Sentences with phrase «theory fit the facts»

I believe you are guilty of that old phony trick of trying to make the theory fit the facts, when in fact they do not.

Not exact matches

Creationists refuse to subject their «theories» to peer reviews, because they know they don't fit the facts.

He explained his findings in nontechnical terms in Slate magazine: «Although doubt will always remain about what causes a change in social custom, the technology - shock theory does fit the facts.

First, you seem to not understand what a «theory» is (since you BOLD theory) A theory in Science is a set of principles that fit the facts that we know of.

The human factor has to do with fitting the two together, making judgments about which general relations obtain among the sensations, subsuming facts under theories.

They discuss evolution and how it can in fact fit in with what the Bible tells us, and to be honest I quite like their theory.

As Montgomery puts it: «Science and theology form and test their respective theories in the same way; the scientific theorizer attempts objectively to formulate conceptual Gestalts (hypotheses, theories, laws) capable of rendering Nature intelligible, and the theologian endeavors to provide conceptual Gestalts (doctrines, dogmas) which will «fit the facts» and properly reflect the norms of Holy Scripture.»

Science is based on make theories to fit the facts.

So although this theory is compelling and seems to fit the context of Matthew 12:31 - 32, the fact that it is impossible to live out in real life indicates that it is not the proper understanding.

The self - interest theory of ethics fits neither the facts of experience nor the metaphysical view of Whitehead.

Crossan's work fits well with a widespread disinclination to dwell on Jesus» death, either in fact or theory.

The facts (such as they are) I'm afraid, don't fit the theory of a greedy board, businessmen (and women) though they are.

You have a nice theory, but you are moulding the facts about that period to fit your theory.

In fact, the Spitzer results did not fit well with any existing theory of how planets form.

These are experimental facts, and these facts fit one theory: the multiverse theory.

The fact that the researchers saw differences in brain structure after just 30 days fits well with existing theories about premature infants» brain development, Stromswold says.

Their beliefs are so powerful that any factual data that contradicts this view would be dismissed with the outlook, «If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.»

Finally, several alternative explanations for falling relative quality do not fit all of the empirical facts as well as the theory presented in this research.

We do live in a society with norms about what we can and can not share, what we can and can not do, but as Einstein once said: «if the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.»

The discrepancies between NASA and other data sources can't help but make us consider Einstein's advice: «If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.»

I find most new facts that pop up can be fitted into my theory with a little bit of wriggling, particularly as numbers seem in short supply in many of these «oh my Gard, the sky is falling» headlines that journalists love so much, but I must admit that this one has me scratching my head.

Near as I can tell, his theory has a better fit to the facts than the S.N.s «out there» and stuff traveled to get here.

The theory represents the only scientific theory that fits all the facts as we understand them today.

For facts making the CAGW religion irrelevant, see David Stockwell's A Sea Change for Climate Science where he shows his solar accumulative theory providing a better fit than CO2 global warming.

Fitting facts to a theory rather than the other way around.

The «started in 1950» meme is an ad hoc invention to fit the facts to the theory instead of fitting the theory to the facts.

As far as I can see the theory fits the known facts and ongoing observations of the real world as opposed to the speculations of climate modelling.

The theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming (aka Human Induced Climate Change) does not fit the following facts: (1) Modern statistical techniques show that there has been no significant change in global average temperature for the last 166 years.

The facts are not fitting the theory nor backing the scare, so the media simply suppress them.»

That said, my theory is certainly not proven either (though it does fit all the facts)- and if we do experience (or can forcast convincingly) global warming that is annoying to humans we should look at CO2 reduction or insolation reduction (there are many methods available, all need to be explored without bias).

This is like the inaccurate, interchangeable, use of carbon dioxide and carbon when the former is a gas and the latter a solid or the change from global warming to climate change when the facts no longer fit the theory.

When facts don't fit into your globl warming plan they're ignored, work into the global warming theory, called «speed bumps» in global warming, or simply dismissed as idiotic.

Quite egalitarian, so in fact contrarians, scientists who hold ideas outside of the mainstream can prosper provided their ideas have some factual basis and use the scientific method (Scientific method: based on existing obervations pose an hypothesis; using new observations or experiments, test the predictions of that hypothesis; on the basis of the new data either reject the hypothesis or modify it to fit the better understanding, or accept that the initial hypothesis was right at which point it becomes a «theory» or explanatory model).

There springs up, also, an unconscious pressing of the theory to make it fit the facts, and a pressing of the facts to make them fit the theory.

And when a factual scenario presents novel or troublesome facts that seem not to fit established law, students are taught to engage in rule synthesis.207 In other words, the legal writing classroom is rich with opportunities to practice deduction and induction in ways that incorporate both theory and practical application.

This approach presupposes that one theory, model, or program can be used to understand and respond to the needs of all young women in the juvenile justice system.109 The prevalence of such one - size - fits - all approaches to female offenders may, in fact, explain why little progress has been made on understanding the etiology of female offending.

The facts as we know them today do not fit the «absence of law» or «barbarian'theory underpinning the colonial reception of the common law of England... Yet the supposedly barbarian nature of Indigenous people provided the common law of England with the justification for denying them their traditional rights and interests in land, as Lord Sumner speaking for the Privy Council said in In re Southern Rhodesia (60)(1919) AC 211, at pp 233 - 234: