Sentences with phrase «validity of science in»

One goal of this educational reader seems to be establishing the concept and validity of science in general, a particular stumbling block for America's slack public school curriculum.

If your motivation was to answer questions as to the validity of the science in the papers in question, I think that you have not chosen a particularly effective path.

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Hate to burst your little bubble, but this isn't a debate of the validity of your «ghost God», but whether creationism should be taught in science class.

If we are right, then we lived our lives to their fullest in intellectual honesty, without the fear of some tyrant getting their hands on us after we die, and without having taken some stupid stand against the validity of sound science, or basic human rights.

For the non-religious, belief in science (for example) comes first, and explanations on the validity of that belief will inevitably follow.

The student is helped to acquire the aptitudes needed in order to do history or philosophy or a social science as aptitudes needed to inquire critically into the validity of Christian witness.

The exultation of Science is still evident in modern society and it has been fuelled by the condemnation of the validity of miracles and Christian teaching especially by philosophers such as David Hume, who argued: «No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle...», and Richard Dawkins, the atheist evolutionist who promulgates the belief that: «The true utility function of life, that which is being maximised in the natural world, is DNA survival.»

He is attracted to Jürgen Habermas's model of «reconstructive science,» in which one derives certain «validity claims» from communicative action itself — claims that must be «redeemed» in a public discourse.

I agree that science including archaeology and the social sciences have proven the validity of many things in the Bible, but not necessarily at the same level or detail... and not always in total agreement.

With this said, it's important to go in with open eyes, mindful of guarding the validity and integrity of your science.

Update: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a draft rule on «Strengthening Transparency and Validity in Regulatory Science» to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the White House's Office of Managment and Budget on 19 April, reports E&E News.

LA JOLLA — With forensic science facing mounting scrutiny as it plays an increasingly prominent role in the administration of justice, six scientists who recently served on the National Commission on Forensic Science are calling on the scientific community at large to advocate for increased research and financial support of forensic science as well as the introduction of empirical testing requirements to ensure the validity of ouscience facing mounting scrutiny as it plays an increasingly prominent role in the administration of justice, six scientists who recently served on the National Commission on Forensic Science are calling on the scientific community at large to advocate for increased research and financial support of forensic science as well as the introduction of empirical testing requirements to ensure the validity of ouScience are calling on the scientific community at large to advocate for increased research and financial support of forensic science as well as the introduction of empirical testing requirements to ensure the validity of ouscience as well as the introduction of empirical testing requirements to ensure the validity of outcomes.

It's something that's frowned on in traditional medical circles, with many doctors saying there's no science to show the validity of this diet.

While many resent the academic paper Omalu has published in a medical journal, his boss Dr. Cyril Wecht (Albert Brooks) recognizes the validity of the science and agrees that it must be put forward and presented for public view.

Among the entries, we find Bambino musing about the impact of charter schools; the need in schools for more business partnerships and community involvement; the «us and them» divide between teachers and parents; the validity of the school science fair; and the need for more time to plan and reflect.

Pick your reason to not partake: The total lack of research behind this assessment so there is no reliability or validity to it what so ever, they are using our kids to norm reference their assessment, for free, the subjectively set cut scores done by vote, not science, that have been set to intentionally fail 60 - 70 % of our students and their teachers which in turn allows for a whole other set of things to happen to schools and communities, the pending lawsuit against SBAC in Missouri where a judge issued a restraining order against the state from making payments, that we now also have to pay to them (where is that MOU?)

In this way the contact between literature and the sciences grows progressively closer as the classical and theological patterns of human nature lose their validity for the reading public and the writer.

[9] Among their concerns, are the use of potential rather than actual impacts, and the validity of the underlying science — as well as the overall lack of rigor involved in developing such estimates.

* Average citizens «understand» (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the «conventional wisdom» * Media «understands» (recognizes) uncertainties in climate science * Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current «conventional wisdom» * Industry senior leadership understands uncertainties in climate science, making them stronger ambassadors to those who shape climate policy * Those promoting the Kyoto treaty on the basis of extent science appears to be out of touch with reality.

But equally important is the need for alternative viewpoints to be recognized in policy presentations, with a robust assessment of their validity, and for the challenges to be rooted in science rather than rhetoric.

Science is different from politics or commerce in that who pays for a piece of research — whether it should be Genghis Khan or Mother Teresa — is simply irrelevant to making judgments about the validity of the research product, which stands or falls depending upon its consistency with the facts and the ability of other scientists independently to confirm the results.

I research envy, and I also work on issues of methodological validity in social science.

That in no way detracts from the importance of examining the validity of the science.

As I said in my reply to Wegman, ordinarily I would agree with him that science shouldn't be conducted through blogs, but in the case of climate science an opinion about global warming in general, or the validity of multiproxy reconstructions or climate models in particular seems to constitute for some a political viewpoint that must be either trumpeted from the rooftops or suppressed by any means possible regardless of its scientific merit.

The COP was in a bind because their starting point and assumption is the validity of IPCC science.

The way I see it, if your «the science» argument & its methods were incorrect in the past, no real validity exists for that same argument for change to be remade under a different set of premises now.

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He became known for aggressively questioning the validity of climate science in his previous tenure as the committee's chair between 2003 and 2007.

In the question and answer session, he disputed the validity of Doran 2009 because relatively few climate science experts had participated (77 of 79 answered that human activity is a significant contributing factor to global warming).

Unfortunately judges who decide the validity of a Center for Biological Diversity claim, rarely have any background in biology or climate science.

As it concerns their official roles and responsibilities under current environmental law, what the Republicans in Congress think about the validity of today's climate science doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things, unless of course they are intent on revising or repealing the Clean Air Act.

I can not bring myself to call this robust science when the validity of the temperature data depends on selecting the right tree in hindsight.

Frank Lansnser goes on to show data from Goddard Institute of Space Science (GISS) July polar views and compares this with graphics of Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) data for July 2010 to cast doubt on the validity of the GISS gridded values in the Arctic region.

It did question — legitimately, in my opinion — the validity of some of the science.

«And constantly inserting distractors like «what about water vapor» into your arguments is also very useful given that we are discussing the validity of Jelbring, etc.» — is in comment on the state of play in «climate» science.

There is no validity in the «hockey stick» plot, «talking up» such predeterministic «experiments» is NOT an action of SCIENCE, but of Politics and I again point to the persistent attempts to cite «attitude» towards the «greenhouse platform» in terms of a «Political Siding», again to escape notice of the LACK of SCIENCE within the «greenhouse platform»... Your's, Peter K. Anderson a.k.a. Hartlod (tm) From the PC of Peter K Anderson E-Mail: [email protected] http://hartlod.blogspot.com/

The continuance of discussion of the «graph» immediately lost validity in SCIENCE, as do inferences made from such a «graph» or other «uncorrelated» methodologies.

Validity of the science and the results obtained as published in the IPCC Reports were not examined, yet the deceptions were to cover these problems.

But, from a scientific view I do not condone or support Texas» argument regarding the validity of climate science in general, the IPCC, etc..

For a much more detailed discussion of a sceptical scientist's view of the validity of using model output as the basis for policing making in climate science, take a look at Dr Roy Spencer's explanation of how these models work and why he thinks they are flawed:

There are many public intellectual debates occurring over scientific and skeptical issues — the place of creationism vs evolution in public science classes, the including of alternative medicine in academic curricula, the validity of debate on global warming, etc..

The saddest thing about this — besides the political ramifications concerning delayed action — is the way in which other vested interests are exploiting this as a great way of destroying the public's opinion as to the value and the validity of science as a means to discovery of how nature ticks.

I've previously drawn attention to this need to ensure validity of statistical inference as a reason why climate modelling is not immune from these findings, but some here continue to seek refuge in the first point above i.e. this can't be right because it is inconsistent with the science.

The result in September 2016 was PCAST's lengthy report released on September 20, 2016, and entitled «Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature - Comparison Methods» («Report»).

The Obama administration in 2015 tasked PCAST (President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) to advise «whether there are additional steps on the scientific side, beyond those already taken by the Administration in the aftermath of the highly critical 2009 National Research Council report on the state of the forensic sciences, that could help ensure the validity of forensic evidence used in the Nation's legal system.»

Leading case describing judge's task in deciding whether to admit so - called expert opinion into evidence based on scientific validity and applicability to the case; whether the science has been tested and subject to peer review and publication; and what the rate of error is.

This kind of predictive validity is virtually unheard of in most branches of science, and has captured the attention of educators across the country, spurring the development of courses that teach this core set of habits that are so highly predictive of relationship success.

Highlights the focus of PBS on ecological validity; that is, the practical application and translation of science - based knowledge to natural agents of change in natural settings under natural conditions (e.g., teachers and administrators in school, parents and family members at home and in the community).