correlation != causation (unless, so it seems, that it supports your position)
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll bet $500. Although given your time frame I'll want interest on > the amount as well. > > Just for a thought experiment, get NOAA's temperature recordings in > the US for the last 140 years - 1860 on. Now do a moving average > analysis. You'll see there is a steady upwards trend since the > recordings were first kept. Now look at the measurements over the last > 50 years. You'll see that the temperature increase is statistically > significant. now plot that 140 year curve against the output of > greenhouse gasses for the same time period. Guess what there is very > little difference between the two curves. To me that strongly supports > the current climate change hypotheses. > > Moreover when reputable scientific organizations like NOAA,and the > IOS all support the global climate change theory, that seals it for > me. > > given teh weight of scientific opinion vs a few crank climate deniers, > I'll go with the scientific consensus. > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I love it! None of you can bear to admit you got suckered. >> >> Here's a bet - twenty years from now the average temperature will be lower >> than it was last year. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Dana wrote: >> >>> >>> no it's not ;) when I wear a watch I wear it on the inside left wrist. Not >>> that I wear a watch much any more. >>> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
