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To: koan who wrote (51665)	8/26/2013 12:42:44 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

>> It predicts a cause. 2 standard deviations in 3 out of 6 years says there is a very high probability there is a cause. You have a very shallow understanding of statistics.

To: koan who wrote (51665)	8/26/2013 6:39:23 AM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

"98% of scientists say that cause is man spewing CO2 in the air." Pure BS! That Scientific Global Warming Consensus...Not! www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2012/07/17/that-scientific-global-warming-consensus-not/ "So where did that famous “consensus” claim that “98% of all scientists believe in global warming” come from? It originated from an endlessly reported 2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) survey consisting of an intentionally brief two-minute, two question online survey sent to 10,257 earth scientists by two researchers at the University of Illinois. Of the about 3.000 who responded, 82% answered “yes” to the second question, which like the first, most people I know would also have agreed with."

To: koan who wrote (51665)	8/26/2013 8:43:17 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

2 standard deviations in 3 out of 6 years says there is a very high probability there is a cause. Without commenting on the actual issue your arguing, I will say your argument doesn't make a lot of sense. Events have causes, arguing that there is a cause based on statistics is silly. Your issue probably should be providing support for what you think the cause is (and details about how big of cause, what should and can be done about it etc.), not "there seems to be a cause".