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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: James W. Riley who wrote (78227)1/17/2007 8:35:16 PM
From: Think4Yourself  Read Replies (2) of 206144
 
OT: There is a common theme running through every post by the folks who think GW isn't real. NONE of them has addressed the simple fact that the last 10 years have been among the hottest in history. Each person has chosen to ignore or sidestep that factoid, focusing instead on some issue they felt they could potentially defend. Many were remarkably persuasive in the issue they chose.

Discussing GW is surprisingly similar to discussing religion. I'll conclude my part in the GW discussion with the following definition:

en.wikipedia.org

Fatalism is the view that human deliberation and actions are pointless and ineffectual in determining events, because whatever will be will be.

One ancient argument, called the idle argument, went like this:

* If it is fated for you to recover from your illness, then you will recover whether you call a doctor or not.
* Likewise, if you are fated not to recover, you will not do so even if you call a doctor.
* So, calling a doctor makes no difference.
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