Sentences with phrase «thoughts on these scientific principles»

We would be happy to hear your thoughts on these scientific principles and how you use them.

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Any thought, any faith, or belief can be called delusion if it differs from our knowledge of reality, from proven scientific principles, and so on.

«In the abstract, I think everyone agrees that a principle investigator has to take responsibility for whatever goes on in his or her lab,» says Ferric Fang, a microbiologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, who has published several analyses of retractions, misconduct, and the scientific enterprise.

Lectures examine fundamental biological principles, from the sub-cellular to the ecosystem level with an emphasis on critical thinking and the scientific method.

I seriously doubt that you know anything more about climate science than I, or understand scientific principles on anything more than an 8th grade level, but you think you can make up for it in sheer bluster and bluff.

I think he's downplaying the scientific case, built on basic climate principles («everything we do know»), for long - term warming, but his general point is worth exploring.

So, just as in the law we have two criminal procedures: criminal law where the requirement is «proof beyond reasonable doubt» and civil law «on the balance of probabilities», I personally think it is time we had Science (proof by experiment, the null hypothesis — proof beyond all reasonable doubt) and «science» (soft science)... where assertions are made using rigorous assessment of the data and the application of known scientific principles, but assertions have to be made which can not be subject to the full rigours of the scientific methodology.

Peter, thanks for answering my question, and I think we are in agreement on principle to both the questions: we both want open and transparent science to feed into public policy making, and we do not want personal attacks on scientists, with criticisms on the science and scientific process being acceptable and personal insults being unacceptable.

-- trivial falsifiability (rather then necessary and sufficient)-- an attack on falsifiability as necessary (arguing with the scientific method itself)-- appeal to authority (quite often to authorities that are trivially refuted)-- ad hominem — the precautionary principle (without any thought to the adverse consequences of their proposed interventions)

It's this kind of clarity of thought and strong stand on principle that makes Michael Mann the pillar of the modern scientific world that he is.

While it's unlikely that the general public will apply (or even be aware of) these criteria, those in the regulated industry have the benefit of understanding FDA's thinking in this regard, which focuses on correctly applying scientific principles.