"The dominant model of science is one of aggressive individual or lab-based competition to break new ground and get the most convincing arguments supported by evidence, " he told me.

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Both make convincing arguments, but neither argument is complete.

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The UK ministers said there were a lack of convincing arguments for Scotland leaving the UK, but the official campaign for independence, Yes Scotland, said the debate had moved on significantly since the survey was carried out.

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Studies claiming a link between cell phone use and brain tumors and experiments pointing to pathologic effects are much more convincing than arguments based on basic physics.

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Simply inserting this kind of subtle cue into sentences seems to render these kinds of arguments more convincing.

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None of those arguments are even vaguely convincing.

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Of all the arguments put forward, this is the most convincing.

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"Vanda provided the FDA with additional data and arguments that led us to reinterpret results of several of their studies, thus convincing the agency that there was sufficient data to support an approval action based on the existing clinical trials, " says Sandy Walsh, an FDA spokeswoman.

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