- 14 Feb 2017 20:41
#14776213
I'm disappointed -- though not surprised -- that no one has noted the blatant dishonesty of "studies" of this type: comparing an average change over 7Ky of fluctuations with the average change over 45y of the exact same fluctuations, and claiming the SAME fluctuation equates to 170x the speed of change over a period ~170 times shorter. The "logic" is the same as claiming that people going to work causes temperatures to rise 170 times faster in the eight hours from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. -- call it 10C -- than the natural cooling in the 170x longer period from August to October (also ~10C).
noemon wrote:...170 times faster...
I'm disappointed -- though not surprised -- that no one has noted the blatant dishonesty of "studies" of this type: comparing an average change over 7Ky of fluctuations with the average change over 45y of the exact same fluctuations, and claiming the SAME fluctuation equates to 170x the speed of change over a period ~170 times shorter. The "logic" is the same as claiming that people going to work causes temperatures to rise 170 times faster in the eight hours from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. -- call it 10C -- than the natural cooling in the 170x longer period from August to October (also ~10C).