There have been quite a few times when others (possibly yourself) have stated that correlation does not equal causation.
Since I have been alive there has been 'global warming', therefore, I must be the cause of global warming. I guess I better lay off the double-bean burritos. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:310202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
