Sentences with phrase «skeptical views on»

He has long held skeptical views on the severity of global warming, and has been a featured witness of Republicans resisting steps to cut greenhouse gases.

That year, the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group booted 20 - year member Mitch Taylor out of their organization, explaining that his skeptical views on human - caused global warming were «extremely unhelpful» to their polar bear conservation agenda.

Blaming skeptical views on funding by the oil companies also sounds disingenuous.

But the newly obtained documents show that Dr. Carlin's highly skeptical views on global warming, which have been known for more than a decade within the small unit where he works, have been repeatedly challenged by scientists inside and outside the E.P.A.; that he holds a doctorate in economics, not in atmospheric science or climatology; that he has never been assigned to work on climate change; and that his comments on the endangerment finding were a product of rushed and at times shoddy scholarship, as he acknowledged Thursday in an interview.

Inspired by games such as Lone Survivor, The Last Door, The Cave and The Silent Age, The Long Reach is an adventure game filled with colorful characters and puzzles featuring a thrilling horror story, flavored with sci - fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.

Bate joined others, such as Fred Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform — key strategist of Newt Gingrich's Republican Party faction), Fran Smith (editor of Consumer Alert - a corporate funded «consumer» magazine) and a number of other business lobby organisations, in taking a skeptical view on the issue of global warming.

I am aware of the skeptical view on most issues, including «beneficial effects of CO2».

Over at Concurring Opinions, Frank Pasquale posts here about blogger Tom Bell's skeptical view on the impact of blogs, expressed in this article from May 2006.

Not exact matches

«Almost all of Netflix's future growth will come from international... Investors who were already skeptical (or bullish) on int» l growth will remain so — but Disney's U.S. non-renewal should have no effect on that view,» analyst Todd Juenger said in a note to clients.

Changing the views of many skeptical young Koreans could depend on whether Lee and others implicated in the scandal are in fact held accountable for any criminal wrongdoing in a trial that some have deemed to be a test for rule of law [6] in South Korea, or whether they will continue to enjoy the status of being untouchable.

But the hawkish rhetoric of the campaign has given way to more measured statements on trade from the administration that track more closely with the stance of many congressional Republicans, who are avid promoters of free trade and deeply skeptical of policies they view as restrictive or protectionist.

Further, I am always skeptical of people who contend to have a monopoly on the truth, while refusing to consider other peoples points of view.

Rather than conclude his ethical theory with insoluble problems of skeptical denial, I invoke a richer epistemology from Russell on which to base a constructive view of the virtues.

A liberal education, Freedman went on to say, «ought to make a person independent of mind, skeptical of authority and received views, prepared to forge an identity for himself or herself, and capable of becoming an individual not bent upon copying other persons — even persons as persuasive and influential as one's father.»

Deservedly celebrated is Frederick Crews of the University of California who, in the New York Review of Books and in his book Skeptical Engagements, has been smiting Freudians hip and thigh, no doubt putting many psychoanalysts back on the couch to dream of the days when their declining business was viewed as a science.

It will be found that, in respect to the authenticity of tradition, I have become more skeptical now than I was in my previous work on the Kingdom of God, and that, in consequence, some parts of this book represent a considerable change of view.

But the board took a more skeptical view of the Christian Science Reading Room project, which its developers, Peter and Rebecca McCauley, already estimate will generate a nearly 11 percent return on their investment without any tax breaks, and a nearly 28 percent return if the IDA approves the $ 35,000 in incentives they are seeking.

Democrats tackle Willie Soon It was arguably to block climate change regulation that Congress invited Soon — and other scientists skeptical of the mainstream view on global warming — to testify.

It shows the number of articles along the y - axis, the total number of citations along the x-axis, color codes whether an individual is one of the «concerned signers» who signed any of 20 declarations affirming the mainstream view of human impact on climate and the need to limit greenhouse emissions, was one of the 619 contributing authors to IPCC AR4 wg1 (2007), «non-signer» who is one of the non-AR4-wg1 authors on climate who signed neither statement a statement of concern nor skepticism, or one of the 495 individuals who signed any of 16 declaration skeptical of mainstream climate science or of the need for GHG cuts.

I heard a webinar and am skeptical about the negative views on leptin in beans, fruits, etc..

Having read both books in the series, I was skeptical on how true to the books they would stay and how this might affect our view of our beloved and iconic Carrie of SATC.

I viewed this dress several times online and became skeptical about purchasing it based on reviews.

Thanks to repeated cable viewings and numerous VHS rentals, it grew on many folks who were initially skeptical about it.

Space is too short to highlight every noteworthy feature, but here are a few that have stood time's test: E. D. Hirsch's placement of progressive education within the Romantic tradition (first issue), Joel Best's skeptical view of school violence (2002), Michael Podgursky's discovery of the well - paid teacher (2003), Bruno Manno's and Bryan Hassel's takes on the charter movement (2003), Brian Jacob and Steve Levitt's technique for catching teachers who cheat (2004), Barry Garelick's jeremiad against progressive math (2005), Frederick Hess and Martin West's exposé of school «strike phobia» (2006), Roland Fryer's identification of «acting white» (2006), Clay Christiansen and Michael Horn's vision for virtual learning (2008), and Milton Gaither's authoritative look at home schooling (2009).

But given his views on DeathSpank, I'm skeptical of his praise.

In the group exhibition «The Projective Drawing» at Austrian Cultural Forum New York (ACFNY), curator Brett Littman applies Evans's theory, which is skeptical of drawing at its core, to challenge our understanding of how the medium of drawing operates in contemporary culture by highlighting both Austrian and international artists whose drawings require viewers to activate a matrix of complex and nontraditional ideas in order to interpret the works on view.

In The Projective Drawing, the curator Brett Littman applies Evans's theory, which is skeptical of drawing at its core, to challenge our understanding of how the medium of drawing operates in contemporary culture by highlighting both Austrian and international artists whose drawings require viewers to activate a matrix of complex and nontraditional ideas in order to interpret the works on view.

It would have been great, for example, if Fox had traveled to Woodward, Okla., which one survey found is the most skeptical county in America when it comes to views on global warming, but where the CNN video journalist John Sutter found an oil - company executive pursuing solar - powered independence from the grid.

The views seem mildly skeptical, but not outrageous for someone focusing on monthly anomalies on a regional scale, and who is clearly very interested in various «cycles.»

Scan for the point (around the 37th minute) when it seems to me that Romm's view, in seeking «any price» on carbon, overlaps with that of one of his prime targets, Bjorn Lomborg, the «skeptical environmentalist.»

There are compelling arguements to convince the most skeptical, but fervent believers on both sides are not likely to change their views easily.

[ANDY REVKIN says: He was indeed expressing this view at the meeting, but got significant pushback from some participants, while others were clearly invited because they shared his skeptical views — mainly on the certainty of the conclusions, less on whether humans are exerting an influence on climate.

Otherwise you can end up in endless seesaw debates about what's going on — with this recent Skeptical Science graph demonstrating the importance of a longer view:

So Mr. Lambert puts in this skeptical view based on this research, BUT fails to ALSO comment whether CO2 has an equally significant ELECTRICAL significance, and, hence, has a dependant relationship with the cosmic ray flux.

This means that climate scientists are going to have to master communicating their broad agreement while maintaining a skeptical point of view on detail.

After years of imposed «scientific consensus» on global warming, a number of skeptical climate scientists are hopeful that their views may finally get a hearing under the new administration.

The age group 30 to 49 is most likely to be concerned about the phenomenon, while younger people aged 18 to 29 are less divided on the issue, least likely to be skeptical and most likely to have mixed views on the matter.

Correction: May 15, 1998, Friday An article on April 26 about a proposal to promote skeptical scientific views of the theory of global warming included an organization incorrectly among the proposal's advocates.

It surprises me what you say; «Accepting most of the main stream climate science, but being skeptical on EU policies might be considered a rather strongly deviating view here.»

No position on whether AGW will be significantly beneficial or harmful) Skeptical Neutral (Uncertain about AGW, but still open to data that might alter this view.)

Skeptical «Tracer» (Accept as provisionally true that CO2 is just a trace gas or some variation of this thought and that anthropogenic increases will have no noticeable affect on the climate in comparison to other natural affects such as solar, cosmic rays, etc. but still honestly open to data that might alter this view.)

Accepting most of the main stream climate science, but being skeptical on EU policies might be considered a rather strongly deviating view here.

Given the magnitude of potential harms from climate change, those who make skeptical arguments against the mainstream scientific view on climate change have a duty to submit skeptical arguments to peer - review, acknowledge what is not in dispute about climate change science and not only focus on what is unknown, refrain from making specious claims about mainstream science of climate change such as the entire scientific basis for climate change has been completely debunked, and assume the burden of proof to show that emissions of greenhouse gases are benign.

(Fahrenthold and Eilperin, 2009) Ideological climate skeptics and skeptical websites rapidly circulated charges on the internet and in the media that the emails proved that the consensus view was manufactured.

If you read what Girma says, then you ought to realize that the skeptical view of CAGW is based on observed data, NOT «dubious» assumptions.

According to someone with a PhD from Harvard, my skeptical climate change views mean one thing: I'm intent on murdering his grandchildren.

(Skeptical Science) When these politicians are asked about the basis for their positions on climate change, they almost always respond by saying such things as they «have heard that there is a disagreement among scientists» or similar responses that strongly suggest they have informed an opinion on climate change science without any understanding of the depth of the scientific evidence on which the scientific consensus view 0f climate change has been based.

Given the magnitude of potential harms from climate change, those who make skeptical arguments against the mainstream scientific view on climate change have a duty to submit skeptical arguments to peer - review, acknowledge what is not in dispute about climate change science and not only focus on what is unknown, refrain from making specious claims about the mainstream science of climate change such as the entire scientific basis for climate change that has been completely debunked, and assume the burden of proof to show that emissions of greenhouse gases are benign.

However, the Heartland Institute published the news titled «Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes Heartland Institute research skeptical of Global Warming» in a strongly misleading way on its website, implying that the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) supports their views, in contrary to what is clearly stated in the Translators» Note in the Chinese translation.

Having listened with great respect, but some puzzlement to Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT's cogent expression of his views on global warming, two public spirited and authentically skeptical graduates of that institution opted a few years ago to fund a Red Team exercise of their own.