He speaks with the breezy self-importance of someone who is no longer contradicted, seemingly, by anyone.
Even when there is no evidence contradicting our desires, even when there is simply no evidence at all one way or the other, when all we see is a void our pattern of conditioning toward negativity makes us tend to assume the worst instead of the best.
Part of the study examined the effects of exercise on cognitive function and found no effect – contradicting previous research.
Doree was pretty sure that these people weren't as bad as Lloyd thought, but it was no use contradicting him.
Martin's family said police told them the investigation was thorough, but turned up no evidence contradicting Zimmerman's version of events and failed to establish probable cause that he broke the law.
In one of the cases the algorithm states that there is no VF, contradicting the manual registration of "yes".
Similarly, "nay" was used to respond to positive statements or questions, while "no" was reserved for contradicting anything phrased in the negative: Is the Tabard open?
So he apparently felt no hesitation in contradicting anyone who thought he knew more.
Justice Lifson said that LIPA had offered no admissible evidence contradicting the county's contention that LIPA had provided credits and rebates to customers outside Suffolk County in excess of the February 2000 settlement over taxation of the Shoreham nuclear plant.
I take no comfort in contradicting James Garfield, Aldous Huxley, David Foster Wallace, and especially Jesus.
