Sentences with phrase «skeptical about the idea»

But Wohlers and Bradshaw are skeptical about the idea that soon every American home will have a 3D printer that allows them to churn out anything their hearts desire.

But I'm a bit skeptical about the idea that authoritarian parenting could make some kids into better students.

«I think so many people are skeptical about the idea of celebrity politicians.

«To date, however, most people still only know such robots from the Internet or TV and are still skeptical about the idea of sharing their personal lives with robots, especially when it comes to machines of highly human - like appearance.»

Indeed most chemists were very skeptical about the idea, and once again I had to have the courage of my convictions and follow the path that seemed right for me, instead of listening to my peers.

Dunne, on the other hand, is skeptical about the idea that Medzhitov's theory explains all allergies.

When I started to prepare this RomanceTale.com review, I was rather skeptical about the idea of international online dating.

Baroness Greenfield, however, is skeptical about these ideas.

«Our kids had egg babies,» said one teacher, who admitted being skeptical about the idea her students suggested at first.

And they reside most notably in the Indiana Senate, where powerhouse Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley, R - Noblesville, has been skeptical about the idea.

There are many who are pretty skeptical about the idea.

Others seem insistent on forcing us to return to them — yet another reason I tend to be somewhat skeptical about the idea of universal human progress.

Some are skeptical about the idea of an iPhone Air, though, considering that prior iPhone models have all been fairly compact.

If you are skeptical about the idea of psychological testing based on limited knowledge of, say, the Rorschach (or Inkblot) Test, you should understand several things.

My husband on the other hand has been a little skeptical about my idea and fears I'll ruin the fine little details of the bed.

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Over the next few months, when Musk was asked about it, he said that when he had time he might publish an open - source version of this Hyperloop plan for others to work on, and meanwhile he offered more opaque clues as to what his idea was («a cross between a Concorde and a rail gun and an air - hockey table... if they had a three - way and had a baby somehow»), which inspired lots of online speculation, much of it deeply skeptical.

This is a neo-Wicksellian method of managing monetary policy that could match the ideas of Jerome Powell, who was more skeptical than most Fed Governors about about Quantitative Easing [QE].

I was pretty skeptical about it... However I had a massive cauliflower in my freezer for a month (I put it in there in my last minute rush to pack for a holiday overseas) and I had no idea what to do with it.

Using beans in the dough is an ingenious idea, and while I was skeptical at first about the coconut milk I found it really added a «richness» and «creaminess» to the dough.

I was thinking about how this might shape the conversation around certain ideas, and how that dovetails into skeptical treatment of new ideas and the notion of «weighing the evidence» when the evidence is heavily biased toward what is profitable.

Personal Thoughts / Info: When I first heard about the Wristy Buddy I was a little skeptical, the idea of something around my baby's wrist just didn't sit right, but when I saw the Wristy Buddy in person my mind immediately changed.

«The racetrack idea, I'm skeptical about,» Hoffmann says.

I haven't talked to him much about it, so I have no idea whether I've succeeded in making him more skeptical about the prospects of string theory or not.

«All the theory I reviewed on evaluative conditioning suggested it should, but existing theories of relationships, and just the idea that something so simple and unrelated to marriage could affect how people feel about their marriage, made me skeptical.»

When he first published about the idea in 2014, many people were skeptical.

Sagan was a proud skeptic and wrote an excellent book on the subject, the 2500 scientists who contributed to the IPCC were skeptics, and I like to think I am also skeptical about my own ideas.

I have no idea why I was skeptical about this recipe!

I thought the idea was interesting, but I'd have to say I am skeptical about it.

As a matter of fact, although 68 percent Americans are fine with the idea of mixed relationships, the remaining 32 percent continue to remain skeptical about their future.

That is what a very skeptical and resistant Marlo thinks as she dismisses the idea — until one day, as she is driving her screaming kids around and feeling the pangs of being about to give birth to another, she pulls out the reference they gave her and makes a call.

I was intrigued, skeptical, and completely hooked on CRPE's agenda: to think up provocative ideas about systemic reform; do rigorous, honest research to learn if they work or not; and then actively work with thought leaders to inform policy.

Principal Susan Martin, who has been an educator for about 20 years, said she was initially skeptical when her staff approached her with ideas for improving teaching and learning with digital tools.

I get skeptical about proposals that are based the idea that you can better target by using fewer tools to aim.

I was really skeptical myself about IR initially, but after talking with Amy Edelman extensively, the idea sounds better and better.

When GoodEReader interviewed Unglue.it president Eric Hellman about the concept behind ungluing books to make them readily available without limitation, the idea may have been equal parts intriguing and skeptical.

Back in the 1990s, I was more skeptical about factor investing, but I've slowly warmed to the idea.

This is a neo-Wicksellian method of managing monetary policy that could match the ideas of Jerome Powell, who was more skeptical than most Fed Governors about about Quantitative Easing [QE].

I must say, I was a bit skeptical about the whole secured card idea, because essentially it is a loan that you're giving in return for a credit score.

I am very skeptical about the ability of climate scientists to convey that idea to the public.

So, while I'm skeptical about the strict definition of Jevons and electric cars — namely efficiency — I do think there's something there in the idea that costs get masked within overall electricity consumption.

He based his main skeptical ideas on the SOI index — which is ironically causally about CO2 coming out of solution in the Pacific, to one side or the other, and impacting surface conductivities associated with the capacitive couplings I am writing about that change cloud microphysics.

True scientists are skeptical about new ideas, until enough data is gathered and research performed to validate the concepts.

Then of course discussions about the vast array of crazy ideas that people throw out ensued and those of us who believe c02 is guilty, merely asked that some filtering of skeptical positions be put forward.

The idea is to make it impossible for scientists who are skeptical of global warming to receive any funding or get published in peer - reviewed journals — and then declare that, lo and behold, there are no published scientists who are skeptical about global warming!

The skeptical idea of a runaway liberal organization, which uses claims of «consensus» in an effort to force its unreasonable assertions about man's influence on climate are a farce.

Do you have any idea of who set up and paid for RC and do you know about what Skeptical Science has been up to.

I will admit that I was very skeptical about his claim initially, but I am now open to the idea that he is correct in this.

The idea is to make it impossible for scientists who are skeptical of global warming to receive any funding or get published in peer - reviewed journals â $» and then declare that, lo and behold, there are no published scientists who are skeptical about global warming!

Mann says that although he is skeptical about the details of the study, by putting forth these ideas the authors, «have initiated an absolutely critical discussion» about the 2 °C target.

Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General, has some good reasons to be skeptical about all the ambitious plans and ideas floating around the Clinton Global Initiative.