You should, however, ask rigorous questions of them, says McIntyre.
"There were some rigorous questions, but it wasn't Armageddon," said Kenneth M. Duberstein, who was Ronald Reagan's White House chief of staff and later managed the confirmations of Justices Souter and Clarence Thomas.
The forms ask rigorous questions about Armando's rental history, his lease term, the amount of his deposit, the number of bedrooms in his apartment, whether there is pool access.
And yet… Uber faces deservedly rigorous questions about its tax policies – recent accusations that it minimises its tax arrangements in the UK – the transparency of its "surge" pricing and whether its process for vetting drivers meets regulations to protect people.
The judges have six minutes following each pitch to ask rigorous questions.
Although keeping abreast of rapidly evolving sequencing technology is critical to doing metagenomic research, it's even more important to be able to ask rigorous questions; in other words, you need a strong disciplinary grounding.
"We can ask much more scientifically rigorous questions that are more likely to intersect with human health," says Chand Khanna, who founded NIH's Comparative Oncology Program in 2003 and is now the chief science officer with Ethos Veterinary Health, a new Woburn, Massachusetts-based network of veterinary hospitals that plans to conduct clinical trials.
After rigorous questions from the panel, the winner was selected by popular opinion of the 300 strong audience and a highly-scientific clap-o-meter.
Even rigorous questions of critical skeptics were answered correctly.
There should be no shortage of relevant, academically-rigorous questions for students to investigate, across grade levels and subject areas.
