That's a nice mantra, keep believing it. Myself I prefer the extended version of the saying:
Correlation does not imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing "look over there". On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:310199 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
