Sentences with phrase «overwhelming lack of evidence»

He should also be heavily criticised for his role (in the years prior to Nov. 5th) in convicting, for treason, Sir Walter Raleigh on the overwhelming lack of evidence.

We happen to value honesty enough to say we do not believe in your god due to an overwhelming lack of evidence that such a being even exists in the first place.

Not exact matches

Ever when faced with overwhelming evidence that major changes are needed, most companies are slow to take action and lack the sense of urgency required to get things done.

A scientist believes in evolution because of the overwhelming evidence supporting it and the total lack of evidence for any alternative.

First, it utterly lacks historical or archaeological support, and there is an overwhelming body of empirical evidence that refutes it.

Yes, I could be wrong, but the overwhelming lack of any physical evidence to support their existence provides sufficient foundation for my position.

Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia and volunteer detachments, the evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books and toys, comments by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons and the gunpowder to practice), court records, and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that military prowess was not, in fact, characteristic of early Americans.

Unfortunately on page 15, Gillman not only contradicts the above statement but demonstrates a complete lack of recognition for the overwhelming body of evidence regarding artificial breast milk.

His success in that case makes him a media darling as well, which draws the attention of accused murderer Douglas Benoit (Hurt, 1984), who wants the young lawyer's sense of style to help him prevail against overwhelming circumstantial evidence and a lack of alibi.

Hence I would propose a «two - hit» hypothesis for climate change deniers: they must both lack the scientific literacy to perceive the overwhelming evidence for AGW, and they must lack the common sense to accept that the overwhelming majority of scientists are probably not wildly wrong about the subject they've spent their lives studying.

There was no lack of research or lack of clear thought — overwhelming evidence forbade the existance of a black swan.

The lack of a «smoking gun» in the tropical troposphere does nothing to negate the overwhelming evidence that third generation GCMs are largely correct, even as they're being updated and upgraded to better account for clouds, aerosols, black carbon, and so on.

To not accept the reality of ACC requires a lack of knowledge of how science works or some sort of mental block against the overwhelming evidence about ACC.

It's also another fact that the overwhelming number of criminal charges laid by the SIU either result in a not guilty or non-committal for lack of evidence at prelim.