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We do not attempt, in the strict sense, to prove or to disprove anything, unless its importance makes it worthy of that honour.

It is often equally difficult for the companies to disprove the short sellers' allegations quickly to stem the fall of their share prices.

If one of us will be able to provide the first hints of a signal, the other will be able to confirm it or disprove it.

The ruler of an ancient kingdom wanted to disprove the statement that the men of his domain were ruled by their wives.

Our opponents tried to make a great deal of capital of a small mistake in our calculations in order to disprove our whole argument.

Other scientists have since run with that comparison to canister-style vacuum cleaners and have set out to prove or disprove it.

They are watchful of affirmation to the point sometimes of attempting to disprove their point of view.

Very often extensive clerical investigations were necessary to prove or disprove the existence of impediments.

Don't try to disprove them, don't treat them like they are children, and whatever you do, do not blame the disorder for everything they do.

"Unfortunately, the autopsies will probably not detect or disprove microwaves from outer space, " Miss Rowe said with a sigh of resignation.

The facts: Well, there is no solid way to prove or disprove it, since the very theory says the carbon dating of this age is flawed.

If you believe your child might have ADHD, there are tests that will prove or disprove that theory.

There is not much of a base for this to stand on, since it is another 'can't prove can't disprove' paradox, it is back to our own judgment.

Convince one of them you can disprove the general belief that the obesity trend is related to our business.

I believe that the goal of seed funding is to validate (or disprove) an entrepreneur's hypothesis, and thereby "de-risk" the opportunity.

People who believe that 'recensions' took place want to try to disprove that the Bible is reliable and is God's Word.

Both these books are written to disprove fashionable hypotheses about the war and its causes.

Rather, it's an article of faith, since chiropractors have never bothered to try to prove or disprove it with scientific studies.

And, you know, they didn't have the Internet to disprove all these wacky theories, like we do today.

Prosecutors said they could not disprove his assertion that the encounter with a hotel chambermaid was consensual.

Individual weather events, from heatwaves to big freezes, cannot be used either to prove or disprove climate change.

Using a deck of PowerPoint slides he sets out to disprove "the chorus of gloom" .

I don't want to disprove your opinion, but I'd like to say my opinion. Could you answer my question? If there is.

He could not disprove the major contention of his opponents.

But asking Sina to identify rumors and disprove them on their own is an entirely new endeavor that could introduce new costs.

Science cannot definitively proof or disprove Chris's theory, but some scientists are willing to take guesses.

what it did disprove was the naive Phillips curve, which said that there's a stable tradeoff between unemployment and inflation.

If this is true, science will never be able to prove or disprove the existence of psychic powers.

Now, like the others I know a little bad weather in the short-term doesn't disprove a long-term trend.

If the stereotype is really blatant then the motivation to disprove the stereotype kind of energises and leads them to work to disprove it.

Many scientists competed to do original research that might prove or disprove Einstein's new theory.

He was now in a position to prove or disprove the charge.

He failed in the debate competition, because he couldn't disprove the argument of his opponents.

In addition, the studies of the Americans actually disprove the hypothesis that the universe is isotropic and symmetric.

It seemed to Catherine that if she were his sister she would disprove this axiom.

Keep looking for exceptions until find a statement that you are unable to disprove.

example: Our opponents tried to make capital of a small mistake in our calculations in order to disprove our whole argument.

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

When asked what observation would disprove the theory of evolution, J.

In lean startup logic, it's something you do, ideally, after you've run some decisive test to disprove a hypothesis.

However Carrick feels he saw enough spirit and endeavour to disprove that theory.

So, while it is not possible to prove (or disprove) God's existence, what is provable is what happens when people stop believing in God.

Students write a5- page mini-proposal on how to perform an experiment to either test a new theory or disprove an old, accepted paradigm.

If there was ever a product to disprove the axiom "If you build it, they will come, " it's the Segway.

To demonstrate to be false; disprove.

Even if (like me) you find this latter point unconvincing, it still doesn't disprove the community of innovation theory.

Science cannot prove or disprove the existence of God.

They are sometimes hired to investigate individuals to prove or disprove infidelity.

Half of all health-related excuses involve stomach upsets, which are hard to disprove.

To the man of letters it is a missile that he can fling in the reader's face to disprove the pestilent heresy.

Curtis to analyse the photographs to prove or disprove Einstein's theory.

Some of the information is true, some is false, and some is impossible to prove or disprove.

I'm sure a lot of people thought we would already be bottom of the league with zero points, so it's nice to disprove those people.

I can no longer remember what it was he wanted to examine, confirm, or disprove.

beliefs stemming from metaphysics or religion are outside the realm of science to prove or disprove.

That theory is controversial and can't be proven or disprove eons later.

The facts: We find ourselves at another paradox, there is no way to prove or disprove any religion.

Wikipedia allows us to confirm or disprove almost any celebrity rumour instantly.

The logical lure of egoism is different: the view seems impossible to disprove.

It is impossible to prove or disprove a diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism on clinical grounds.

Now, in some senses this might appear to disprove the advice I was given by my American publishing friends a couple of years back.

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Only they have the information which can disprove these claims.

Are ALL Chinese racist? No. One person that is not will disprove that statement.

If we disprove their theory by learning these skills, they accuse us of being unwomanly .

As a way of exploring R, let us see if we can prove or disprove this explanation.

The man's a genius. He could disprove gravity.

The champions of this view have the advantage that we will never get the chance to disprove it.

Messenger went to Mercury to prove or disprove a number of cherished theories.

Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming.

Well in this specific case I am going to disprove your assumption.

is nearly impossible to disprove a rumor.

This is almost impossible for the "offender" to disprove.

But, like those other fantasies that we can't disprove, we can say that God is very very improbable.

If we disprove their theory by learning these skills.

So we do need target theories that we can prove or disprove.

You can't prove it or disprove it, and you can't test it.

I WAS in something of a corner now, as I couldn't disprove his assertion

There are many other evidences to disprove the massacre. (The occupation made up the massarce to falsely accuse Japan at Tokyo Tribunal. )

or support or disprove a certain point of view via picking up and integrating information;

believing that the sample will tend to confirm or disprove the commission of the offence by that person;

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On the other hand, you can disprove a theory by finding even a single observation that disagrees with the predictions of the theory