The phrase
"unsettled science" means that there is still ongoing debate or uncertainty among experts about a particular scientific topic. It suggests that more research and evidence are needed to reach a conclusive understanding or agreement in that area of science.
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The fact that he adressing future military leaders
with unsettled science nonsense is Obama's repudiation of military means to peaceful ends.
Annihilation is a thoughtful, worthy, and genuinely
unsettling science fiction / horror experience, even if it's also an imperfect one.
That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize climate change
as unsettled science with high levels of scientific uncertainty.
BTW, three fundamental statistical criticisms of your paper are leveled in my forthcoming book in
essay Unsettling Science.
Taking a view
on unsettled science is always likely to cause controversy, but the fiery debate Johann Hari's new book has sparked is worth having, says Samantha Murphy
However, the reverse may be equally true:
when unsettled science is exaggerated, it can easily become a perverse tool for larger industry profit.
An incisive analysis of serious deficiences in the responses by governments to
unsettled science about causes and effects of climate change, by Professor David Henderson, of the University of Westminister, and former Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics of OECD.
If that's true — though Cohen argues that this is still an area
of unsettled science — the fraction of outdoor pollution — related deaths from residential energy and biomass burning could be higher than the study found, whereas the fraction from the other sources would go down, the researchers say.
Ex Machina director Alex Garland returns with
another unsettling science fiction masterpiece, Annihilation.
On March 23, 2000, ExxonMobil took out an advertisement in the New York Times claiming that global warming was «
Unsettled Science».
In answer to the Republican's screed: «Global Warming: The Settled Versus
the Unsettled Science.»
[14] For instance, one critical component of
unsettled science is how much warming will be generated by a given increase in atmospheric CO2 levels.
Regardless of
any unsettled science details, it seems sure that current climate models can not represent what is actually happening in the atmosphere — and therefore one should not rely on predictions from such unvalidated models that are based simply on increases of carbon dioxide.
An ExxonMobil ad on the Op - Ed Page of the The New York Times, March 23, 2000 titled «
Unsettled Science» grossly distorts the January report of the National Research Council.
One may suppose that uncertainty is better than certain disaster, so perhaps the «
unsettled science» around future water supplies may be seen as good news.
ABA Journal (2011): «
Unsettling Science: Experts Are Still Debating Whether Shaken Baby Syndrome Exists»