The anthropic principle is often criticized for lacking falsifiability and therefore critics of the anthropic principle may point out that the anthropic principle is a non-scientific concept, even though the weak anthropic principle, " conditions that are observed in the universe must allow the observer to exist ", is " easy " to support in mathematics and philosophy, i. e. it is a tautology or truism

Bagley also believed the dominant theories of education of the time were weak and lacking.

It appears that Wycliffe was lacking of body, indeed of wasted appearance, and physically weak.

Zhou Yineng had a reputation for honesty, gentleness, intelligence, and concern for others, but was also considered " weak " and " lacking in discipline and determination.

However Harrison thought that it sounded weak, and was lacking something.

He was regarded, both during his time and in later times, as dependent on others, a weak ruler and lacking of any talents.

Contrary to metals with incomplete d-shells, metallic bonds in copper are lacking a covalent character and are relatively weak.

Others found the album to be musically and lyrically weak and unfocused, lacking in solid songwriting or inspired playing.

China and other Asian nations were regarded as too weak and lacking in unity to be treated as equal partners.

Today, Stephen Uroš V is viewed mostly in contrast to his able and strong-willed father, as a lacking and indecisive ruler, unable to keep the Serbian nobility under his control, whose weak and unassertive personality greatly contributed to the fall of the Empire and the eventual destruction of the Serbian state by the Ottomans.

According to Gudykunst and Kim ( 2003 ), any resistance to conformity or any lack of enthusiasm for disintegrating and unlearning one's original self on the part of the immigrant suggests that they are " mentally ill " ( pp. 365, 373 ), " hostile " and irrationally " aggressive " ( pp. 368 – 372 ), weak ( p. 369 ), lacking " self-control " ( p. 369 ), and " maturity " ( pp. 377, 381 ), " self-deceived ," " unrealistic ," deluded ( pp. 369, 379-382 ), and simply " maladjusted " and failing to " perceive the world and himself correctly " ( pp. 372 – 373 ).

In contrast, the labor movement remained small and weak ( despite a wave of general strikes in the postwar years ), lacking ties to the peasantry, who constituted the overwhelming majority of the Brazilian population.

It is distinguished from Bronchocela in lacking a cheek skin fold, and in having short weak limbs.

Orthomolecular therapies have been criticized as lacking a sufficient evidence base for clinical use: their scientific foundations are too weak, the studies that have been performed are too few and too open to interpretation, and reported positive findings in observational studies are contradicted by the results of more rigorous clinical trials.

In specific cases of integrated projects that include components where the expertise and experience of a GEF agency is lacking or weak, the agency is invited to partner with another agency and to establish clear complementary roles so that all aspects of the project can be well managed ( GEF Instrument, Paragraph 28 ).

Abe Lincoln is similarly portrayed as weak and indecisive, completely lacking the resolve of the President whose DNA he shares.

The reviewers found available evidence to be weak methodologically, highly variable, lacking consistency and unable to support " logical ' positive ' conclusions regarding craniosacral therapy.

In contrast, despite a wave of general strikes in the post-war years, the labour movement remained small and weak, lacking ties to the peasantry, who constituted the overwhelming majority of the Brazilian population.

In a speech at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on 16 June 1962, he stated " limited nuclear capabilities, operating independently, are dangerous, expensive, prone to obsolescence and lacking in credibility as a deterrent ," and that " relatively weak national nuclear forces with enemy cities as their targets not likely to perform even the function of deterrence.

Believing that Tetheus had died and while he himself was rendered weak, Shydeman joined with Nadil to receive enough power to make up for his lacking past.

Amir's father, a wealthy merchant, whom Amir affectionately refers to as Baba, loves both boys, but is often more harshly critical of Amir, considering him weak and lacking in courage.

However, lacking interior defense – as the front court with Raef LaFrentz, Shawn Bradley and Nowitzki was weak in the paint – they never reached the NBA Finals.

Prussia, however, lost rather than gained strength at this time, for Frederick William III, who succeeded the weak and sensual Frederick William II in November 1797, was lacking in foresight, judgment and strength of character.

And even though such surface is still lacking in comparison to the shiny clean metal, it is yet much better than weak, porous rust.

After the Bach revival, Telemann's works were judged as inferior to Bach's and lacking in religious fervour.

However, his works were criticized for lacking characteristics of true polyphonism, as pointed out by Eugène Ysaÿe.

His instrumental works are therefore imbued with a similar vocally conceived melodic line, granted they may be lacking in the sophisticated counterpoint and motivic work of Haydn and Mozart's music.

Finding the creationist works interesting in their challenge of evolution but their literal interpretations lacking, Dembski returned to school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, studying statistics.

The word " silphid " or " sylph ", first seen in the sixteenth century in Paracelsus ' works, refers to any race of spirits inhabiting the air and is described as mortal, but lacking soul.

Delius admired the French composer's orchestration, but thought his works lacking in melody — the latter a comment frequently directed against Delius's own music.

Garrett Hardin in a famous article called tragedy of the commons argued that any instance in which society appeals to an individual exploiting a commons to restrain himself or herself for the general good-by means of his or her conscience-merely sets up a system which, by selectively diverting societal power and physical resources to those lacking in conscience, while fostering guilt ( including anxiety about his or her individual contribution to over-population ) in people acting upon it, actually works toward the elimination of conscience from the race.

The study also contains a complete collection of Governor General's Literary Award winning works ; prior to 2005, the library was lacking more than 25 % of the winning pieces, but, at the instigation of Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the remainder were sought out.

Heseltine declined an offer from Beecham to participate in the latter's English Opera Company, writing that Beecham's productions and choices of works were increasingly poor and lacking in artistic value ; his own venture would not compromise by pandering to the tastes of the mob.

These were frequently arrangements of orchestral works, and in the days before recordings served to spread knowledge of new orchestral music to places lacking an orchestra.

The centuries long chapter known as Decadència that followed the golden age of Valencian literature, was perceived as extremely poor and lacking literary works of quality.

Though lacking an official scripture, the practice of Deism is described by Thomas Paine in The Age of Reason: " The true Deist has but one Deity, and his religion consists in contemplating the power, wisdom, and benignity of the Deity in his works, and in endeavoring to imitate him in everything moral, scientifical, and mechanical.

This liberalization of the arts in Poland and injection of other art forms into the Polish art world greatly influenced Abakanowicz's early works, as she began to consider much of her early work as being “ too flamboyant and lacking in structure.

Communist writers Maxim Gorky and Vladimir Mayakovsky were active during this time, but other authors, many of whose works were later repressed, published work lacking socialist political content.

Prior to the boom in historical writing in the High Middle Ages, the number and quality of works from England's earlier period is often lacking, with some notable and bright exceptions.

This is illustrated in the first of his " reform " operas, Orfeo ed Euridice, where vocal lines lacking in the virtuosity of ( say ) Handel's works are supported by simple harmonies and a notably richer-than-usual orchestral presence throughout.

These compositions are generally considered worthy examples of the French harpsichord style, but, as early works, lacking depth.

His next few dramatic works, including Trylleharpen ( 1817 ), Elisa ( 1820 ) and Hugo og Adelheid ( 1827 ), lacking drama, failed miserably.

A related line of merchandise has included the designs from SD Gundam works presented as ' real type ' versions, lacking the deformed proportions.

It is also surrounded by his other works – both paintings and " readymades " – which form a background which the work otherwise is lacking.

Others may prefer to think of him, despite his academic standing, as anti-intellectual or lacking in complexity in a period when modernist poetry, from TS Eliot to the later works of William Butler Yeats, tended to be esoteric and difficult.

The works transformed Swindon from a small market town into a railway town, boosted the population considerably and provided medical and educational facilities that had been sorely lacking.