Yep– it’s global warming
July 11, 2012 1 Comment
Odds that all this heat we’ve been having is just natural variation? 1 in 100,000. Something tells me George Will is still not convinced. Wonkblog with details.
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I have no problem with current science saying we are getting global warming. But I do wonder about using “odds” to bolster the point. Given enough time, enough cycles, eventually long odds will come around. And sometimes statistically unlikely events do occur in a relatively short number of instances.
Using odds they are equating climate, a current long term upward trend with weather, short term events, but although weather seems chaotic, its not really a collection of random events. Its just too complex for us to completely understand.
Am I making sense?
Pardon my inability to remember correct terms, it’s been a long time since I took statistics or any math course.