitive insight or definite logical structures, that only deity could know with any assurance what was taking place), giving as justification the claim that the alternative position of atheism is even more paradoxical (lacking, it may be urged, any principle of cosmic explanation at all).

There is no tested evidence of these natural explanations, much less proof, but the existence of multiple natural possibilities negates the Big Bang and Inflation as proof of God (that doesn't mean it proves No God, it means that it can't prove God did it since there are other alternatives).

I always wandered what that verse really meant and I think your explanation is a lot better than the other alternatives I've heard

An elucidation of the agreement here, however, involves concepts which provide a context for an alternative which challenges the formalist position with respect to the logic of other key issues in the philosophy of science, viz., with respect to the nature and status of laws, the role and justification of induction, the model of theoretical explanation, and the intelligibility of conceptual change.

What other explanation can there be for the wan versions and unfortunate misinterpretations that have popped up everywhere — eggless and sugarless renditions; cookies studded with carob, tofu and marijuana; whole - wheat alternatives; and the terribly misguided bacon - topped variety.

During her visit to Salisbury Theresa May welcomed the fact France, Germany and the US have joined the UK in signing a joint statement (see 1.08 pm) saying there was «no plausible alternative explanation» other than Russia being responsible for the nerve agent attack.

There are two alternative explanations for this — one more comforting for Labour than the other.

Although the new observations don't directly support the dark matter explanation, «if you have a few alternatives and cast doubt on one of them, then the other becomes more likely,» says HAWC scientist Jordan Goodman of the University of Maryland in College Park.

But alternative explanations have not been ruled out, and other detection techniques have yet to pan out — like waiting for a WIMP to smack into an underground detector such as LUX in South Dakota (pictured above) or creating one at a particle accelerator, for example.

«All the other claims there has been quite a viable alternative explanation for, and I don't think there is for this case.»

Yet there are alternative explanations, both cosmic and terrestrial, which MacLeod and others in the «gradualist» school believe...

The facts of schizophrenia are so peculiar, in fact, that they have led Torrey and a growing number of other scientists to abandon the traditional explanations of the disease and embrace a startling alternative.

Writing in a paper submitted to the journal Physical Review D, the researchers say that these features are difficult to reconcile with other explanations proposed so far, although they note that plausible alternatives not requiring dark matter may yet materialize.

But they still took great pains to rule out alternative explanations, scrutinizing a variety of detector data and the output of numerous on - site instruments that measure seismic activity, radio interference and many other possible sources of «noise» that could conceivably mimic a gravitational - wave signal, team members said.

An alternative explanation whereby both fat and carbohydrate, as well as other factors, are important for reward / palatability, an excess of which contributes to obesity, fits the evidence better.

There are several alternative explanations to this «lack» of anti-inflammatory effect (I'd have liked to see the concentrations of other inflammatory markers such as CRP, directly linked to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease).

Specific circumstances, contingent and tactical decisions or the constantly present «there is no other alternative» only offer partial explanations for such events.

However, others expressed skepticism about what I shall call the Overregulation Theory, and proposed alternative explanations for the LSP's poor results, while a few more raised concerns about the impact of a more free - market school choice system on equity.

Hill and Ball's (2004) study, however, suggested that when teachers were (a) engaged in mathematical analysis, (b) explored alternative representations, and (c) communicated explanations and connected ideas with other teachers and PD facilitators, positive influences on teachers» content knowledge for teaching mathematics were found.

Other signs of stress may also have alternative simpler explanations.

Tests and examinations for possible alternative explanations for the high MA other than kidney damage - such as severe skin and ear infections, gum disease, heartworms.

He is certainly a stranger to Judith's uncertainty monster isn't he, with his firm belief there is no alternative explanation for recent warming other than human activities.

Very simply, there are other dynamics that drive climate change, and current models driven by CO2 have failed to incorporate additional and alternative explanations.

Based on extensive evidence, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extend of the observational evidence, that anything other than human activity is the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.

Because skeptic websites like Crockford's polarbearscience.com, Anthony Watts» WUWT, and many others are the best source for alternative explanations that challenge catastrophic hypotheses, they are denigrated by these supposed objective scientists.

«CFACT was able to convince school board leaders in the state that students deserve to learn all the facts and are smart enough to weigh alternative explanations,» he said, noting that this initiative would «serve as a model for similar programs in other states.»

In the first paper I mentioned above, Santer pointed out other explanations for the discrepancy and cited evidence supporting those alternative explanations (that's done on page 379 of said paper).

Perhaps, by developing alternative explanations for observations based on each «programme», there could develop a system of comparing the «artificiality» of explanations for specific observations that don't fit one or the other programme, without any scientific need to commit to either.

The commentaries about the inequities and irrationality of the legal class system at the 2017 CLOC Institute were fast and furious: from Richard Susskind's explanation about the importance of the ABS rules (alternative business structures) in the UK in breaking down walls to allow new ways for lawyers to collaborate and share accountability (and profits) with professionals from other disciplines and professions within the same workplace, to the battle cry so clearly articulated by Lucy Bassli (then of Microsoft and now of InnoLegal Services), demanding that we remove the term «non-lawyer» from our daily conversations and certainly from our value playbooks.

This is supported by Szatmari's work in Canada, which showed that family dysfunction and, for boys, service needs disappeared as significant variables associated with ADHD when comorbidity for other disorders were factored in, of which by the far the most common was CD.31 Unsurprisingly, abused children with ADHD have poorer outcomes in adulthood, but that could have several alternative explanations as there are many confounders that could account for these differences in outcome.

An alternative explanation for the association between poverty, family instability and children's cognitive functioning is that all of these factors might be associated with each other due to their association with previous characteristics of the parent (such as mother's age and education).25, 30 According to the selection hypothesis24 parents» own characteristics may affect their ability to maintain a stable income or a stable and committed partnership, and impact on the characteristics of their children, either through the environment in the home, through genetic transmission, or more likely the combination of both.

Moreover, a very important, but difficult to test, alternative explanation for many of the ACE Study findings is that inherited genes for health problems or some temperamental qualities create a spurious connection between abuse and neglect by parents or other family context variables and mental and physical health conditions in their offspring.

An alternative explanation may be that the parents who are clinically depressed display distorted perception of others» behavior and consequently underestimate their child's abilities or behaviors, resulting in lowered scores (Ritchers, 1992).

'» Part of your explanation should cover what you'll do to market the home, why your approach is better than other alternatives, and why the sellers should choose you to represent them.