By Peter Cochrane
Published: Monday 05 January 2009
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J.Wickins
Location
Sheffield
Occupation
Getting better
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For a short while I thought the fmous graph "showing" that a shortage of pirates "causes" global warming was eating into the correlation/causation ignorance. Alas, I was wrong. People still ascribe causation to correlation, or get cause and effect the wrong way around.
Regarding C02 - in terms of the life of the Earth, Homo sapiens evolved in an abberant low-C02 atmosphere. Regression to the mean may be at work.
Good blog again, i wish someone could explain poin...
drew stephenson
Reading this prompted me to ask whether Peter has ...
Mark Allen
For a short while I thought the fmous graph "showi...
J.Wickins
Dear Peter
There are many aspects of your blog ...
Nicky Bearsted
Again, a thought-provoking article from Peter. To ...
Ranko Pinter
What a fantastic piece of writing on the new year ...
Srinivasan Gopal
Peter,
You really need to get your facts right. ...
David Flint
Excellent article - needs to be read by many more ...
Philip Stewart
I suspect you mean disorder (in the thermodynamic ...
Mark Hosey
Hi Peter, Happy New Year, great article as ever. O...
Jim Craig
Drew = With the media I often wonder to what % the...
Peter Cochrane
Mark = The singularity you mention seems to have v...
Peter Cochrane
J Wickins = I have also used that graph a few time...
Peter Cochrane
Nicky = How very true, and the older people get th...
Peter Cochrane
Ranko = Sadly a lot of the financial system seems ...
Peter Cochrane
Srinivasan + Thank you - pleased you liked it! Pe...
Peter Cochrane
Philip = Thanks! It is 10 years since I last pub...
Peter Cochrane
Mark = Thanks for this - I agree with you - but I ...
Peter Cochrane
Jim = Thanks for this - and you are quite correct....
Peter Cochrane
David = Many thanks indeed for this - and you made...
Peter Cochrane
Peter,
Can you expand more on a few points.
Wh...
Kevin
Good analysis. I especially agree with the short-t...
Bruce Campbell
Thank you for these valuable insights Peter and ha...
Joshua Davidson
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