Posted on 09/01/2016 7:17:15 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The sample was trimmed until it gave the results the 'researchers' desired.
One does not have to go very far in history to find a 98% WRONG belief. No one, from the time of the first accurate world maps, could argue that the coastlines of South America and Africa had an amazing alignment. Yet no one could think of a mechanism which would account for a prior joining of the two.
Just a century ago, a German meteorologist & geophysicist, Alfred Wegener, postulated that continents do drift and cited not just shape but geologic formations and fossil spreads as proof. A generation later, you would have found that close to 99% of geologists, geophysicists and other EXPERTS in that field would have stated that his theory was bunk! Their reasoning was sound science, Wegener had cited valid facts but could not specify a mechanism for the drift.
It took until the 1950s before more developed science got the start on sea-floor spreading and then plate tectonics before Wegener's continental drift mechanism was accepted. I remember reading a geology textbook in the late 60s that mentioned Wegener but only as speculation.
98% is always subject to debate!
Unless the course is a “required to graduate” course, there are a gazillion others one SHOULD take. Once students grow up to the fact the climate change is NO LONGER a course needed, said professors can look to teach some other course.
I can't help you further. Just do a youtube search. Emily Litella was Radner's "never mind" lady.
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