Whereas he was saying that the public are too vulnerable to be exposed to discussions about uncertainty in
scientific debates with implications for policy, the Guardian journalist — as is Guardian journalists» want — read it as a message that there was no uncertainty or controversy in climate science.
The speech lampooned the arts community for its lack of intellectual rigor, comparing the openness and public knowledge of
scientific debates with the often - impenetrable discourse around art.
What's important, to my mind, is not to confuse this kind of normal, healthy
scientific debate with more basic understanding of human contributions to, and responses to, climate change.
In the same post Dr. Mann once again demonstrated his engaging, open - minded and civil approach to
scientific debate with one of the more knowledgeable commentators recently on RC (Martin Lewitt).
Then this type of anti-science insanity preached by the climate modelers would finally be D.O.A., never again to poison a public
scientific debate with «runaway» catastrophic climate absurdities.
As always in these discussions, you attempt to derail proper courteous
scientific debate with slurs, innuendo, and mis - statements about Newtonian mechanics.
If you are able to properly confute a proposed theory, you have plenty of resourses to do it in the proper way in the open
scientific debate with valid and objective arguments by writing a proper comment / rebuttal.
Not exact matches
The State Department's long - awaited environmental report on the Keystone XL pipeline leaves President Barack Obama
with no real
scientific reason to reject the nation's most fiercely
debated energy project.
As I don't carry enough theological weight to help my fellow believers in this
debate with evidence or valuable dialog, and I was never able to cement myself in mt attempt to be an atheist, I can only say that when I tried to de-construct my belief system and embrace the
scientific angle, it fell flat.
He has not addressed even ONE of the issues involved
with AB
debate, not theological, not legal, not
scientific.
The most vital
scientific need is the critical, adversarial edge provided by cognitive dissidents, most of whom enter academic
debate with prior motives and agendas, including theological agendas.
The mentality that Rauschenbusch deployed to seduce his readers — the turn away from troubling
debates about doctrine, the shift from personal salvation to social reform, and the reassurance that progressive disdain for traditional religion was in fact a sign of a more authentic and
scientific faith — provided a way to remain Christian while setting aside whatever seems incompatible
with modern life.
Colin... Also note and observe... how your goal in using the
scientific terminology was not to proceed
with a fair
debate, but rather to embarrass your opponent and make him look foolish.
Dr. Hayhoe is the co-author of the book A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith - Based Decisions and describes herself as «a spokesperson
with one principal goal — to bring public awareness to the simple truth that the
scientific debate is over, and now it's time for all of us to take action.»
Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests
with some members of the
scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth
debates at large academic conferences.
It is false to claim that there is still a «
debate» going on over the origins of the Giant's Causeway, because the creationist viewpoint has no
scientific evidence to back it up, and it is completely wrong to portray it on an equal footing
with the genuine
scientific account.
For years our endless war on drugs has been driven more by tabloid headlines then
scientific evidence,
with newspapers getting to define the terms of the
debate.
«In choosing to plough ahead
with the barbaric cull in our countryside, the coalition government has shown complete contempt for
scientific evidence on bovine TB,» Green MP Caroline Lucas, one of the five sponsors of the
debate, commented.
According to Avella, Cuomo's office has not shed enough light on the medical and
scientific sides of the hydrofracking
debate,
with opponents arguing that water supplies might become contaminated or ruined due to harmful chemicals used in the process.
AAAS will work
with other science organizations to inject a science question into the 2016 presidential
debates, and to counter any
scientific misinformation that arises during the campaigns, he said.
A hardening of antivaccine attitudes, mixed
with the despair experienced by families living under the strain of autism, has heightened the
debate — sometimes leading to blowback against
scientific researchers.
Then, this past April, she teamed up
with three other
scientific superstars — Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor - in - chief of Science; Marc W. Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School; and Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, former director of NIH, and current director of the National Cancer Institute — to publish «Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws,» a critique and call for reform that seems already to have altered the course of the workforce
debate, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
So although «there is a biological foundation to mathematical and
scientific reasoning,» as Spelke put it in her
debate with Pinker, «these systems develop equally in males and females.»
And while those issues were certainly
debated, Lerch admitted that «we have no idea where this is going to take us»
with regard to the subsequent actions, if any, of the Committee on
Scientific Freedom and Responsibility and the role of AAAS.
«We certainly need an open
debate with the aim of establishing common criteria for device certification involving certification laboratories, research groups but also
scientific journals,» says Unger.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — In the run - up to national elections on 21 August, the country's top science body, the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), has weighed in on the climate change
debate with a report backing the mainstream
scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temperatures.
«From a strategic perspective, I would certainly encourage them to focus on the policy problems
with the Democrats» proposals on these issues and not get drawn into these
scientific debates,» he said.
Instead of encouraging the brain drain, top world academics, funders, and researchers should collaborate to build
scientific infrastructure in the less resilient regions not only to improve their self - ability to conduct, access, and use the best science but also to ensure that they can contribute to global
scientific debates while developing local solutions
with cost - effective, participatory, and sustainable strategies (including the reconnaissance and use of indigenous knowledge in some cases).
The organizer of the Copenhagen Climate Congress, held earlier this month,
debates with Stanford University ecologist Chris Field whether the event exaggerated the
scientific consensus.
Scientists who accuse Turkey's leading politicians of meddling
with scientific freedoms and stifling
debate are hoping the European Union (E.U.) will take notice.
The medical establishment has effected a political rather than a
scientific closure on the
debate, which reflects the extent to which the production, distribution and reception of medical knowledge and, indeed,
scientific knowledge in general, are inextricably linked to power, both within the medical profession itself and in its relations
with other social and economic groups.
«Twenty - two brilliant and experienced leaders coming from the
scientific community, policy - makers, industry, and NGOs from both sides of the Atlantic, sitting together in a small room for a day, engaging in a lively, open
debate without any taboos, and coming up
with recommendations on the do's and don'ts in providing science - based advice to policy - makers.
Regulatory
debate Huang's team's April report spawned a flurry of
scientific and policy meetings and statements as governments and policy experts wrestled
with how or whether to draw the line on gene editing in human embryos.
This article was originally published
with the title «Vertical Takeoff Evolution
Debate Scientific American Is Born»
The HRT
debate reveals that one way to deal
with medico -
scientific uncertainty is to shift responsibility for health «choices» onto the individual.
Instead, the repeal quotes WOTUS to explain why the Trump administration is trying to avoid a
scientific debate, noting a section of the 2015 regulation says, «Science does not provide bright line boundaries
with respect to where «water ends» for purpose of the [Clean Water Act].»
The NRC asked the committee to summarize current
scientific information on the temperature record for the past two millennia, describe the main areas of uncertainty and how significant they are, describe the principal methodologies used and any problems
with these approaches, and explain how central is the
debate over the paleoclimate temperature record to the state of
scientific knowledge on global climate change.
This problem occurs
with all
debate about fraught
scientific and technical innovations, but it's particularly acute when it touches on highly ossified abortion politics.
The Centre believes that scientists can have a huge impact on the way the media cover
scientific issues, by engaging more quickly and more effectively
with the stories that are influencing public
debate and attitudes to science.
The Centre is now housed in the Wellcome Collection, and believes that scientists can have a huge impact on the way the media cover
scientific issues, by engaging more quickly and more effectively
with the stories that are influencing public
debate and attitudes to science.
However, its unfortunate that an apparently good article should finish
with a misleading jibe at those on the other side of the
scientific debate.
The SMC believes that scientists can have a huge impact on the way the media cover
scientific issues, by engaging more quickly and more effectively
with the stories that are influencing public
debate and attitudes to science.
In an interview
with the
scientific journal Nature, Bast explained, «We've won the public opinion
debate, and we've won the political
debate as well.
no. 1140827), which believes that scientists can have a huge impact on the way the media cover
scientific issues, by engaging more quickly and more effectively
with the stories that are influencing public
debate and attitudes to science.
I had thought there was a legitimate
scientific debate about the role of global warming and hurricanes, but it appears that the deniers, although they are legitimate scientists, seem to have fallen in
with the think tank ideologues and PR lobbyists who masquerade as scientists.
Scientific opportunities must be balanced
with ethical
debate, says report.
Author of books: Atmospheres of Mars and Venus (1961, nonfiction) Planets (1966, nonfiction,
with Jonathan Norton Leonard) Intelligent Life in the Universe (1966, nonfiction,
with Iosif S. Shklovskii) Planetary Exploration (1970, nonfiction) Planetary Atmospheres (1971, nonfiction,
with Tobias C. Owen and Harlan J. Smith) U.F.O.'s: A
Scientific Debate (1972,
with Thornton Page) The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective (1973, nonfiction) Communication
with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (1973, nonfiction) The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (1977, nonfiction) Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record (1978, nonfiction) Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science (1979, nonfiction) Cosmos (1980, nonfiction) Comet (1985, nonfiction,
with Ann Druyan) Contact (1985, novel) Nuclear Winter (1985, nonfiction) A Path where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race (1990, nonfiction,
with Richard P. Turco) The Demon - Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1996, essays) Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are (1992, nonfiction,
with Ann Druyan) Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994, essays) Billions and Billions (1996, essays) The Varieties of
Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006, nonfiction, posthumous,
with Ann Druyan)
These seminars provide a unique opportunity for the local
scientific community to
debate with world - class experts on hot topics such as Molecular Oncology, Genomics and Proteomics, Bioinformatics etc..
While several benefits of HGH have been clinically proven, the «effect» on penis size can be a topic of huge
debate mainly because there are no
scientific studies done on it except a few like this one which was done on young boys
with growth hormone deficiency.
The healthy
debate continues regarding whether D2 offers equivalent efficacy to D3 in the body,
with the majority of the
Scientific community suggesting Vitamin D3 is superior.