Sentences with phrase «skepticism as»

And there's good reason that Savanna might have expected a long battle, not the least of which is the fact that private equity investors are still viewed with some skepticism as vulture investors.

There is skepticism as to the amount of training needed to delve into the patient's childhood experiences.

As with any other rumor, it is best to take this story with a dose of skepticism as there is nothing official yet.

There have been some rumors that Apple will release a 3G iPod touch model this year as always - on data connectivity does seem to be an attractive offering to iPod Touch users, especially after the announcement of iCloud, but it has met with some skepticism as it blurs the lines between the iPod Touch and the cheap iPhone.

And while it's still an open question as to whether such tests will go live, during the Blockchain Connect conference in San Francisco last week, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse framed the general skepticism as old - fashioned and out of touch.

Fitbit shaved off another roughly 10 % of its value in trading today after a downgrade from a Wall Street firm, which will once again throw on more skepticism as to whether or not Fitbit can be a viable business in the smartwatch market.

Face ID, well that took in a lot of skepticism as people claimed that they were not the first to have face unlock.

When I reacted with some skepticism as to how useful the Smart Remote would be given that limitation, Tchedikian replied «You have the same restriction with voice [control], unless you have multiple microphones.»

Fitbit shaved off another roughly 10 % of its value in trading today after a downgrade from a Wall Street firm, which will once again throw on more skepticism as to whether or not Fitbit can be a viabl

In part, this is based on some of the legal and ethical challenges, but it is also premised on some skepticism as to how effective AI may actually be in addressing existing industry challenges.

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly published an article on June 17, 2013 entitled: «Bar Moves to Stem Skepticism as Med - Mal Reforms Take Effect.»

Yet, members of the public often express skepticism as has most recently been expressed over the appointment of former Tory cabinet minister Vic Toews to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

Consultant Dr. Larry Richard, J.D., Ph.D. has found that on measures of skepticism as a personality trait, the average lawyer scores in the top 10 percentile.

It's lengthy and I've only got through half so far, but it lays out as lucid and compelling a case for climate change skepticism as I've seen.

But all this post demonstrates for me is that Climate Skepticism is approximate but not synonymous with Scientific Skepticism as a method of rational inquiry.

History has demonstrated that over and over again, yet the falsification of skepticism as a scientific method seems not to have generally made it's way into the mainstream scientific community as of yet, certainly not even into the mainstream economic or political arena.

That leaves many science educators free to include climate change in courses however they want — by, for instance, teaching the scientific consensus on climate change, or explicitly advocating skepticism as a valid scientific proposition as Heartland does.

Both naysayers in the utility industry and boosters for the fossil fuel and nuclear industries have long expressed skepticism as to whether or not the electricity grid in the United States can handle large amounts of renewable energy.

While philosophical skepticism as founded by the ancient Greeks has, in addition to its role within the theory of knowledge, contributed to a wider and more practical skepticism over the millennia, this is not the main font of reactive public behavior.

Following Aristotle's golden mean, I would place proper scientific skepticism as a virtue positioned between two extremes, with denial at one end and true - belief or gullibility at the other.

Generally, the medical profession works on «scientific consensus» but tolerates productive dissent and skepticism as one of the ways to advance the body of medical knowledge.

It is very important to engage the youth for they are not full of skepticism as the old ones are.

Substance is what is missing from skepticism as it's just namby pamby stuff from them.

The arguments interested me in high school from «Limits to Growth», but drew healthy skepticism as the predictions slowly failed about famines and arable land reductions.

Agnosticism and skepticism as polarized naive subjective priors (p = 0 or 1) is addressed by Jaynes early, and dismissed as too extreme, throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Exactly — it's important to do that at this time in response to these onslaughts, because otherwise we are accepting the paradigm of skepticism as predominantly a symptom.

It is becoming steadily more difficult to deliberately miscategorize rational skepticism as irrational denialism.

lolwot's «analysis» is just the world as seen by those as ignorant of reality and skepticism as he is.

Think of the appropriate level of skepticism as as double espresso with an extra shot or two of caffeine by way of a metaphor.

Certainly it's the opposite of skepticism as a scientific virtue.

* IIIb — The mainstream press, which have grossly misidentified IPCC - like consensus and skepticism as the two wings of the scientific debate.

Also on Tuesday, Rajendra K. Pachauri, the panel's chairman, who was under pressure to step down but chose to ride out the storm, has a commentary on the BBC Web site today embracing skepticism as a vital component of the tussle over emerging scientific concepts:

The piece was greeted with much skepticism as the gallery owners were scared they are in some way manipulated by such an endeavor.

This was a game that looked like big trouble all around: it had a tortured development cycle going back seven years, and gamers were still expressing skepticism as recently as the late public beta a month prior to release.

I watched with bemused skepticism as almost all of my fellow tour members gained that magic spark, had affairs with soldiers, and grew more confident each and every day.

She arranged for tissue samples from the 4 affected dogs to be examined by the University of California, Davis Neuromuscular Lab and although they originally diagnosed 4 different types of muscular dystrophy, this was viewed with skepticism as 4 types would be highly unlikely (especially since 1 affected dog was a female and true muscular dystrophy does not affect females).

I share the same skepticism as Invest Skeptically, when it comes to this new product.

Finally, note that banks are holding substantial municipal debt which is starting to draw much skepticism as well.

Mitt Romney: Romney's education record as governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 isn't looked at with the same skepticism as Perry's in Texas.

Taking all of this research into consideration, it seems that school choice reforms should be approached with a healthy amount of skepticism as to their stated goals and intended outcomes.

I am new to this site excited with yet reservations of skepticism as well, however i am very optimistic that «Great» things will happen!

These findings have become the subject of growing controversy and skepticism as Clarkstown officials mull a districtwide building reorganization.

There has been no shortage of scrutiny and skepticism as of late directed toward the state's economic development efforts.

Cuomo said Schneiderman would not be susceptible to the kind of public pressure about which Lynch warned, or suffer the same skepticism as local district attorneys.

The project's faced some recent skepticism as a California firm waffled on its commitment and the chair of the AIM Photonics Leadership Council told media outlets he had doubts about the job projections.

In her piece on the initiative, Nestle greets the news about Walmart's product changes with the same skepticism as other commenters, and wonders whether the «food desert» issue is just a way for Walmart to shoehorn new stores into areas where they've been unwanted in the past.

Okay, now that we have that out of the way, while there's reasonable skepticism as to how much a guard can improve a team, Nelson might be the exception to the rule.

Putting up numbers might get you noticed, but with that comes a certain skepticism as to your motives.

IMO it's done along with Auba but appreciate your skepticism as Arsenal transfer windows are always unpredictable!

Earlier philosophy had generally treated epistemological skepticism as a frivolity to be rejected; Descartes saw it as a problem to be solved.