Sentences with phrase «scepticism because»

I got into climate scepticism because I really dislike bad science.

But these claims have attracted scepticism because more - sensitive detectors have come up empty.

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I might have embraced the scepticism surrounding Dawkins because journalistic cynicism was part of my DNA.

As Christians are just about the only large group of people seen to be particularly intolerant, there can be some scepticism from time to time of how people can tolerate being part of the church (a scepticism which I actually haven't found common in Ontario myself but did find growing up East — which might be because the churches here are more accepting).

The BHA opposes state funding of Steiner schools because of concerns about pseudoscience on the curriculum (including scepticism of evolution and vaccinations and support for homeopathy), homeopathy being given to pupils by the schools» «anthroposophical doctors», and the fact that a number of private and at least one state school has opted out of providing vaccinations.

He will admit one reason for such scepticism is that «people think the problems are huge, but they don't believe they can be solved because of the financial problems the country faces.

«Even the countries whose political situations are regarded with scepticism, the countries whose democracies are not considered mature because of the dominance of one political party or because a single President has ruled for decades — even those countries are holding elections,» he added.

At the same time, people's general experience is «evidence», too, and shouldn't be dismissed simply because it hasn't been quantified by statistics which, as I have already suggested, tend to induce bouts of scepticism anyway.

I feel that, when the current Conservative frontbench talk about inequality mattering (which is good) that they often make this type of argument, because the acceptance that inequality matters is combined with deep scepticism about both redistribution and the role of the state.

But scepticism remains because the experiment that would prove prions are the infectious agent — injecting animals with pure prions — has not been done.

Makise Kurisu An extremely talented neuroscience researcher at an American University, Kurisu is drawn into Okabe's world because of her scepticism of his experiments.

It's useful to think of this as an example of Bayesian priors in action — given that 99 % of the criticisms we hear about climate science are bogus or based on deep confusions about what modeling is for, scepticism is an appropriate first response, but because we are actually scientists, not shills, we are happy to correct real errors — sometimes they will matter, and sometimes they won't.

I know I probably wont convince Victor but I comment because 1) For the benefit of more astute and open minded readers and 2) I'm interested in climate change science and also the psychological dimensions of scepticism 3) the mental exercise 4) I live alone right now and get bored with television and 5) I enjoy a bit of argument and 7) Obviously scepticism has its place.

I'm not sceptical * because * I think that's what's going on, but with other reasons for scepticism, I don't have any great difficulty explaining this single datum, to my own satisfaction at least.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

But it's clear his past actions beg even more scepticism of his works because of his clear motivations.

He was posing, I said, as a skeptical scientist; his results would broadly confirm the pre-existing temperature series; when his research ended, he would declare himself to have been converted from scepticism to the belief that merely because the world had warmed the warming must be our fault; and publication of his results would be exploited as a triumphant and final confirmation of the «global warming» orthodoxy.

Her unsophisticated chain of reasoning posits that because Nazis killed millions of people and some scientists have speculated that climate change could kill millions of people, scepticism of climate change theory is the equivalent of denying the holocaust.

Worst thing to do though is pretend uncertainty doesn't exist, or attempt to deny it because that only encourages suspicion and scepticism and makes gaining (or regaining) the public trust harder.

Other warmists have presumed the CO2 = CAGW hypotheses are confirmed because they're «just like gravity», and have likewise incorrectly used the presumption that CO2 = CAGW scepticism is «the same as» the attempt of the tobacco industry to deny or cover up the damage done by tobacco, as proof of CO2 = CAGW, when all they are really doing is getting nowhere by «begging the question».

Because scepticism is fast becoming the new orthodoxy!

You will not find a sound scientific case for «scepticism» because there isn't one.

He sees a growth in the «lukewarm», policy - sceptic argument because it is displacing the alarmist narrative, but the direction of migration is not from denialism / scepticism to lukewarmism.

I asked Painter if he had considered the possibility that climate scepticism appeared to be an Anglo - Saxon phenomenon because climate alarmism, and the eco-centric perspective more broadly might be Anglo - Saxon phenomena.

I could quite literally write a bot to do climate scepticism, because it is not thinking.

Much of the reading I do on climate scepticism is dead in the water before the authors get going, because they use a model skeptic that is unlike any I have met.

And it makes very little sense, not least because, as has been discussed, such «denial» constitutes a legitimate legal defence in the face of litigation bought about by the «goodies», but also because there is no real substance between the two strategies that we wouldn't find between any form of positive claim about the material universe, and any scepticism of that claim.

It was a graph that persuaded me to abandon my scepticism (until I found out about its flaws), because I thought Nature magazine would never have published it without checking.

It is obvious, from the vigorous back - back - and - forth on the page's «talk page» at Wikipedia, that they targeted Heartland for extra scrutiny because of the organization's position as «the world's most prominent think - tank promoting scepticism about man - made climate change.»

It is not because most climate scientists do not share your level of scepticism, and are probably more focused on the detailed observations of forcings during the climate model era (the last 30 - odd years).

Cox, as is the wont of most people in his position, who use their elevated status to pronounce on climate change, misapprehends climate scepticism — mostly because he's more interested in «taking the piss» out of it, than in actually understanding the terms of the debate.

He expressed scepticism about the argument that the fault element deters sloppy practices because there is no consistent evidence of this in the US.

As with every leak, take the Android on Lumia project with a healthy dose of scepticism, especially because Android won't be as stable as Windows 10 Mobile on Lumia, but the Play Store support could still help some users.

This scepticism was because Bitcoin2X was meant to replace Bitcoin all together.

A refinement of the term family support has occurred in North America because of researchers» scepticism about the effectiveness of parental enhancement schemes to achieve lasting change.