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From the point of view of many skeptics, it is one of the strongest pieces of evidence that the shroud is a forgery .

To us, he really was more like Harry Potter, whipping up his fans into a frenzy with feats of magic while skeptics clucked their tongues.

Skeptics suspected this was just a bit of election-year candy--and that may have been part of the plan.

Skeptics deem the concept a non-starter, at least until the cost of putting a commercial power plant into orbit drops dramatically.

But don't just tell the story to a friendly audience; try it out on skeptics.

Well, it did happen, but right now it does seem to have been a bad idea for exactly the reasons the skeptics cited.

In response to the skeptics, Plato argues that the tyrant is not therefore truly happy, and that this can be seen in his behavior.

If that were easy to do, skeptics say, the immune system would have figured it out and people would have lasting protection.

Skeptics asked whether it was an early sign of a more activist administration or an isolated example.

Scientists are trying to figure out why even the skeptics among us cling to lucky numbers, special game-day clothing and other odd rituals.

CA: Climate skeptics: if you had a sentence or two to say to them, how might you persuade them that they're wrong?

Mr. Singh is keen to see them used to combat crime, but first there are the skeptics to deal with.

Much of the animal-intelligence research of that era ultimately foundered before an onslaught of skeptics.

But in the press conference, they appeared to be aware that skeptics may question the findings.

There was so many skeptics, especially the press in London that they started flying cheeseburgers on helicopters around my box to tempt me.

Skeptics who had doubted her ability to make a success of it were dumbfounded as her enthusiasm and tenacity proved them wrong.

But Google eventually convinced me, along with other skeptics, that it had made the right calculation.

For, being philosophers, these skeptics will pursue the issue to its fundamentals, and ask: Why should there be a preliminary exam in logic?

It's also been a long time coming, which gives ammo to skeptics who say cloud music has been the "next big thing" for years now.

Once all the skeptics have bought in, there is going to be one heck of a market top.

Skeptics have claimed that the structures were just shredded collagen fibers and that Sinosauropteryx had a smooth reptilian skin.

Skeptics, even those who agree with the concept of a common accounting language, called the SEC's approach wrongheaded.

Skeptics argue that the water in the Loch is too cold for a reptile like the Plesiosaur.

Stocks have soared so high in such a short period, the skeptics say, that an unexpected jolt of bad news could send them suddenly downward.

Skeptics also note that it isn't that surprising for stocks to hit 52-week highs after being down so heavily a year ago.

Skeptics, though, fear the claims stretch the bounds of existing technology to the point of alchemy.

Many leaders were skeptics. Furthermore, many more belonged to the secret society known as the Freemasons .

The photography artists invited in this exhibition are the contemplators in this city, and also the skeptics out of this city.

Maybe, but skeptics said the same about the potential of mobile phones in poor countries a decade ago.

Rosalind: Isn't that the nature of a pilot program? When you're paving the way, you're always going to have skeptics and dissenters.

Some trade skeptics caution against making too much of the link between the economic crisis and protectionism.

But skeptics say there is no guarantee that intellectual stimulation will prevent Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia.

Skeptics also say that even if oil is found in many of these fields, some may not be recoverable using current technology.

Skeptics generally believe that religion was established for one of two reasons.

So Descartes says' well, its no good giving me tradition, I have got to have some thing that would withstand the arguments of skeptics.

Before long, it's a promise that must lead to something close to what early euro-skeptics foresaw from the start: a European fiscal union.

Climate skeptics pounced on them as evidence of a conspiracy to manipulate research to support predetermined ideas about global warming.

One of main arguments employed by the skeptics is that there is no way of verifying the validity of such models.

I can be certain of my own thinking the skeptics cannot destroy that.

Skeptics say a carp invasion, if it happens at all, probably will be limited.

All right , I'm going to just end with a positive, nice, little story about -- the Skeptics is a nonprofit educational organization .

Skeptics have suggested that the object Carter saw was the planet Venus, or perhaps the town's silver water tower.

Skeptics say that the documents Moore uses to support his claims are forgeries and that no such department exists.

Our approach here is the same: to let the facts speak for themselves; to let the progress of reform convince the skeptics.

Humans are not strong enough swimmers to have managed that voyage, but skeptics say they may have drifted across on natural rafts .

The skeptics ask why one ought to be moral when morality is apparently a social device for maintaining order.

Some have argued that psychic powers cannot be tested, or for some reason diminish in the presence of skeptics or scientists.

Skeptics of China's infrastructure spree worry that new roads and buildings are going unused and will end up being a waste of money.

There are also plenty of skeptics, of course, who say that the Indian stock market may be getting dangerously frothy.

However, when articles come out about climate change the tone shifts and the skeptics come out in force.

Skeptics will claim to intellectually disdain these high-fashion images, yet almost no one can resist looking at them.

Then, he is going to travel around the country to sell the plan to skeptics .

Skeptics will also point to the overwhelming evidence that all so-called effects of prayer can be explained through mere coincidence.

Even in the face of such powerful evidence for the triplicity of bold-face morbidity, skeptics denied it.

In fact, the superorganism scenario is in a sense just the cosmic flip side of the diagnosis offered by Carr and other techno-skeptics.

To make a point, some skeptics around the world are making massive drug overdoses a habit.

Some skeptics are calling Henry Paulson's $700 billion rescue plan for the U. S. financial system "cash for trash. "

And the skeptics were so determinedly skeptical that I felt like: I'm never going to prove to these guys that the bacteria are harmful.

The answer is the Ares 1, which had its first unmanned flight on Oct. 28 and dazzled even the skeptics.

Being skeptics will only accelerate the demise of this planet and its population.

Skeptics, though, contend that the technology to substantially displace oil-fired mobility will take years, maybe decades, to develop.

Until the Japanese crisis occurred most people thought Tea Party skeptics could be brought around or overcome.

Climate skeptics say the emails show that key data have been manipulated to strengthen the argument for climate change being man-made.

Follow those passions despite skeptics and naysayers who do not have the courage to follow their dreams.

Skeptics call the $90 billion project, known as the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), over-ambitious.

The skeptics are an impressive group, and they deserve a prominent place in the debate.

Admittedly, back in 1999, there were plenty of skeptics among senior media executives about the AOL deal.

What happens, ask skeptics, when humans are taken out of decision making on firing weapons?

Over the weekend, hundreds of skeptics in more than 25 countries took megadoses of the remedies to demonstrate they do nothing.

Q: Did you feel like the NBA and your skeptics left you for dead this offseason?

Like many global-warming skeptics, Hansen has sharp disagreements with the mainstream scientific consensus on climate change.

The banking skeptics believe neither of these conditions will be met by many projects.

But if we're going to politicize the military, we need to figure out a way to air the views of the uniformed skeptics, too.

These voices still represent a small minority and few of the skeptics are convinced the euro zone will fracture anytime soon.

Skeptics of stricter Internet laws point to the positive effects of the human flesh search engine.

When confronted with such data, skeptics sometimes reply that colleges are mostly a way station for smart people.

Skeptics say that it's not just manufacturing employment that's been falling. It's output, too.

We are undertaking a tremendous endeavour, a great experiment, a revolution -- how could there not BE skeptics?

The discovery has encouraged skeptics who have always believed the pictures were a hoax for financial gain.

All this is at a very minute scale, will say the skeptics, after all I can not see it with my naked eyes.

Skeptics note that any offense looks pretty smart with a Jordan or Bryant as its driving force.

Skeptics said the Chinese were merely talking.

Skeptics say global warming is part of a natural cycle of climate change.

But skeptics ask: Can Taobao actually make a profit and emerge as a true Web powerhouse?

But climate change skeptics take issue with the argument that global warming is to blame for intense storms.

Skeptics contend the shroud is a medieval hoax or forgery - or even a devotional work of artistic verisimilitude .

In their heart of hearts, many investors knew it wasn't true, but the incentive to believe turned the skeptics into the faithful.

Events since the elections have proved the skeptics right.

Skeptics have often suggested that Betty Hill's star map shows merely a random grouping of stars, with no other significance.

Skeptics downplay the significance of a potential S&P downgrade.

The trouble with Gaia, as far as most skeptics are concerned, is that it makes a dead planet into a "smart" machine.

Now skeptics and atheists out there will say that Chinese kill their young too, and yes, you're right. It's true.

With this shift, the people of this region have defied the skeptics who claimed that "Asian values" were incompatible with liberty.

However, its story offers a valuable lesson to believers and skeptics alike on the merits of cryptozoological research.

If the economy does sputter, officials may devalue the currency to boost revenue from exports, yuan skeptics said.

It will not be the end-all and the be -all of this but it is definitely assisting, especially with skeptics.

Skeptics began asking whether negative-index materials violated the fundamental laws of physics.

The skeptics were met with equal cogency by those who maintain that whenever a famous person dies, two more face imminent doom.

Laggards (the remaining 16%) or skeptics will only use advanced technology if they have no other choice.

Skeptics asked, Was this really the full defense budget or were some items still hidden under civilian budget headings?

But skeptics argue GLD could become a Godzilla-like beast if the gold rally reverses sharply.

The euro skeptics and believes are both convinced of their respective beliefs and one group will be disappointed.

The plateau in temperatures has been seized upon by skeptics as evidence that the threat of global warming is overblown.

Climate change believers and skeptics agree that plans for coastal and low-lying areas must adapt to rising sea levels.

But some Senate skeptics see the program as another taxpayer bailout for the auto industry, proving there's still a bumpy road ahead.

They have also become a lightening rod for criticism from skeptics who say speculators use them to force targets into default.

Skeptics abound, but proponents insist such software will eventually catch on with traders.

The stimulus skeptics come in two categories.

This boomlet has a growing chorus of skeptics, who make the observation that the global economy has only just caught its breath.

However, online climate change skeptics have seized on the data as proof that global warming is a hoax.

However, online climate change skeptics have seized on the data as proof that global warming is a hoax.

Skeptics contend that GM crops could pose unique risks to the environment to health-risks too troubling to accept placidly .

The null hypothesis means that the burden of proof is on the person asserting a positive claim, not on the skeptics to disprove it.

However, skeptics describe the moves as still lacking in substantive progress.

Skeptics should take note of the effect the printing press had on the medi illuminated manuscript.

Skeptics think the flour's too evenly spread to be child's play.

Skeptics point out that technology is merely a tool. Activities in cyberspace are no substitute for political processes in the real world.

Until only recently, though, hydrogels were toxic, and skeptics doubted that they could ever be made safe for consumption.

They believed that nothing was truly impossible, and strove to prove skeptics wrong at every turn.

Even with government backing, skeptics say Chinese electric cars are not ready for prime time.

Even with government backing, skeptics say Chinese electric cars are not ready for prime time.

Skeptics point to the much smaller proportion of black-white marriages and say it won't happen soon.

Skeptics abound, watchful parents are everywhere.

Today, those euro skeptics feel vindicated by the problems in Greece.

This aspect is equally prominent in the charts of fervent believers and fervent skeptics.

Of course, skeptics are asking the same question today about commodities.

Ultimately, however, skeptics say changes in the classroom won'ttranslate to an equal shift in the way real-world business operates.

The large turnout in the Iraqi elections and the relative order on the day surprised the world and proved the skeptics wrong.

Why are Western media distorting coverage of Tibet? ask Chinese skeptics.

They also welcome "outside" people, skeptics, who want to touch, feel and smell cleaner burning gasoline and (or) diesel.

They also welcome "outside" people, skeptics, who want to touch, feel and smell cleaner burning gasoline and (or) diesel.

Skeptics dismiss polar shift hypotheses, saying that there's no real scientific basis for them.

Even among cloud adopters, IT decision makers admit to having been skeptics.

Sometimes there will be skeptics who still will stall the implementation of change.

The ancient Greek skeptics were the first to show why the problem is so difficult to solve.

Skeptics will say that Chinese planes won't be accepted by consumers outside China, partly because of safety concerns.

Mr. Mercier and Mr. Sperber have skeptics as well as fans.

Some skeptics dismiss "happichondria" as the latest feel-good fad.

Some skeptics also fond of pointing to long-term US-China collaboration.

Inside the Army, there are proponents and skeptics of hybrid-electric vehicles, said Signorelli.

Inside the Army, there are proponents and skeptics of hybrid-electric vehicles, said Signorelli.

n. Skeptics have proposed many means for producing the image in the Middle Ages.

Skeptics say a still-sinking property market will next sour residential mortgages, inflating the government tab even more.

But skeptics can take heart from one area where Tokyo has demonstrated real leadership: the environment.

The credibility issue is central for skeptics of ECB bond buying.

Hey, I am Michael Shermer, the director of the Skeptics Society, the publisher of Skeptic magazine.

The best way to protect reform, in turn, is to prove the skeptics wrong.

In the end, skeptics offered a large sum of money to "prove" that the machine was in fact a fraud.

So why has the stock market surprised skeptics by powering higher in recent weeks?

Skeptics who doubt the reality of climate change would do well to look closely at recent events in China, Pakistan, and Russia.

Skeptics who doubt the reality of climate change would do well to look closely at recent events in China, Pakistan, and Russia.

Another point skeptics make is that while planting the American flag in lunar soil, the flag appears to wave.

Global warming, even most skeptics have concluded, is the real deal, and human activity has been causing it.

All this is exactly what the euro-skeptics feared.

What of the bubbles that China skeptics flag?

A popular myth among climate change skeptics is that volcanic emissions of carbon dioxide dwarf those generated by humans.

Someclimate skeptics don't believe thatglobal warming is a result of burning fossil fuels.

All well and good, the skeptics note, but we've got a long way to go.

The Three Gorges project has been dogged by skeptics, even within China's bureaucracy, since it was approved in 1992.

There are good reasons for the skeptics to remain, well, skeptical.

When you started this company on a shoestring, skeptics claimed that you wouldn't find a market.

But if we want to convince those skeptics that commercial space really can get the job done, we're going to have to deliver.

Skeptics counter that the future may be a long way off.

"It is a philosophy for skeptics, not true believers, " Mr. Kloppenberg said.

So with BMW you can try to doubt, but they have a pretty good track record proving the skeptics wrong.

If that bold prediction comes true, it will be great news for book consumers and will silence eBook skeptics about the future of eBooks.

There are also skeptics about the value of the current generation of mobile robots.

And new areas of trade conflict are emerging, such as in clean energy, which might produce new groups of skeptics.

Skeptics insist the real problem with the law is that most criminals bypass gun shops in favor of underground dealers.

But the Pentagon has a lot of convincing to do. Skeptics abound, both in Africa and at home.

The government must still convince the skeptics that its policy will work.

And to be honest, the skeptics have a point.

That tells us a lot about your ability to face the science based skeptics.

I am optimistic that we can do this, but I talk to skeptics who claim there is no hope.

You are known to be the zodiac's skeptics, but soon even YOU will become a believer - aspects this dazzling don't come by every day.

You have steadily grown in your game and have improved and shown any doubters and skeptics you can play the rough NBA game.

To skeptics, this is evidence of hoax[1] or error.

Skeptics say these are also the kinds of things that are quickly digested by adult humans.

That is the nature of the scientific method, and it can be ugly, as the hacked e-mails, many of which insult climate skeptics, demonstrate.

Indeed, skeptics openly wonder just who is playing whom this week.

The skeptics of the technology using robots to study patients think it can't diagnose the disease precisely.

Bloggers, college reporters to attend presentation designed to win over younger skeptics

Debunk Mystery--Fifth World Skeptics Conference Opens in Italy

but first they must convince the skeptics , and we are trained to look for gorillas in our midst