The Right to Make Mistakes? The Limits to Adaptive Planning for Climate Change by Andrew Kirby

“…In its first part, this paper explores outcomes of climate change denial, manifested as continued migration to dangerous locations, and skepticism for adaptive strategies. The second half of the paper explores how localities can create a false narrative concerning risks, and asks whether communities also have a right to make mistakes?…”
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Connecting Unconventional Cognition to Humans by Colaço, David John

“…Perhaps unsurprisingly, this idea also has been met with skepticism. There is an implicit worry amongst skeptics that the idea of applying cognitive kind terms and concepts to non-humans, or at least to non-humans that are anatomically quite unlike humans, amounts to a Mere Honorific Conclusion: to say that a system is cognitive is to say it is merely worthy of investigation. …”
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Systemic Judicial Authority: The “Fourth Corner” of “The Judicial Trilemma”? by Gleider Hernández

“…Seeking to peek behind the black robes and divine the reasoning behind judicial decisions without descending into speculation and actively trying to thwart considerations of confidentiality is a fraught endeavor on which I have expressed skepticism in the past. The Judicial Trilemma admirably seeks to overcome these challenges, and I commend the authors for tackling the hard question as to whether one can truly glance behind the black robe.…”
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NARRATIVA E PODER: FICÇÕES PÓS-UTÓPICAS DE SÉRGIO SANT’ANNA by Vera Lúcia Follain de Figueiredo

“…In the end of the XX century, such a skepticism in respect of the epical objectiveness increased, so opening more space by the time for reports in the first person, through which narrative is characterized as an instrument of power. …”
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Breaking Barriers or Selling Stereotypes? by Pauline Zabransky

“…The findings reveal that the reception of diverse women's neoliberal subjectification in GNT varies: Certain neoliberal installations are being more problematized than others, an improved portrayal of diversity in comparison to earlier seasons is attested, and skepticism about GNT's authenticity beholds. In several instances, interviewees critically assessed the interplay of the show's economic interest, gender, and diversity. …”
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The Absent ‘Thing’ and the Value of Distance – Social media through an Arendtian lens by Anne Granberg

“…I will here attempt to combine Mueller and D’Ambrosio’s notion of “profilicity” with Arendt’s critique of “the social” and suggest that there are some problems specific to how we interact on social media that justifies skepticism regarding the new digital media as an arena for political activism and public debate.…”
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TO SAVE HUME OR WAS THERE ANY CONTRADICTION IN ONE OF HIS CENTRAL ARGUMENTS by Oleg A. Zelenskiy

“…Hume and this belief could free us from extreme skepticism.…”
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African-Americans and Clinical Trials Research: Recommendations for Client Engagement by Sharon E. Moore, Wanda Lott Collins

“…African-Americans are admonished to remember the atrocities they once experienced and to approach participation in clinical studies with skepticism. This paper presents an historical overview of conspiracy theories, discusses various health issues that affect African-Americans, identifies for whom participation in clinical trials could prove beneficial, and recommends methods that can be used to attract African-American clients as active participants in clinical studies.…”
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Narcotrafic, conflit armé et sécurité : une perspective à partir du cas colombien by Ricardo Vargas Meza

“…In this light, all claims of success in the fight against narcotrafficking – such as those uttered by official sources – must be viewed with skepticism.…”
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Revisiting Bakunin: Reflecting about the Pandemic by Dominik Kulcsár

“…Next I explain the nature of Bakunin’s scientific skepticism to show that he would consider the compliance with restrictions as a reasonable expression of freedom. …”
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Evaluating the translational value of postmortem brain reperfusion technology by Nair-Collins Michael

“…I offer a critical analysis of the study and its methodology, providing several reasons for skepticism. This includes: all phenomena were observed at different degrees of hypothermia; the physiological and biochemical milieu of the experimental preparation is radically different than the clinical setting of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury; and the study is confounded by uncontrolled traumatic brain injury and lifelong stress in all the animals.…”
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A republican liberal explanation of the Asean intergovernmental commission on human rights. by Hoang, Thi Tuan Oanh.

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Finding and appraising evidence. by McCulloch, P, Badenoch, D

“…Surgeons have tended to regard evidence-based medicine with a degree of skepticism. A variety of reasons for this have been proposed,ranging from the surgical personality to the nature of the research questions that occur when studying surgical treatment. …”

Dirty hands defended by Eggert, L

“…This paper defends the possibility of dirty hands against the longstanding skepticism that an action cannot be simultaneously right and wrong and that dirty hands cases are therefore impossible. …”

How Can We Do Citizen Science Better? A Case Study Evaluating Grizzly Bear Citizen Science Using <i>Principles of Good Practice</i> in Alberta, Canada by Courtney Hughes, Krista Tremblett, Justine Kummer, Tracy S. Lee, Danah Duke

“…These included ongoing skepticism from the traditional scientific community about the utility of citizen science and governance challenges related to program leadership, staff capacity, and funding. …”
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Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Spanish Version of Technostress Scale (RED/TIC) in Ecuadorian Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ortega-Jiménez D, López-Guerra VM, Ramírez MDR, Angelucci LT

“…Total omega value (ω) was 0.962 for the total scale and hierarchical omega values (ωh) were 0.886 for the general factor, as well as 0.30, 0.22, 0.12 and 0.21 for the respective nested factors (skepticism, fatigue, anxiety and inefficiency). Moreover, the Resources, Experiences, Demands for Information and Communication Technologies (RED/TIC) scores were significantly higher among women, although effect sizes of comparison of those sex differences were very small. …”
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Role of opsins and light or heat activated transient receptor potential ion channels in the mechanisms of photobiomodulation and infrared therapy by Sulbha K. Sharma, Sakshi Sardana, Michael R. Hamblin

“…Despite many positive studies for treating different conditions, this therapy still faces some skepticism, which has prevented its widespread adoption in clinics. …”
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Anti-Theses of Unfounded Discourses in the Context of Rationality, Language, Meaning and Knowledge by Ömer Faik ANLI

“…Such an epistemology is far from pure-skepticism. And also, they were skeptical of the possibility of foundationalism, of universal standards of criticism, of complete systems. …”
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One Song, Many Works: A Pluralist Ontology of Rock by Dan Burkett

“…This prompted Lee Brown to advocate a healthy skepticism of higher-order musical ontologies. I argue here that we should instead embrace a pluralist ontology of rock, an ontology that recognizes more than one kind of entity as “the work” in rock music. …”
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Of Canaries and Ropes: Theoretical and Policy Dilemmas Stemming from Canada’s Huawei 5G Networks Saga by David G. Haglund

“…This paper explores the reasons for, and implications of this surprising denouement of an "engagement" strategy that at one time possessed a great deal of allure in Ottawa, but is now regarded with increasing skepticism.…”
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