The difficulty comes when scientists become expected to either support or denounce that judgment purely on the basis of science.
This book amply supports that judgment.
And for what it is worth, the polling evidence supports that judgment.
Although there is some debate as to whether patients are able to judge the technical aspects of care [ 55], most of the literature supports that patients' judgments of interpersonal characteristics are the strongest predictors of satisfaction [ 56, 57].
"Even without complete knowledge of biological mechanisms [of how alcohol causes cancer], the epidemiological evidence can support the judgment that alcohol causes cancer of the oropharynx, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, rectum and breast".
"The epidemiological evidence can support the judgment that alcohol causes cancer of the oropharynx, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, rectum, and breast".
In most cases that judgment is supported by the survey data from consumers on stated intention to subscribe [19].
In my judgment, I wouldn't support that.
The letter then cites in support of that judgment Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (2010), a Supreme Court decision that, it is said, "found that providing any assistance or support to terrorists is unlawful".
The more colorful anecdotes he offered up in support of that judgment are bound to be cited over and over in the presidential campaign -- like his contention that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld argued for post-9/11 strikes against Iraq rather than the Taliban's Afghanistan by saying "there aren't any good targets in Afghanistan".
