Sentences with phrase «than a scientific basis»

This classification of the foods was made on a practical rather than a scientific basis.

I would note that because the issue of politics is a large one on the topic, a great deal of scientists (addressed with the drama effect discussion a little) might studiously avoid quantification, or even mentioning «global warming» or «global climate change» so as not to get dragged into defending their paper on a political, rather than scientific basis.

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But to every rule there is an exception, and glad I was to be called out (and called up) by the founder and CEO of one mobile - health company whose entire premise is based on scientific research with repeatable results — the exact study, in fact, I had used as my example of what works better than a health app.

And so, in 1917, while working in the Friends» Ambulance Unit on the Western Front, Richardson decided to experiment with the idea of making a numerical forecast - one based on scientific laws rather than past trends.

Sea more: Stackpole and Lang, who lean more toward the maker culture than the scientific, used off - the - shelf parts and plastic scraps from the laser cutter at their local TechShop — a nationwide chain of membership - based workshops — to build prototypes.

They work to secure media attention for their own work as well as for plant - based and cultured meat companies, and they have been covered in more than 480 scientific and mainstream media venues.16 Little is known about the impact of these interventions on public opinion, though it seems that raising public awareness of cultured products may be valuable, especially since the field is so new.

In any case, no scientist, elite or otherwise, has found any scientific evidence for God's existence, so the basis for their belief in a god has no different than anyone else's.

On the contrary, the concept that the universe is the product of a rational mind provides a far better metaphysical basis for scientific rationality than the competing concept that everything in the universe (including our minds) is ultimately based in the mindless movements of matter.

Rather than these unity - level «rational structures» being intrinsic to what «modern scientific reason» discovers a posteriori, the Pope argues that science's «methodology -LSB-... is] based» upon «acceptance of] the rational structures of matter and the correspondence between our spirit and the prevailing rational structures of nature as a given» (our emphasis).

When one appeals to «the world - picture formed by modern natural science» as the common basis for understanding man and his world, do we not have to be more definitive and discriminating within scientific imagery itself than either Bultmann or Ogden appear to be?

(This list is subjective, and based on news reports rather than peer - reviewed articles in scientific publications.)

They should have been ready: when the Times, for instance, ran a piece headlined «critics attack Pope for his «myopic» views on condoms», their reporters had to fall back on old general statements on condoms, rather than having a vigorous defence against the latest attacks, based oncurrent scientific literature, to quote.

Facts like the snows that have covered Mount Kilimanjaro for thousands of years are melting Scientific proof may not be as «warm and fuzzy» feeling as political rhetoric is, but it's better to base our beliefs and actions on objective reality than on self - serving political dogma.

Such a concession could be exploited by promoters of rival sources of knowledge, such as philosophy and religion, who would be quick to point out that faith in naturalism is no more «scientific» (i.e., empirically based) than any other kind of faith.

«Faith in naturalism,» he claims, «is no more «scientific» (i.e., empirically based) than any other kind of faith.»

On the basis of scientific realism, so the claim runs, these questions can now be answered more concretely and often more satisfactorily than was possible with the help of the old religious world - views.

[1][2] It is a contemporary adaptation of the traditional teleological argument for the existence of God, presented by its advocates as «an evidence - based scientific theory about life's origins» rather than «a religious - based idea».

Recently, even those who accept physico - chemical entities as a basis of all scientific knowledge have realized that something more may be involved in them than the properties of mass, energy, etc., attributed to them in classical theory.

If all you look for is scientific reasoning to base all your theories than you are very closed - minded.

Perhaps evidence more compelling than what I've read does exist... but regardless, we still have firm evidence, based on all prior scientific knowledge... that whatever the truth is, about «creation» and everything else... is it is all logical, following natural law, even if its natural law we don't yet know.

Among other things she advocates crying, a 3 hourly feeding schedule if you BF or 4 hourly if you FF, overwrap babies with excessive bedding (which is what The Analytical Armadillo has been questioning recently), has some very misinformed views and ideas which are all based on her observations and opinions, rather than any that can be substantiated by scientific evidence and had some weird notions that babies can poo and vomit on cue to manipulate their parents.

Little do you know, their advice is based on their personal experiences rather than any scientific evidence because they haven't had much training in breastfeeding.

In the first phase, a panel of judges (comprised of judges selected by AAAS at its sole discretion) will select no more than 5 dances in each field, based on artistic and scientific merit.

Based upon this foundation, any book of his on the subject deserves somewhat more consideration than the passing review which usually falls to the lot of a popular exposition of an important scientific investigation.

In 2012 more than 600 refereed scientific papers based on data from the VLT and VLTI were published -LRB-[ann13009].

«The amyloid hypothesis became such a strong scientific orthodoxy that it began to be accepted on the basis of faith rather than evidence,» says Zaven Khachaturian, president of the non-profit campaign Prevent Alzheimer's Disease 2020, and former coordinator of Alzheimer's - related activities at the US National Institutes of Health.

Our goal is that presenting science to the public in an entertaining, system - based way, rather than bogging them down with a series of scattered facts, it will help more people understand it and feel that they can contribute to the scientific conversation.

The PPL drug, given on a longer term basis than ATryn is, needed to be better purified, notes Meade, GTC's chief scientific officer.

The results are published in the scientific journal Food & Nutrition in the article: Meals based on vegetable protein sources (beans and peas) are more satiating than meals based on animal protein sources (veal and pork)-- a randomized cross-over meal test study.

Promoting the power and consequence of science «is more important than ever right now,» particularly as critics question the role of evidence - based science in policymaking and as Congress considers significant proposed cuts to federal funding for scientific research that drives innovation, said Tobin Smith, vice president of policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.&rathan ever right now,» particularly as critics question the role of evidence - based science in policymaking and as Congress considers significant proposed cuts to federal funding for scientific research that drives innovation, said Tobin Smith, vice president of policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.&raThan a One - Day Activity.»

For example, the calls from part of the scientific community for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to offer more «fellowships rather than project - based research assistant and post-doc funding are attempts to maintain a more master - apprentice type system.»

If you believe climate sceptics, a huge body of evidence involving the work of tens of thousands of scientists over more than a century should be thrown out on the basis of the alleged misconduct of a handful of researchers, even though nothing in the hacked emails has been shown to undermine any of the scientific conclusions.

Based on these findings, any shortage in America's scientific labor market is «most likely a demand - side problem of STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] career opportunities that are less attractive than career opportunities in other fields» rather than a supply - side problem of too few Americans with scientific training, asserted Salzman in congressional testimony presented on 6 November before the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.

What rankles Relman, Angell, and other critics about Weil in particular is his tendency to speak ex cathedra: to endorse therapies based only on anecdotal evidence rather than on scientific research.

The statement is based on a review of existing scientific research published in peer - reviewed medical journals that documents a strong association between adverse experiences in childhood and teen years and a greater likelihood of developing risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes earlier than those not experiencing adverse experiences.

The base of it — and a good part of the substance of it — is so eminently simple that it could go unnoticed: the speed and ease with which we now communicate have so accelerated the flow of ideas that the scientific enterprise is more interconnected than ever before.

Because the patent process is long and expensive, the rationale to file a patent is often based more on business reasons than scientific merits of the invention.

He concludes that the department's listing is based on «obsolete science,» making this more of a political than a scientific decision.

CQGS is working with more than 50 stakeholder organizations to develop standards based on best scientific evidence that will focus on delivering optimal surgical care for a rapidly growing older patient population.

Today more than 20,000 scientific journals around the world are based on these two key principles and it is difficult to imagine a research process functioning without them,» Royal Society President Paul Nurse said in the statement.

Rather than scoring journals by their impact within the scientific community, Altmetric scores individual articles based on buzz: stories in the media and references on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and even Wikipedia.

Rather than ruling out ideas on the basis of the conventional wisdom (i.e., mostly uninformed prejudice), the whole point of the scientific method is to check things out for ourselves — especially when the cost of doing so is modest and the potential rewards are great.

Still, much of his most convincing material is based on intuition and anecdote rather than overwhelming scientific evidence.

Perhaps less well known is that some scientific fields also offer chartered status; several U.K. - based professional science bodies, including The British Psychological Society and the Society of Biology, have awarded chartered status for more than 25 years (see list for examples of non-U.K. institutions that offer similar schemes).

More to explore The Chemistry of Clean: Make Your Own Soap to Study Soap Synthesis, from Science Buddies Cabbage Chemistry — Finding Acids and Bases, from Scientific American Going Green as You Clean: Are «Green» Detergents Less Toxic Than Conventional Detergents?

Maybe someday there will be a scientific report — with sufficient detail about a site's algorithm - based matching and vetted through the best scientific peer process — that will provide scientific evidence that dating sites» matching algorithms provide a superior way of finding a mate than simply selecting from a random pool of potential partners.

Nheengatú time reference is just one of the types of combinations of spoken and visual language that some linguists are beginning to suspect may be more common than is currently known; since historically many languages have been studied only based on written words and audio recordings, future scientific studies of video recordings may find new and unexpected types combinations of spoken and visual language that may have been previously invisible.

This policy shift was announced in February and as we commented, is a slippery slope to allocating research money by government fiat rather than negotiation on the basis of scientific excellence.

«The choice must be made on a scientific basis rather than by appropriation of the caves,» he says.

We say, «Okay, these are the best guidelines that we have, but we're going to need to work with this and try to again collect some evidence so this is more based on scientific data rather than on particular consensus opinion, albeit from experts.»