Sentences with phrase «proof of absence»

«Absence of proof is not proof of absence,» Masters insisted to the end of his life.

You are behaving like the anti-vaxers who need proof of absence of harm.

The absence of proof is not proof of absence.

He quotes biologist Frances Crick (codiscoverer of the double helix of DNA): «Absence of proof is not proof of absence.»

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When asked about the HDL community's presence during the vote, «Commissioner Garry Arseneault commented that the absence of HDL customers in the boardroom the day of the vote was proof that these customers «are not in conflict» with the new rate.»

Eight of the justices did agree that Congress can require corporations to disclose their spending and to run disclaimers with their advertisements, at least in the absence of proof of threats or reprisals.

I believe god is love, I think we have little ability to understand much beyond that at this point and those who would define and codify god are arrogant fools doing harm in this world, I believe that the absence of love in anything is proof that it doesn't come from god, fire and brimstone does not come from god, unconditional love and acceptance does.

They point to the priest sex scandals as proof positive that chastity is too much to ask of people — completely ignoring that it was the randy absence of chastity that created the scandals in the first place.

An absence of proof is no proof at all.

«In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.»

The difficulty with this argument is that these Christians try to prove something by an absence of proof.

In the absence of proof - texts, they had to fall back on the tenor of scripture, the spirit of Jesus, and appeals to compassion and empathy.

The very reason to deny is the absence of proof!

Faith does mean the willingness to believe in the absence of proof.

Now why God would insist that we believe a particular quizzical story in the complete absence of proof, and make that the fundamental test of our existence, defies all explanation.

In other words, the result of the «incarnation» of omega in alpha is a descent or kenosis, a concealment and an absence from the future, such that the very proof of the presence of omega in alpha is precisely its absence.

Your certainty that life exists in other planets, in the absence of concrete proof, is just as delusional.

As one commentator pointed out, many atheists base their beliefs on the absence of proof.

The only thing that atheists have in common is the non-belief in any gods, as a result of total absence of any proof.

The absence of proof «when measured on an absolute scale» is unimportant to a thoroughgoing naturalist, who feels that science is doing well enough if it has a plausible explanation that maintains the naturalistic worldview.

Atheism is predicated largely on the absence of knowledge (proof), not its presence.

Faith in the absence of doubt sounds more like certainty, and we are rarely provided with those kinds of proofs for our beliefs.

The type of Belief dealt with in epistemology is to believe something, simply means any cognitive content held as true in spite of the absence of proof or even evidence.

In the absence of proof that the God so confidently invoked by the orthodox bishop really exists in the world, perhaps Merrick in his last moments is yet attempting, in his confused way, to «Follow the way by which [others] began,» as Pascal wrote, accepting the sacraments, discipline and consolations of the church and now imitating Christ's death as if he believed in their efficacy.

I know, as do most atheists, that the absence of proof doesn't prove absence.

The absence of Rye provides a tasting experience that is both sweet and smooth at 86 proof.

The line of thinking is something like this: (1) contact between players in the box is not automatically a penalty — there has to be sufficient contact in the opinion of the referee — here the contact was trivial; (2) in the absence of indisputable proof of a blatant foul, a referee must take the situation into account; (3) anything short of certainty about a blatant foul should not be a penalty, particularly in the last seconds of a game.

We don t think that this absence of jaundice harms the artificially fed baby, but there is no proof that it is harmless.

In the absence of a National Identification System, proof of citizenship in Ghana is limited to Driver's License, passport or birth certificate.

But Republicans are seizing on the planned absences as proof of what they describe as Mr. Obama's vulnerability — and the political liability he could pose to fellow Democrats who are seeking re-election.

«There was an absence of proof by petitioner and a failed showing that the respondent - candidate Bill Perkins actually participated in any fraud or that his independent nominating petition was permeated with fraud,» referee Steven Liebman wrote in his recommendation to the judge.

The proof was the absence of frequencies that had been absorbed by vibrations in the bonds between the three atoms.

This principle allows policy makers to make discretionary decisions in situations where there is evidence of potential harm in the absence of complete scientific proof.

Of course, absence of proof isn't proof that something isn't happening and anecdotes often end up becoming supported by science down the linOf course, absence of proof isn't proof that something isn't happening and anecdotes often end up becoming supported by science down the linof proof isn't proof that something isn't happening and anecdotes often end up becoming supported by science down the line.

The plea of guilty in any court, the decision of guilty by any court, the forfeiture by the teaching certificateholder of a bond in any court of law, or the written acknowledgment, duly witnessed, of offenses listed in subsection (1) to the district school superintendent or a duly appointed representative of such superintendent or to the district school board shall be prima facie proof of grounds for revocation of the certificate as listed in subsection (1) in the absence of proof by the certificateholder that the plea of guilty, forfeiture of bond, or admission of guilt was caused by threats, coercion, or fraudulent means.

All in the absence of any proof charter chains will produce turnaround success.

Needless to say, the owner wasn't happy to see how his Corvette was being treated in his absence and posted the video on Corvette Forum with a warning to others, not only about how one of this dealership's technicians treated a customer's car, but also how management reacted when confronted with the proof from the PDR.

In the absence of solid proof that LCDs are just as good as eInk when it comes to reading LCD lovers will just have to accept that a lot of people don't like reading on LCD screens, that they experience real eye strain when reading on LCD screens, and for them eInk is much better than LCDs.

On the contrary, a large number of fights and the absence of injury, offers proof the dog is definitely not trying to kill other dogs.

Ruscha, known for his pristine esthetic and emphasis on the absence of touch, apparently walked all over the drawing, and left the proof intact.

People's beliefs tend to align neatly with their interests, and in the absence of indisputable proof (and to non-scientists that means the equivalent of a ten - foot rise in sea level inundating South Beach) it is more «convenient» for people to use cheap oil, natural gas and coal.

It's perfectly reasonable to be alarmed at plausible threats posed by unprecedented changes in the atmosphere and biology of the earth wrought by human activity, even in the absence of absolute proof of a connection between individual storms, extinctions, and economic catastrophes, and rising levels of CO2.

If it was unintentional and not what was intended then surely the absence of other examples would be better proof.

Your writing falls under the category of conspiracy theory, which features the belief that the absence of evidence that «they» are working together is proof that they did.

we stressed that if we talk about these risks of climate change influencing tornado propagation, all uncertainties should be fully and honestly acknowledged and the honest absence of proof claims must be clear.

2013 was the best of years for climate skeptics; the worst of years for climate change enthusiasts for whom any change — or absence of change — in the weather served as irrefutable proof of climate change.

This isn't proof that the world is entering a global cooling cycle, but the absence of sunspots is the most prolonged in a century, and scientists say the reduced solar activity is reminiscent of the Maunder Minimum, between 1645 and 1715, when the Northern Hemisphere suffered through the coldest weather, worst storms and shortest growing seasons of the Little Ice Age..

The absence of warming in the eighties and nineties also proves that their theory's predictions still have no experimental proof.

If you want to use that document as an authority (to be accepted in the absence of counter proof) then the onus is on you to 1.

Stating that «most atheists are really agnostics» because they have not found «proof» of the absence of a god smacks of logical and scientific pedantry.